Thread: PDA with phone and GPS

metalised windscreens often do not allow the signal to get through, but it's also much tougher for a GPS to get a lock when moving. I suggest you guys having difficulties buy/borrow an external antenna and see how it goes. Snorkel tops make ideal mounting points!

The beauty of the little bluetooth units is that you can leave it in the car and switched on. For me the battery lasts up to 3 days without recharging and uses a USB charger cable (same as my phone) when I need it. This way the GPS always has a lock when I get in the vehicle and as soon as my PDA gets within Bluetooth range, the two devices pair and my GPS software auto runs... if I have the address I want to go to in my outlook calendar, I can select the calendar item and it will auto load the address and calculate the route without me doing anything fantastic...

my plan is to wire in the GPS to a spare cigarette lighter socket under the dash so I don't have to remember to charge it either...

Originally Posted by solmanic

I don't think they are the same. The Dopod D810 is code named Trinity and manufactured by HTC - also sold as the HTC P3600 in some overseas markets.

that is correct sort of the jasjam is teh same as the dopod 838pro ie the "wizard" the 810 is virtually the same the just missing the keyboard and has gps chip inside dopod is actally the owner of htc they brought them out earlier this year and have now combined under one website name ect but have both sold identical products for years