Thread: GPS PDA Smartphone

Originally Posted by solmanic

Assuming you have a bluetooth stereo... sigh.

I do

admitedly not in my 110....

use the new alpine bluetooth adapter KCE-300BT - it streams whatever data you are playing on the PDA, so GPS instructions, audio files, telephone calls... all through the car hifi

works a treat!
...but of course you need a pretty high end alpine head unit to use it. There are also similar models from Pioneer and Sony are around, dunno if in Oz or not...

Originally Posted by incisor

they are the imate jamin in AU

I stand corrected!

I have a Ipaq HW6965 - it has built in GPS - i run Oziexplorer CE(4wding) and TomTom(for city) on it, It also has built in bluetooth and WiFi, Built in phone as well. Battery life is pretty poor especialy using it for GPS without power connected but its fine with a car charger. It runs WM5 and has the basic mobile office apps loaded - sync with my outlook email fine.

Great little unit it gets a good work out

oh best bit was it cost me around 600 new when they were first released (HP contactor special ) I think they retail around the 1100 mark but can be picked up for 700-800 with tomtom i beleive. I occasionaly get offers on them come through if your interested let me know and i will keep an eye out.

Looking at one of your requirements again, I was about to say I wasn't aware of any PDA satnav programme that would interface with Outlook. Co-Pilot doesn't seem to have this ability.

Except Destinator. There it is.

http://www.phoenixitd.com.au/destina...r6features.htm

Quite nifty, this feature. Might go this way myself when the Tomtom dies.

Regards
Max P

i personally think destinator is wayyyyyy better than tomtom...

I have heard good things said about Destinator elsewhere too. I will need to follow them up directly to check compatability with these two devices which I have identified as having the features I am after...

Dopod P800W
http://www.dopodasia.com/global/au/p...p800w_fea.html

E-ten gofiish X500
http://www.glofiish.com/products/Communication/X500.php

Both are available in Australia but from on-line retailers only (I think the E-ten device is an asian import only). If anyone has information on actual physical retailers stocking these it would be appreciated.

Other devices I have researched an ruled out at this stage include...
HP iPaq 6515 - just too bulky.
Mitac Mio A701 - no Wi-fi, only tri-band GSM, only Bluetooth 1.2

And I am undecided about the following which have quad-band GSM, Windows mobile 5.0 and GPS.
E-ten gofiish M700 (bulkier but faster than the X500)
O2 XDA Orbit

There are others in the same family as these - many are the same guts in different boxes sold by different OEMs (eg. O2 and HTC). It is also a bit confusing as to who of these many OEMs actually sells in Australia with Australian warranties. It is so easy to buy devices on-line from supposedly Australian retailers but they are actually direct importing from Asia or Europe with no local warranty.

The search continues...

im just getting the mio a701, its got all the features and it got gps a lock on inside the store I was checking it out in, It found all the bluetooth stuff in the shop (including the wifes pda which was turned on in the car outside)

I like the look of the sofrtware on it, it will run the explorer ce that I like to use for my long distance nav and off road stuff.

I'll give you a report on it when i get it up..

downside.. gsm only, but it is tri band.

I just wish i hadnt killed my old mio168, did everything i needed but now the screens dead...