[ale] Geocaching, Linux, and appropriate GPS

Brian Pitts brian at polibyte.com
Tue Dec 11 16:29:15 EST 2007


tom wrote:
> You might consider looking at the Nokia N810. Probably some significant 
> level of overkill for you, but I kind of like the idea of the FM radio...

Alternately, buy a much cheaper N770 or N800 and get a bluetooth GPS 
like [1]. There's free mapping software for it [2] and it's easy to car 
mount if you so desire. [3]

[1] 
http://www.buygpsnow.com/i-blue-edition-2-i-blue-737-iblue-i-blue-ps-737-32-channel-bluetooth-gps-gps-receiver-waas-auto-on-off-679.aspx
[2] http://gnuite.com:8080/nokia770/maemo-mapper/
[3] http://tabletblog.com/2006/02/howto-bluetooth-gps-and-gpsdrive-on.html

-Brian



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