Backpack keyboard gps and wifi, I have some Q's

[riiidaa]

Hi boys and girls,

I'm considering getting the XDA2, mainly i want it for a navigation system, so without using a bluetooth gps unit I imagine i need the backpack right?

So do you remove the camera to clip the backpack on?

Does backpack obscure the bottom mounted port which I would want to use the thumboard for?

backpack enables CF as I understand it, so are there any issues with wifi CF's remaining connected to the w/lan on windows pocket 2003? (I am plagued with periodic loss of connection with my old laptop using a 16bit wifi pcmcia card on XP)

Anyone use a bluetooth gps and do u loose connection much?

Anyone use the thumb board thing and what do you think of it?

Any pics of the thumb-board mounted on the device or the backpack mounted on would be ACE

Cheers

[cruisin-thru]

You dont need the backpack to use a gps with xda2, just buy a wired system, it will set itself up on com1, you must make sure that under setting/connection/beams, that the box "receive incoming beams" is not checked. www.globalpositioningsystems.com do a good cheap range of gps modules, any unit that fits xda1 will also work on xda2. As to the bluetooth gps, I have used Fortuna GPSmart and find it to be very good, the one I am using at the moment is the Holus GR-203e but I had to install a patch to get that working, the GPSmart is also usable as a cabled gps so with the cable which is very cheap you can connect to laptop or other non bluetooth devices. You can use the GPSmart as a stand alone unit also, I bought a cable which charges the xda, powers the gps and also carries the data.

[riiidaa]

You dont need the backpack to use a gps with xda2, just buy a wired system, it will set itself up on com1, you must make sure that under setting/connection/beams, that the box "receive incoming beams" is not checked. www.globalpositioningsystems.com

Thanks for your reply, I think I'm in need of the backpack in any case because I want wifi

the bluetooth unit you mention that can run as wired sounds good, and how much was that multi charging cable? Cigar lighter effort I assume?

[cruisin-thru]

If you just want to charge the gps you get a mini usb lead and one of those usb liger sockets, the cable has a lighter socket included with the y cable., it was less than £20.

[riiidaa]

Was this the one you meant mate?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3079911961&category=15005

The url you posted was invalid, so i tried www.globalpositioningsystem.com and that site didnt look all that hot??

[cruisin-thru]

Globalpositioningsystem are one of the best suppliers I have used, that gps on ebay is not the one I use, that is GPSmart. it can be used as a handheld, bluetooth or wired system and is very cheap, runs on 3 x AAA batteries. The cable with lighter adaptor and data/charge cost less than £20. I inadvertently added an "s" to the end of that url.