[talk-au] Making a laptop Into a Big-Screen GPS (cont.)

[edodd at billiau.net]

> This kit may also help, depending on your screen size:
>
> http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12561
>
> when fitted, provides a 7-inch touchscreen via USB, which I'm assuming
> would be more convenient that using the touchpad.
>
> --
> Voon-Li Chung
> chungvl at gmail.com.au
>

I've seen hardware hacks including fitting the gps inside the 701 case
i find the worst problem is not the touchpad, because once you have set it
up to navigate it can give you the directions etc on screen or by noise,
but the screen blanking with the power save function
i could fix that, of course
another thing is that i haven't managed to get enough decibels out of
festival speech engine to be heard in a normal room easily, let alone
against a car motor
son thought that "steven hawking" giving navigation instructions was cool