Bluetooth GPS receiver with UK maps for £22

drahcir_2

looking at the comments you can only pair with alphabet passcode not numeric which most phones use

sockpuppetuk

You want a BT receiver with the Sirf III chipset, not Sirf II.

Sirf III is much faster at locking on to the satellite signal and keeping it when you go through tunnels or drive through an area with high mountains etc.

happy_red

sockpuppetuk wrote: »

You want a BT receiver with the Sirf III chipset, not Sirf II.

Sirf III is much faster at locking on to the satellite signal and keeping it when you go through tunnels or drive through an area with high mountains etc.

Or RFMD which has similar properties but uses much less power.

tightus_wad

to respond to ms2005 issues without trying to cause offence....

SIRFII is not most powerful, SirfIII is.
You do NOT need a VERY VERY powerful smartphone to run tomtom mobile- I run it on an old windows mobile 2002/2003 smartphone fine, the lobster will do just fine.

The advice for as many channels as pos is ok - however...there are only x number of sats. in view in the sky at anyone time - usualy no more than 12 due to orientation of the earth/sky and how the sats. broadcast so anymore than this is a waste. Also, their are only ever 28 'active' sats at anyone time - despite there being more up there (they have backups)! Out of interest - for the saddos like me - you can check how many are in view using this free software...
http://www.trimble.com/planningsoftware.shtml


I have used old 8 channel and old smartphone to use on foot and they are fine. Just, your position doesn't move very much due to you going slowly - not the update speed of the gps - usually about once per sec. which is fine for most.

As for overloading the phone, you just have to know how to set them up and not expect to run any other programs while you are running the sat nav stuff.

The batteries are common AAA type and last 30 hours - don't think ANY LI-ION receivers last anywhere NEAR this long. Also, you can plug it in to the car with a 5v car adaptor if you like.


The post was simply to point out you could get the navman receiver for £22 which is a great price in anyones language.

Only issue is it needs NAVMAN as the pass code - not 0000 as is the usual default - this MAY cause problems with some phones. You need to check your phone/pda or other device

ChemicalBrother_2

For nearly two years I've been using a bluetooth GPS receiver (with Nokia phones) almost exclusively whilst on foot. For the last few months I've been doing so daily. It works perfectly fine 95%* of the time (*just a rough guess!)

It can take a while to get a fix from a cold start and using it in NYC didn't go swimingly (although it did work amazingly well on occasions.) Slow speeds aren't a problem at all.

You

I have both the lobster and the navman. Had a quick try to get the navman spin 100 software on the lobster. No success. Put everything on a microsd and then tried to run it. Message comes up saying: "can't find AUTORUN (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all the required libraries are available."

Have to admit that I haven't done an application unlock procedure that people have mentioned for the phone, so that might be why. :rotfl:

Is there any reason the software won't work with windows mobile 5? It says it supports windows mobile 2003 and 2003se. Although totalpda say in the comments section it's not compatible, someone else says there that it works with mobile 5.

To be honest, I can't see myself getting tomtom for this. No-one seems to sell it at a reasonable price, so all in, might as well get a standalone satnav system.

Would love to hear if someone has success with navman spin software with the lobster, and how they did it. Don't think I'll try the software unlock unless it sounds like navman will work. Knowing me I will kill the phone by trying the unlock procedure.

zenmaster

debtfreeandlovingit wrote: »

Thanks to everyone for your helpful replies.

I hope I'm not being too thick, but if I buy this Navman receiver with maps for £22 does this mean I don't need anything else (like TomTom that everyone is talking about) to have sat nav on my Lobster? I have searched everywhere but can't find TomTom 5.2 for mobiles for sale (apart from the one with Benelux maps).

Thanks in advance.

dc wrote: »

You will need to transfer the software from the sd card to the micro sd, or get someone to do it for you. Then you will have satnav on the Lobster.

The GPS device will work fine with the Lobster but the software will not.

The Lobster is a WM5 Smartphone, the software is for a Windows 2003 Pocket PC.

1. It will not install
2. Even if it did you couldn't use it, as it requires a touch screen.

Therefore you will also need some software for it. Route66, as mentioned on the Lobster thread, seems to be the best deal at the moment.

I use CoPilot which came free with my T-Mobile SDA, but I think it's quite expensive to buy.

You

zenmaster wrote: »

The GPS device will work fine with the Lobster but the software will not.

The Lobster is a WM5 Smartphone, the software is for a Windows 2003 Pocket PC.

1. It will not install
2. Even if it did you couldn't use it, as it requires a touch screen.

Therefore you will also need some software for it. Route66, as mentioned on the Lobster thread, seems to be the best deal at the moment.

I use CoPilot which came free with my T-Mobile SDA, but I think it's quite expensive to buy.

It might not work, but as far as I can tell not because of the reasons you mention.

The software is not just compatible with pocket pcs. It works with windows mobile 2003 and 2003se (Phone editions) as stated in the supported operating systems on the packaging itself.

It also doesn't need a touch screen according to its instructions. It will work using the toggle bar.

Here are the instructions by the way:

http://www.navman.com/spin

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I've got one of these working with my O2 Xda Exec (which is Win Mobile 2005). Points to note:

It paired with the code 0000

The software didn't autorun but browsing to the appropriate installer and running worked just fine (you only need to do this once).

It picked up a signal within a minute or two from cold in central London.

Updating works just fine at cycling speeds. I have the receiver stuck under some mesh on my backpack and the phone in my pocket. I stop and check it if I want to see where I am.

The instructions that come with it are rubbish.

bencallis

Anyone managed to get this wokring with a Nokia n80.

Or infact any other nokia? I am abit worried that It won't pair correctly. Also what size is the navman sd card? And can it be formated?

Thanks:j

(Not bought the software yet so would it be compatable with say the navman s60 software or tom tom?)