Tomtom + GPS bt hardware

[sidney217]

Hy!

I was wondering out if tomtom is running over every kind of bt GPS device or not. And, in such a case, which device to buy.


Grazie!

[DocteurN]

You can buy whatever BT GPS device you want with TomTom.
No problem ;)

[sidney217]

Any suggestion? Best HW?

Tanks

[slvrbllt]

I've bought the BT GPS receiver from the Route66 site (http://www.66.com).
It works flawlessy and is quite inexpensive (~150 Euro) compared to similar devices, most of which come in bundle with the software. If what you need is just the hardware, go for it.

Ciao.

[DocteurN]

Have a look at this article on GpsPasSion : GPS Chipsets Compared (http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=143)
You'll see that the last SiRF Chipset is the best one : SiRFstar III
An example of product : Globalsat BT-338

[esackbauer]

I use a XAiOX Wonde-X Bluetooth GPS with Nemerix chipset (16 satellites, lasting 18 hours).
Works like a charm with Tomtom and also quite cheap on ebay. Bought mine for 70 Euro.

Cheers
Mundl

[DocteurN]

Have a look at the test on GpsPasSion, Nemerix chipset has been compare to SiRFstar III... and unfortunately the results of Nemerix chipset aren't very good :(

"Let's start with the problems and it appears that the NemeriX chipset as tested with the iTrek is having a hard time producing a clean GPS position even though it kept the fix with a good number of satellites throughout, it's all over the place really and it's going to be difficult for the navigation software to give meaningful guidance at times and you will likely see some confusing map rotation."

[esackbauer]

I cannot follow that bad results of the test of GPSpassion. I bought it because of positive feedback in www.pocketnavigation.de and I must say that the performance is better than that of my former GPS mouse.

Cheers,
Mundl