[OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

[Maarten Deen]

Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:
> El Viernes, 24 de Julio de 2009, Andrew Gregory escribió:
>> Having said all that, *would* anyone be interested in a ~USD$200 640x480
>> geotagging camera and GPS logger?
>
> I think I could buy a half-decent smartphone and a bluetooth GPS for *less*
> than that money.

Or a mobile phone with built-in GPS.
The cheapest I can find in the Netherlands is a Nokia N78 with GPS (TI
GPS5300) and 3.1 MP camera for € 200 (that is bare phone price, no
subscription rate). There are loads of phones in the € 200 - € 250 pricerange,
probably all with a camera.
Usually, getting a phone together with a subscription means getting the phone
for little or no money at all.

I have no idea how good the GPS receivers on mobile phones are, but if that is
the pricerange a homebuilt camera/logger has to go for, I'd opt for a mobile
phone instead.

Regards,
Maarten