"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Kwyjibo <kwyjibo@ozdebate.remove.com> wrote
>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>> Simon Templar <usenet@vk3xem.net> wrote
>>>> Kwyjibo wrote
>
>>>>> And even those are horrible as a GPS.
>>>>> I'm using the dopod 838 pro (which has a pretty large screen) and,
>>>>> when using it as a GPS, the screen is way too small to be useful.
>
>>>> Well maybe you need to get a dedicated GPS Unit. I agree the screens
>>>> on the phones are just a little small for use in a car with GPS but it
>>>> is really a just a convenience and a compromise having GPS in the
>>>> phone.
>
>>> And GPS in the phone can be handy when you want more
>>> than just a full sized GPS when you arent in the car and
>>> want to carry around everything else in the one device.
>
>> Yep. Very handy for that.
>> The only downside is the the bluetooth GPS units usually don't have an
>> external antenna which makes them pretty useless whenever you are
>> around any high-rise buildings (eg Sydney or Melbourne CBD)
>
> The tomtoms which dont have an external antenna in use do fine in that
> situation.

Must have a better internal one then. Wouldn't surprise me, given that my
bluetooth unit is a cheapy from China. It only ever gets a lock on 2 sats in
either Melbourne or Sydney.

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Kwyj.