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imperialrealcs
post Oct 30 2006, 01:24 AM

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QUOTE(Baronic @ Oct 30 2006, 01:13 AM)
Hey there GPS users. I'm planning to get a GPS cuz i'm always lost in KL. I was wondering,....

a) is it worth the money? is the connection always available in Malaysia here?
b) my friend told me that GPS shows the road and direction, but dangerous to use cuz some roads are 1 way street, GPS doesnt tell. true or false? do advise, and the GPS programme that u use
c) wats the difference between 16 channel and 32 channel??

any other pointers for someone who never use GPS before?

looking to buy bluetooth GPS for Ipaq 4150, hence all these questions.

the questions above i already posted in another section, under networks and broadband, but i post again here cuz i got additional questions, and i felt the above questions might be linked

i wanna ask, like i said earlier, i using Ipaq 4150, and planning to use GPS. Is it good enough?? the specs of my 4150? so far i love my 4150, small, compact, and fast enough. but for GPS (using bluetooth some more) i wanna ask ok or not?

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hmm, new bluetooth gps user here.. as for ur question
a)for me, i think is worth and connection are always available if u r in open space regardless where u are
b)never directed me to one way road before though.. nontheless, if u see a one way road, juz purposely miss the junction n new route will be calculated to u in no time biggrin.gif
c)i think that is how many satelite ur gps can capture.. but AFAIK, it doesnt matter as u juz need a minimum of 3-4satelites to work.. n max satelite u will get is 12.. i juz think la coz the earth is sphere, covered with 24 satelites.. if we on the gps, i think only can get half of the sphere which is 12 satelites.. i think those good chipset got faster refresh/update time..
if u were to use bt gps, the only draw back is u need to bring 2 device and charge diffrently.. other than that, i think it is perfect biggrin.gif

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post Oct 30 2006, 09:50 PM

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QUOTE(Baronic @ Oct 30 2006, 04:09 PM)
WHoa wait, one more question. Do u all recommend i get a GPS thingy for my Ipaq 4150? or buy a new pocket pc? like a hp 6515
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up to u lo.. whether u wana take 2 device out or juz bring 1 biggrin.gif
btw, bear in mind that GPS cannot penetrate car roof for satelites.. thus, if u get those build in gps, u might need to place then in front of the windscreen to get reception.. while for bt gps, u can put the receiver at ur windscreen with the pda anywhere around ur car (+-5m coverage).. bad thing is, u need to take account for both device's power.. either 1 device no power, then thats it
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post Oct 31 2006, 12:30 AM

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QUOTE(Baronic @ Oct 30 2006, 09:52 PM)
owh....didnt know about the roof thing. cooll cool. luckily u tell me. guess i'll have to buy a pda car holder then. thanks dude
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i'm using the pda car holder holding my XDA II while the BT GPS sit on anti-slip mat infront of my dash board.. no problem soo far
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post Nov 2 2006, 11:23 AM

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QUOTE(titansulcata @ Nov 1 2006, 11:35 PM)
ok, thanks for the advise... guess i have to shop around

btw, why my bluetooth headset only can use to make calls. but if i on my music player, the sound won't come from bluetooth...

for nokia, my n70 can listen to sound from bluetooth
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lol.. wayy off topic.. this aint a thread about N70 nor bluetooth.. nontheless, AFAIK, N70 doesnt support A2DP as i heard somewhere.. how true is that biggrin.gif

 

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