I have the Garmin Mobile 10, and use it with my Axim X51v.  What I like
about it is that I can use either my Axim OR my laptop.  The GPS is in the
little Bluetooth receiver, so it's actually like having more than 1 GPS.
The GPS unit can easily be placed on the dashboard without mounting it.  It
doesn't matter where I have the Axim or the laptop, because the satellite
signal is picked up by the receiver then transmitted to the Axim.
Patti
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On 8/6/07, James Henry <jch@jchgis.com> wrote:
>
> Neil,
> I have come up with a reasonable answer to you concept. It is the Garmin
> Mobile 10 and a SmartPhone. The Mobile10 costs ~$165-$200, comes with
> navigation software for both Microsoft mobile and windows, so it will run
> on
> a laptop too. It connects through Bluetooth.  My Smart phone has a mobile
> version of office, wireless connections The interface is not as nice as an
> Iphone, but I figure that will be the new standard. I would expect Garmin
> to
> embrace that market pretty quickly. My phone bill with the data support
> runs
> under $100 per month.
>
> I am rapidly becoming a gadget junkie!
>
> Jim Henry
> Durham, NC
> 84 westy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> neil N
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 4:34 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: GPS
>
> Hi all.
>
> So this thread got me learning about Garmins. Pretty cool. Now I want!
>
> Anyone know if there's 3rd party word processing software for it?
>
> That would really "kill two birds" for me. GPS, Mp3 and something to keep
> *legible* notes on. Especially since screen gets great reviews.
>
> Not sure if it would be big enough though.
>
> I know they have USB ports, so a KB plus simple WP software, and off you
> go!
>
> (of course its' OS would have to support that kind of thing)
>
> Just curious.
>
> Neil.
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>
>
> On 8/1/07, Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote:
> > I just bought a Garmin NUVI 350 from Best Buy and it works great. I
> > mostly use it in upstate NY where there a 100's of roads that nobody
> > knows of and I have to say this thing is great. I knows them all,
> > calls out the turns in advance, even has a detour button in the event
> > you hit a traffic jam. ( I have used this once on the BQE going to
> > brooklyn and it worked great!)
> >
> > The only complaint is that the voice is a little robotic but I got
> > used to it over time.
> >
> > It has an mp3 player in it which is nice as you loaded it up with
> > songs then connect it to my stereo, when the navigator needs to tell
> > me to make a turn it cuts in, lowers the music and speaks, then goes
> > right back to the music.
> >
> > I paid $450 for it and got the extended warranty for a little extra.
> >
> > the other good thing about it is that it's portable, can run on
> > batteries in the event you are walking around in a town looking for
> > museums, restaurants, or medical needs.
> >
> > Robert
> > 88 Vanagon
> > NY
> >
> >
> > On Jul 30, 2007, at 7:04 PM, mike wrote:
> >
> > > Vannuts,
> > >
> > > I've been wanting to get a GPS system for my van for a while now.
> > > Frank's
> > > post really got me going. I'd like something like that if it had
> > > remote entry.
> > >
> > >
> > > However....today I got an offer from my cell phone company, Verizon.
> > > They're offering voice and picture GPS guidance on my cell phone for
> > > $10/ month.
> > > Anybody have any experience with this system?
> > >
> > > Mike
> >
>