The very best GPS BT receiver

[Pudl]

Hello together,

I'm searching for the "egg-laying wool-milk-sow" (translated direct from German means "all singing and dancing") GPS BT receiver for my MDA VarioII. It should have the following features:
minimum SiRF-III Chipset
TMC receiver included
long battery durability
Static navigation possible
BT connection
"Navigon" compatible
I want to use it both for traffic navigation and by foot.
Has anyone a good hint?
Has anyone experience with the "GNS 5843"

Greetings Pudl

[Bidgee]

Mate i use the Holux GPSlim 236. Sirf iii, static nav option, good battery life and its good value. I use it with Tomtom and oziexplorer. Paired with a JASJAM its a great setup.

Scott

[lvyelion]

Holux GPSlim 240

[Pudl]

The two Holux receiver sound very good, but the both don't have a TCM receiver. Do you know and BT GPS receiver with TCM?

Greetings Pudl

[mrvanx]

Ive got a HOLOX BT-321 (http://www.mrvanx.org/hermes_guide/Reviews/Holox_bt_321/index.html).....worth a look?

[Bidgee]

What's TCM

[Pudl]

Sorry, I ment TMC. This means "traffic message channel". Over this channel you can receive the latest traffic news in europe. So you can see the actual traffic on the streets where you want to drive.

see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_Message_Channel

Greetings Pudl

[stewcp]

Ive got a HOLOX BT-321 (http://www.mrvanx.org/hermes_guide/Reviews/Holox_bt_321/index.html).....worth a look?

And me... my first so called BT GPS device was a pile of crap... but since getting the Holox last year I've been a happy chap sat naving everywhere :D

Well recommended! look on ebay for one ;)

[apd]

You should look at http://www.pocketgpsworld.com it has all sorts of reviews and GPS forums

[Elchinator]

I use the Nokia LD-3W which is also available in the T-Mobile shop. I just bought from eBay for half the price. ;)
Apart from TMC it has all the features. And considering the quality of traffic messages in Germany I don't miss the TMC. It works perfectly with MN6, VisualGPSce, GPSTuner and so forth. And it has a removable battery - a fact worth considering...

[stewarta]

Ive got a HOLOX BT-321 (http://www.mrvanx.org/hermes_guide/Reviews/Holox_bt_321/index.html).....worth a look?

I have a BTGPS74R (aka Holox BT-321). It uses up to 32 satellites and works well with TomTom 6 on my XDA II. The only annoying aspect is that I have to use the MS BT stack with my Blue Ant BT earpiece and the Broadcom BT stack with TomTom.

One day I might be able to use both simultaneously ... if someone is already doing this, I'd love to know how.

Enjoy!

[PressDigital]

The best low-cost receiver we've tested lately is the new little Qstarz S1000 datalogger / Bluetooth GPS..

See:

http://store.pressdigital.com.au/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=qstarz+gps

Really nice low power 32 channel chipset with an integrated logger .. plus some nice Google Earth utilities to plot the datalogger data..

Cheers
Andy

www.pressdigital.com.au
Press Digital Support Team

[Rafiki]

Hello together,

I'm searching for the "egg-laying wool-milk-sow" (translated direct from German means "all singing and dancing") GPS BT receiver for my MDA VarioII. It should have the following features:
minimum SiRF-III Chipset
TMC receiver included
long battery durability
Static navigation possible
BT connection
"Navigon" compatible
I want to use it both for traffic navigation and by foot.
Has anyone a good hint?
Has anyone experience with the "GNS 5843"

Greetings Pudl


I have used the GNS 5843 and it is very good ,especially for tmc . I used it in combination with Navigon on my trinity P3600. By the way I get more Tmc reports on P3600/ Gns 5843 than on my Navigon Ts7000!!! ........It is even better than my built in Volkswagen Navi!!!
On foot I use my P3600 without Gns 5843 as I do not need the Tmc.

Greetings

Rafiki