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</div><div>jama rek,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis<br>
<<a href="mailto:gerhardus.geldenhuis@gmail.com">gerhardus.geldenhuis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> That's a shame you feel that way. I can't be happier with my Garmin. That<br>
> being said it uses standard AA batteries and gives me the option of setting<br>
> the type of battery, rechargeable or throwaway. A dedicated device should<br>
> potentially be more accurate. but that is an assumption not a fact.<br>
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Well, you can have a hybrid arrangement: my phone has GPS built in,<br>
but will also talk to separate GPS receiver over Bluetooth (I think<br>
this is quite a common arrangement for phones with both GPS and<br>
Bluetooth hardware).<br>
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__John<br>
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