If i am not mistaken there is another GPS system operated by Russia. Something called "cosmo........" i can not remember the actual name.

Wiki on galileo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_positioning_system

Good good, end the monopoly on GPS. lol, although its free, in times of war etc etc, i hear the US may choose to limite GPS availability.

Yups, at least we, the consumers, will have an alternative other than the ever-dominant US GPS... But any idea when the Galileo network will be functional?

hi, seems no one been talking about this very cheap receiver, bs4100 from lelong.com. did anyone try it before and hope someone can give comment about the experience on this one.

http://www.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/2007-02DSale4731856.htm

it looks really nice, especially for the price for RM260. I've read a review, seems it is as good, just slightly slower than the SiRF III. And seems the battery is very long lasting too. Feel really tempting on this one and hope I can hear some comments here.

What is the manufacturer of this receiver, btw?

it is the first product for consumer from Royal Digital. I've read a review, it claimed that this is as sensitive as SiRF III, it is just slower, but still consider very good performance. I've browsed through quite a number of similar devices, but this one look very interesting, really nice design compare to others, small, and it was told the battery last very long, most importantly it is the cheapest.

I'm opting tis too, but I oso interest with another BT GPSr i-Blue 737 too, but tis GPSr is out of stock at the moment, but Trunox promissed me they will inform me if the stock is available in tis 2 weeks.
Price-wise, BS4100 is very cheap if compare with any brand in the market but I think I'll spend RM100 more for a better performance, Read more review then u'll know.

does anybody really needs gps or only certain people may need it ? i just want to know whether they can give 100% correct info ?

Its just more convenient to use GPS especially for people who travel to new places a lot. Even after living in KL for a long time, there's a lot of places I don't know of. And in the course of my job, I frequently encounter the need to go new places. Hence GPS navigation comes in handy, not only I can reach the place easily without getting lost, I can even tell my client exactly what time I'll arrive, as GPS gives quite an accurate estimation.

So it depends on personal usage. It's good to have one.

But, if your daily commute is only from home to office, then from office back home, you might not want to invest in GPS at all, cos it will be redundant. Might as invest it elsewhere.

Cool, but how much is your investment on the GPS system? From what i know, Garmin is one of the biggest manufacturers as well as the more reliable systems around ya?

actually i find daily commute from my work place back to home quite useful. i mean when everyone is busy getting thru the normal path, you can try to assign it to travel on other routes which are less likely to be jammed. ofcourse its not 100% fast but at least you get to know that there are alot of mice path to reach to your destination

very true very true. but becareful, even with GPS there's like 5 percent chance u can get lost haha. especially if some ulu place. >.<

True true, thats the beauty of GPS... At least u can source around for alternatives when the regular routes are all congested... Works well in cities like Bangkok, Los Angeles, and KL with the perpetual traffic jams!

Hey guys, it looks like China has sneaked up and overtaken Galileo! It has already launched its 4th Beidou satellite for its own satellite navigation system covering China only.
Word is that China plans to continue to launch as many as 30 satellites for its worldwide Compass Navigation Satellite System.......
Now we know why so many new cheap GPS receiver designs are coming from China nowadays.

This post has been edited by March05: Feb 6 2007, 11:10 PM

That explains everything lor... At least it should be a much more accessible and (hopefully) more affordable alternative other than the GPS and Galileo systems currently available!

Walau eh...tot u oledi acquire GPS knowledge after weeks & mths of searching...GPS signal is free for all-lah! ...Currently u pay nothing for gps signal.....u only pay for the hardware/software not the beam!

lol, havent we been through this already? haha, its free free free!

Hehehehe, sorry ya, my mistake... What i meant was the availability of cheaper (and hopefully workable) GPS devices from China, not the service itself!

i got this problem. you see for mapking there is no problem for the wm5 to power down the back light or shutdown. but when i use garmin. after a certain time, the pda will shutdown or power down the backlight making it hardly visible. i have tried on the back light switch off and disable the auto off feature. but sometimes without me noticing, i accidentally knock over the on button and power the pda up in the pouch. thus leaving the valuable source of battery power into waste. any help on this?