Anyone know of a cheap bluetooth GPS?

sniperpenguin · 28 November 2006 at 6:02PM

I have a mobile phone with TomTom installed and need a bluetooth GPS unit to go with it (borrowing one at the mo!)

Anyone come across anything cheap? Would rather not buy from ebay.

joseph21_2 · 28 November 2006 at 7:03PM

I Think Tesco Have Cheap Bluetooth

huddsta · 28 November 2006 at 7:49PM

Well i had mine from eBay about 18 months ago and it's great. Very good battery life and quick to find a signal.

I've used it with Route 66 on an Ngage and TomTom mobile on an N70.

stokefan · 28 November 2006 at 8:10PM

on the same subject does anyone know of any sat nav software i can get for my n73

ukbandit · 29 November 2006 at 12:29PM

if you dont want top use ebay, at least consider the ebay shops. these are normal shops with a ebay front.

a good example is addonsworld, they are actually Blah.com.

i know that because i bought a PDA mount from them and it had a Blah envelope and invoice..;)

the ebay shop was cheaper as well.

incidently i think addonsworld do do BT GPS, remember to look for at least SIRFIII shipset, as the latest standard.

gazbert_2 · 29 November 2006 at 1:17PM

SirfStar III is no longer a pre-requisite for a good GPS. Some of the other chipsets, E.g. the newer Nemerix perform just as well.

For that matter my old Holux GR-230 had a SirfStar II chipset, and that is still one of the best bluetooth GPS units ever made.

ukbandit · 1 December 2006 at 10:52AM

gazbert wrote:

SirfStar III is no longer a pre-requisite for a good GPS. Some of the other chipsets, E.g. the newer Nemerix perform just as well.

For that matter my old Holux GR-230 had a SirfStar II chipset, and that is still one of the best bluetooth GPS units ever made.

thats true,

i actually got one different from SIRFIII as well, but its the best known, and if your not really comfortable with being cutting edge, then its the standard to go for.

i only suggested is SIRFIII is the latest standard, and they may not want to be in the vangaurd for some of the newer options

i dont have SIRFIII either