<span class="highlight">Samsung</span> Galaxy tablet or EeePC for a dummy (again)

Thanks, you may be right about the netbook. When you talk about a NextG (3G?) receiver, do you mean a phone or some other unit with an ext. aerial? Obviously you must find this better than direct from phone or 'puter? I'm guessing the Galaxy wouldn't need a separate GPS receiver where as the netbook does?

Would love to see some pics of that set up Please

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The gps receiver is mounted on the dashboard on the inclimator assembly. The passenger side room isnt impeded at all and the pod allows for the laptop to be swivelled around so both driver and passenger can use. It is charged via a 12v laptop charger purchased from Derek Bester, a member on here from ABR sidewinder.

Hi Tonbon, good looking set up. How long have you had the EeePC? was wondering how the flip screen was holding up...do you think they're a long term proposition?

Hi Allfour, cheers mate. I have had it since early Jan and as yet havent taken it in a long trip. I was a little concerned about the pivot joint on the flip screen as well but once i got it home my faith was strengthened. The pivot joint is quite strong and sturdy, beyond its size and once the screen is flipped an layed back, it actually forces and holds itself down on some rubber buffers and doesnt bounce on the laptop. Yes, i believe it will hold up for a long time to come with the appropriate care that should be taken with all electronic equipment but without treating it with kit gloves. One of the real benefits is the solid state hard drive, no moving parts or spinning discs to break. Of course, the litmus test will be the next trip in August.

My EeePC went back to them four times under warranty, worked againg for about two months now stuffed again, it is going in the bin

Thanks for the great pics.Where did you source the mounts and what sort of base is the eepc sitting on?Thanks,
Mary

Mary, no probs. Pod II was sourced from Here and they supplied everything, simply had to assemble myself which, after some thought and planning was easier than first looked after opening the box. Cant reccomend the Pod mount enough, it is perfect. As for the faulty EeePC comment earlier, sorry you had a bad run IsuzuMU, i work in a large firm with a big IT unit that i am part of and a lot of the guys here have EeePC's of all shapes and sizes and none of them have had issues. On saying that, none of them do what we do with them either, ie use them in cars for travelling so i guess time will tell with mine.

Couple more things if I might...
How do you find the touch screen feature? Do you find you use it much.
I'm hearing that it's a better set up (particularly for city street GPS work), do you think it is worth the extra money.
I'm struggling with this at the moment, I'd be paying close to double for the Touch.
Also do you ever operate this in vehicle with the lid open or just in tablet form? Wondering whether the lid stays up OK with the small center hinge.
Thanks again!

Sure no problem. Ok, the touch screen is simply awesome, i use it all the time when using the Garmin PC Nav software and it integrates completely. The touchscreen application on the laptop is very good indeed, once i ran through the first time quick setup, even with my fat fingers it is perfectly accurate, so even the smallest of radio buttons is easy to select, on saying that, the Garmin software has quite large icons for selecting various sections so is very easy to use.

Oziexplorer does not intereact so well with the touchscreen, you cant use the multi touch function to zoom in/out. The oziexplorer menu's are small and close together so on the odd occasion you can select the wrong one. However, the stylus that comes with the laptop is perfectly fine for this application or of course you can have the laptop open and use the mouse.

I generally have the lid down and in tablet mode for a couple of reasons, i generally dont have a use for the keyboard when navigating and although the swivel mechanism is surprisingly strong and sturdy, i am not sure i would want to push my luck and take it over the rough stuff with the lid up.

So, do i think it was worth it? absolutely without hesitation. I researched for this quite a lot and made sure when i made the purchase i got the model that came standard with Win7 rather than XP and the bigger hard drive.

Hope this helps.