[Openstreetmap] Advice on purchasing a new GPS unit

Immanuel Scholz immanuel.scholz at gmx.de
Fri Feb 17 16:22:54 GMT 2006


Hi,

>>I'm looking for a new GPS unit but having read the GPS Reviews section
>>on the wiki there isn't a clear and obvious choice, so I thought I'd
>>ask here.
>
> A Symbian smartphone and Bluetooth GPS works very nicely for me (or did
> until I lost my phone last week).  You get the flexibility of being able
> to run any software you like, unlike a hardware GPS.

Hey, if you want flexibility of software installation, grab a Tom Tom or a
Zaurus featuring CF-GPS card. :-)

But "robust" is something different :)


Ciao, Imi.






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