Nokia phone and Garmin GPS10

[Morph]

Anybody used a Nokia E65, N70 or N73 with a Garmin GPS10 Bluetooth GPS receiver in a Microlight? I need to know if t is suitable

[Tailspin]

Hi Morph

I have the GPS10 that i use with my Nokia N80 and with my HP iPAQ 5550 i would say it is a good backup but would not use it as primary.

[Morph]

OK

what application is the N80 running? Is it Nokia's own or Garmin iQue

[Tailspin]

I am just using the Nokia standard, but my iPAQ is using the Garmen iQue and it is great for navigating the roads etc.

I am looking for an Aviation version i can upload for the iPAQ and then see how well it really would work in the Plane

[Nick]

I have a GPS 10 and have used it with a PDA - Imate PDA 2K running the stripped down PDA version of Windows. I was using it in my car, not for aviation. Running Garmap and Tracks-4-Africa.

It works very well when it works. Alas the PDA sometimes crashes, requiring a reboot. My PDA recently died, it wouldn't boot and is 'beyond economic repair', though it was never abused at all. They cost new about R 7K and I got it 18 months ago as part of my cell contract. I will not be going the pocket PC/ PDA route again on my cell phone upgrade, due in a couple of Months.

I went this route because it sounded neat, I could use the Garmin mapping software I wanted, the screen on the PDA is big and bright and it was cheap upgrade for my Garmin 3+ (which I still have), I picked up the pocket PC as my cell phone upgrade for about R 1600 in Jan 2005 and the Garmin GPS 10 receiver cost me about R 1000 bundled with road maps of all of Europe, Garmin City Select- bought in Dubai.

With hindsight, I wouldn't recommend this route, not for driving anyway and my guess would be even less so for aviation. To my mind there are too many points of weakness. The bluetooth link, the software working well on the receiving device - PDA/ Phone. You need two 12 volt power connections, one to the PDA/ phone and one to the Garmin 10 receiver - though the battery endurance on the GPS 10 is good - about 10 hrs (but the batteries are not replaceable, so they will slowly lose this and there will be squat you can do). Sometimes the bluetooth 'handshake' between the Garmin 10 receiver and the PDA at start up got it's knickers in a twist, and you take a few mins to sort this out, I like the idea of switching something on, and it just goes on.

I'd humbly suggest- forgedit - rather go for a dedicated Garmin GPS.

Oh despite this, if you are still keen on going this route - I happen to have a Garmin GPS 10 for sale!

[John Boucher]

Morph...

I would not use it.

Inputs are not user friendly.....

Use a normal Garmin eg. ETrex type etc!

Bad Nav

[Duck Rogers]

I use a Nokia E61 with SmartcomGPS software and a Bluetooth GPS receiver. Works great for me.
E61 has a large screen with super resolution and the Smartcom gps software is available on the internet as a trial version for 15 days or to purchase at $40.00
The software can do LOADS of stuff that Garmin can't do.

[Nick]

The software can do LOADS of stuff that Garmin can't do.

Can you be just a tad more specific; that is to say detail specific functionality, by way of bullet points, or in the mode of your choice, that this software can do, that Garmin's can't?

[Duck Rogers]

I can load my own maps for starters.......
and I can send a position report (lat & long) to another cellphone
and I can track another user via my cellphone
I can request a position report from someone else .......

Check out http://www.wild-mobile.com

[Bennie Vorster]

I'll say that the HTC phones is a grate choice.

Go to http://www.gsmarena.com/ to stay updated.

[Morph]

I have decided on the HTC3300. It has a built in GPS and ships with Tom Tom Navigator 6. Any thoughts on this.

[Bennie Vorster]

I have decided on the HTC3300. It has a built in GPS and ships with Tom Tom Navigator 6. Any thoughts on this.

Brillient for now, but if possible to hang on for a while there is a few new phones comming with the same gps futers. And I have a saying that it is always the first of the new handsets been launshed that have the most issues until tested and trailed.

[Bennie Vorster]

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=138&pID=9796

[John Boucher]

All you GPS fanatics.... check this out.....

http://www.maps-gps-info.com/fgpfw.html