Good GPS-BT for Hermes WM6.1?

[emugpp]

I was wondering if anyone knew a good GPS-BT thingy for the Hermes, one which has good battery and is somewhat portible to carry around..and connects nicely with say CRCs stable ROMs..

Any experience, tips&tricks out there? found nothing in the hermes forum for WM6.1..

[boog321]

I'm not running WM6.1, but I am running WM6 (K's rom). And I am using a G-sat BT-359. I'm assuming to would pair just the same, and work with google maps or MS live search just like it does on WM6.

It is small and stylish, fits nicely in a pocket. It makes it through a day of work for me, no problems (they claim it will get 11 hours on a charge, and it seems it will, but I haven't tried it on a long trip yet). It also paired nicely with my laptop and Street Atlas '05 played quite nice with it.

And the sensitivity is nice, much better than my old usb gps from my laptop, the BT-359 will receive satellites while inside my house, and have my location correct. It also works while in a pocket.

Hope this helps!

http://www.globalsat.com.tw/eng/product_detail_00000076.htm

[jblakk]

I just picked up the Garmin 10x. It was 120 bucks, but came with the map software for both my phone and my laptop. Works great, pairs easy. I'm using Pays v3(6.1) and no problems. The reciever gets about 22 hours on a charge.

[hotmail]

I was wondering if anyone knew a good GPS-BT thingy for the Hermes, one which has good battery and is somewhat portible to carry around..and connects nicely with say CRCs stable ROMs..

Any experience, tips&tricks out there? found nothing in the hermes forum for WM6.1..

I use the Garmin GPS 10x (https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=423). It's small, rechargeable using the same cable / plug as the Hermes, has excellent battery life, and great satellite reception. I've had it for a little over a year and used it with Google Maps, MS Live, Garmin map software for Windows Mobile, and iNav software. Works well with any of them.

[birdheh]

I got a gtop gps off of ebay 6 months ago for less than 40.00 and i am very happy with it. I have never run out of the battery on the gps. Navizon has paid it off and then some.

[wazmo]

I have used a Deluo GPS unit that I picked up for $80 (USD).

It's nice that it uses a Nokia BLS-5 battery, so I don't have to rip the unit apart when the battery craps out.

[pr5owner]

GlobalSat BT-359

gets a fix in 20 seconds, SirfSTAR III chipset, replacable battery, $60

cant go wrong with this one, it got 5/5 in most reviews

[Chrisofsweden]

I'm using the GlobalSAT BT-338 (http://www.globalsat.com.tw/eng/product_detail_00000039.htm)

About 17 hours runtime on a full battery. Great signal recieving.
You can't go wrong with this one.

[sh500]

I've bought my second GPS receiver for it's size:

www.keychaingps.com

Link is for info only not price- I forget where I bought mine from but was £37 (GBP) inc delivery. Cold sat fix is excellent; always get a good signal. And best of all, put it on your keyring so it's always with you!

I'm using it with TomTom 6 on Hermes Schaps ROM and works great.

[emugpp]

thanks for the many options, the hermes seems to work good with an external GPS-module, it's safe to buy one :)

I might get the keychain one, I only hope that it has a long standby time, I'm sure to forget to charge it and then suddenly need it..

[sh500]

thanks for the many options, the hermes seems to work good with an external GPS-module, it's safe to buy one :)

I might get the keychain one, I only hope that it has a long standby time, I'm sure to forget to charge it and then suddenly need it..

My one seems to last weeks on standby- i tend to just 'top-up' the charge every now again just to make sure.

[tonidekohlanta]

I also just bought the keychain, very good reception in Japan which is known to be a difficult area for gps, very fast, very small, and use time is 9 hour, very good time if you compare with the size.
Bought on ebay for 35£ + 10£ shipping. Best price possible.
And it's not sirf chipset but mtk 51 channels, compatible with 5 Hz information refreshing rate (still to be implemented in softwares...).
Nothing more to say... Enjoy!
(and perfect compatibility with Hermes+Schaps)

[emugpp]

keychain seems the way to go for me too :)

so does it work when walking around with the chain in your pocket or rucksack? when you go tracking for example, or strawling through city streets..I've heard from a friend that his Orbit 2 (touch-cruise) GPS-function is useless for walking around..

[tonidekohlanta]

I keep it in my pocket or in the backpack, so the bluetooth has a very good range I think. The only thing I noticed was that it needs to be in a very well-spaced area (sorry I don't know how to say it better, I mean you need to see the sky...) to get the primary signal, so I keep it in my hand during the 20 first seconds of switch on. But I think it's the same for every gps receiver.
Besides this, it this perfect. By the way I use it with Garmin Mobile XT.
Toni

[sh500]

Yep, agree with tonidekohlanta, you need to have it out for the initial signal then it can indeed be in your pocket or where ever (within reason of course!) and the signal is still strong.

[angrypeanut]

I do like the idea of a keychain for general usage but I would love that I could wire one into my car and as soon as it gets power it would switch on. I have BT3341 which is awesome but I cant mount it on my parcel shelf or anything as I have to switch it on whenever I want to use it. Anyone know of one that will power up as soon as it gets power?

[emugpp]

I do like the idea of a keychain for general usage but I would love that I could wire one into my car and as soon as it gets power it would switch on. I have BT3341 which is awesome but I cant mount it on my parcel shelf or anything as I have to switch it on whenever I want to use it. Anyone know of one that will power up as soon as it gets power?

aren't there devices which stay on standby bluetooth-on until the battery drains out? if so, just connect it to your cig-lighter in your car and let it run, forever! ;)

[tonidekohlanta]

The keychain as a energy save system : it goes on stand by when there is no bluetooth signal (generally when you close the gps software on your device). I didn't really tested the battery life in this case but one time I forgot to switch it off, anf when I realized it three days after, it was still working (but not for long maybe...). Also I heard that when the battery is low, the reception gets weaker.
By the way, keychain is delivered with cig lighter adapter (and the seller on ebay added a normal adapter which works also to charge the phone - very convenient!).
And also I heard somewhere that the holux gps receptor was nice, but I choose the keychain so I cannot say more.

[hitar_petar]

I bought Holux M1200 for me and my wife. Works perfectly with TyTN and Touch. I keep it attached to the sun visor and it has great reception.

[molboro]

thanks for the many options, the hermes seems to work good with an external GPS-module, it's safe to buy one :)
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you can run into ports detection problems (in software like iGo) in some roms with htc home plugin. But it works fine if U reset software and turn off htc home from todays screen.

[sxjml]

RBT-2100 is very Good
235yuan RMB

[10kredline]

holux m1000. its the bomb diggity.:D