compact flash gps purchase
Submitted: Wednesday, Jul 07, 2004 at 18:35
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terracan tim
just brought a compact flash gps of ebay cost me $100 this item works well with both a PDA and laptop. I brought a ACER N10 PDA for $390 from organiser world this is a great option for $500 gives you a muti purpose item for the price of a average gps. Dowloaded the ozexplorer ce version to it last night and tested it today works great. If anyone is looking at this option the ACER N10 is a good option because it has a built in compact flash slot as well a SD/MMC slot with the ability to use both slots at the same time so on the SD card I have the maps loaded and the GPS plugs into the compact flash slot. With the use of a pcmia adapter it also can be used with your laptop my GPS came with the adapter. Has anyone out had any problems with these type of GPS
Reply By: Shaker - Wednesday, Jul 07, 2004 at 18:43
Wednesday, Jul 07, 2004 at 18:43
Did you buy the one with the external antenna?
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Follow Up By: terracan tim - Wednesday, Jul 07, 2004 at 19:43
Wednesday, Jul 07, 2004 at 19:43
the brand that i brought was a billionton it came with a external antenna I brought mine from america took about 8 days to get here they appear to be about $700 here
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Reply By: Member - John C (QLD) - Wednesday, Jul 07, 2004 at 19:15
Wednesday, Jul 07, 2004 at 19:15
Wanted to set up some sort of GPS and was thinking of doing same. Have a Ipaq 3970 with cf slot., have hesitated because I read or heard somewhere it may freeze up. Am going to take pda to Oblis to try out.
There is a blue tooth option avlb also but big bucks, have been told extension ant. is highly recommended unless you want to melt the pda on the dash. Don't understand enough about it yet to take plunge. Need to read up.
Is it retailed on ebay or a one off ?
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Follow Up By: terracan tim - Wednesday, Jul 07, 2004 at 20:05
Wednesday, Jul 07, 2004 at 20:05
there seems to be alot of them on ebay do a search for compact flash gps look for the brand billionton
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Follow Up By: Ian(Qld) - Thursday, Jul 08, 2004 at 08:43
Thursday, Jul 08, 2004 at 08:43
John C,
I use an Ipaq 5450 with a CF GPS and external aerial. I have transferred SE Qld maps to a 512MB SD card. Works a treat and is fantastic to use. I have it mounted in the dash with an omni-directional adapter I got from
Brisbane.
Wife loves it, not having a laptop on her knee, and takes an interest in where we are going.
If you are in
Brisbane you can have a look, contact me on ian@bytesite.com.au
Regards
Ian
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