Help on getting GPS PDA FOR 4X4 TRACKS

[bushpig59]

ASUS is the grooviest built in GPS with really great PDA functions too. Dont buy it with software and spend $500 and dpownload all of the softwares you want from the web .

thanks for that will check it out
tnx again
John

[bluemu]

Hi John,

TomTom sell both navigation hardware as well as software.

For the O2 Exec, just need to get a copy of Tomtom 5.21 Software, and the Australian Map. Bt 338 is just the bluthtooth (which is wireless, but not Wi-fi...Wifi is something else)

Tomtom is a street level navigator with voice navigation....it tells you the directions while your driving....and the Bt 338 is extremely acurate....and the great thing about the Bt 338 is that you can put it anywhere in the Truck (in the glovebox, under the chair) and it will still pick up signal no problem....its surf III...high tech stuff.

Then for real off roading use oziexplorerCE edition ..... works fantastically on the exec.

Note: the O2 Xda Exec is just the O2 release name. The PDA is actually made by a company in Taiwan called HTC ..... the unbranded name for it is the HTC Universal. HTC produces it for Vodfone europe, Imate (JasJar), Qtec...and a few others. The only difference between them is the color and software....all the internals and features are identical.

So you can buy any of them....usually the )2 release is the most expensive because of the color used and in countries where you actually get warrenty cover...o2 are pretty good (we dont get cover here) and Imate is a joke for warrenty cover.

Just make sure the one you buy is unlocked.

Good luck

[-Mick-]

Just been having a bit of look at these lately but still not really up on it all. Has anyone tried any of the pda's with built in gps like the acer n35 or navman pin 570? How do they stack up?

We trialled an ipaq and something else at work (can't remember sorry) with the built in gps and found the accuracy to be poor at best on both We're talking 15 metres in good conditions and a real need for fairly good conditions generally to get any kind of reasonable location from it

may or may not be suitable for some but not really good enough for our field crews and the kind of work they do

[Troll00]

You ripper this sounds very much the same as a fellow 4x4 club members got thanks for your input much appreciated Just curious what brand was the Bluetooth gps?
Oh does Co-pilot pocket pc work ok? Is that the Sydways Melways mapping?
Thanks in advance
John

This is where I got mine from give them a call they tell you all about it

[bushpig59]

Hi John,

TomTom sell both navigation hardware as well as software.

For the O2 Exec, just need to get a copy of Tomtom 5.21 Software, and the Australian Map. Bt 338 is just the bluthtooth (which is wireless, but not Wi-fi...Wifi is something else)

Tomtom is a street level navigator with voice navigation....it tells you the directions while your driving....and the Bt 338 is extremely acurate....and the great thing about the Bt 338 is that you can put it anywhere in the Truck (in the glovebox, under the chair) and it will still pick up signal no problem....its surf III...high tech stuff.

Then for real off roading use oziexplorerCE edition ..... works fantastically on the exec.

Note: the O2 Xda Exec is just the O2 release name. The PDA is actually made by a company in Taiwan called HTC ..... the unbranded name for it is the HTC Universal. HTC produces it for Vodfone europe, Imate (JasJar), Qtec...and a few others. The only difference between them is the color and software....all the internals and features are identical.

So you can buy any of them....usually the )2 release is the most expensive because of the color used and in countries where you actually get warrenty cover...o2 are pretty good (we dont get cover here) and Imate is a joke for warrenty cover.

Just make sure the one you buy is unlocked.

Good luck

Thanks blumu for taking time to give me the info I'm really interested... I downloaded oziexplorer to my laptop for a play but have not got decent maps so going to get some then play.... O2 Xda Exec sounds the go but will do some homework
cheers
John

[bluemu]

My pleasure John...if you need any further help then PM me....I can point you in the right direction for software and even who to buy off on ebay...be very carfull buying this device on ebay there are man many sharletions....I see about 2-3 fake sellers everytime I look

[bushpig59]

ok the story so far is .....I bought a Bluetooth GPS off EBAY its really small!!!
Yes with the latest so called chipset srf111 got oziexplorer bought a billiton bluetooth usb for the laptop and plugged it all in bought a cd of the local area (OTways) and hey presto one very nice GPS system.
Next step is to get a PDA as althought the laptop is great its slightly too big.
So recapping it works perfectly rain slush bush its great....
Oh you have to be a rocket scientist to fully understand mapping and the s/ware but the point and shoot approach works well too...

[Liam]

I got an o2 pda. works great, destinator came with it but no aerial, dont really need that with a nuvi on the dash. If theres any toppo maps available I'll put them in the 02. Very happy with it so far.

[bushpig59]

Hi Guys n Girls Just a quick note on what's been happening..
I got from EBAY a HP iPAQ Pocket PC 4150 and a bluetooth gps sat rx load with ozi explorer and destinator a little bit to set up not hard but if you have not done it before can get a little tedious.
WORKS REALLY WELL ON ALL BUSH TRACKS and STREETS

A BIG THANK YOU FOR THE HELP AND ADVICE
Cheers
bushpig59