Newbie advice????

[MarkTT]

Hi,

Got my XDA a while ago and I love it!

But never really explored the options of what can be fully done with it!

I am interested in GPS and wondered what you guys recommend, also any other suggestions will be taken on board!

[cruisin-thru]

I have used several different types of gps on xda and ipaq, I would suggest using the cheap haicom device, this will come with power/charge lead and integrated antenna, for approx £80, the best software I have found is tomtom which does a great job of navigating, rerouting if you take a wrong turn, normal human voice prompts, instead of the dalek voices others use, free speed camera add on software etc, the overlays for points of interest, cash points, shops, parking, restaurants etc are superb, plus many people have produced their own overlays to cover their own specific interest, such as dialling codes, monuments, fishing, etc. The gps hardware from Haicom is very adept at its task and rarely loses a fix, I got mine from GPS warehouse. I have also used the destinator software and hardware and found the software was very good, the hardware was also very good, its a Leadtek product also with integrated antenna and power/charge leads. I also got hold of a cheap digitraveler gps from the usa and rewired it for xda, it uses standard nmea output and does a great job also. I think that even the cheap devices these days are very good and up to the task.

Here is the page to order that device from gps warehouse.
http://www.gpsw.co.uk/cats/cl3_65.html?Skip=10&