Fun in the SUNSHINE Solar Powered Bluetooth GPS

Advantages: No more cables and extended battery power
Disadvantages: LEDs are a little bright for night use

...Yes I know yet another gadget but hey that's my bag, and when I first found this item I knew it would be the answer to my recent problem. My previous receiver a Rickaline 6030 had given up the ghost, after many journeys of unblemished and accurate service. So off it was to the best shop in town, which never closes "yep" the World Wide Web. Now I had an inkling that I wanted a Bluetooth version GPS receiver, to dispense with the myriad of cables and wires snaking round my dashboard. Like most I was concerned about battery life and connectivity. After searching for several hours I had discovered several and was about to purchase Tom Tom's own branded GPS receiver. However always researching till the last before making the final purchase, I discovered a solar powered one. Well my cup certainly runeth over. Though my initial concern was...

johnny760 18.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of Solar Bluetooth GPS receiver

TomTom Wireless GPS Receiver 20 channel GPS receiver module

Advantages: good
Disadvantages: none

...I dont have a 20 channel receiver however I do have a 12 channel receiver which came in the box with my Tom Tom Navigator 5 for PDA, whichi I use in my Treo 680 Smart Phone. The whole thing works perfectly and I couldn't ask for more as Sat Nav goes. The GPS receiver looks identical to the 20 channel one shown here and if this one works as well as mine does then you can't go wrong. It has a matt cover which makes it stay put where ever you place it on the dashboard and in use I've found that it picks up a signal very quickly and once linked to the PDA by bluetooth it keeps the signal so long as it can see just a tiny bit of sky. Once linked I take the unit off the dash and place it on the floor of the car in between the seats and it keeps the signal through motorway tunnels and even during a traffice halt under a bridge! It does link...

tan78 18.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of TomTom Wireless GPS Receiver 20 channel GPS receiver module

GPS extraordinaire

Advantages: Very fast connection speeds
Disadvantages: None

...your position. After failing to be impressed by this Compact flash GPS receiver, I was beginning to loose faith with the whole concept, but thought that I would give one last punt at buying a Bluetooth connecting GPS receiver off Ebay, which praised itself at being all singing and dancing with incredible battery life and super connection speeds. It proved to be just that. External Features The receiver itself is a black rectangular box shaped device with 3 LED lights on the top, one orange which flashes once a GPS signal has been achieved, one blue which signals a bluetooth connection to an external device, and one further light to indicate low battery life remaining. It also has a USB connection input for connection to computers without Bluetooth and is also the charging connector. The base of the device has two rubber sections...

Pilotgavw 18.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Holux M-1000 32 channel GPS receiver module

GPS ... Where am I and where have I been ?

Advantages: Datalogger, Sat Nav, so many plusses !
Disadvantages: Slightly difficult to set up

...Royaltek Bluetooth GPS (Datalogger) For the uninitiated I'll quickly give a brief description of what purpose this item serves. There are several choices for running Satellite Navigation software, the main two are either buy a standalone product (such as Tom-Tom, Garmin etc) or buy a PDA (See my other review on Dell Axim) using a GPS satellite receiver (this is what the Royaltek Bluetooth GPS receiver is) If you have decided to choose the PDA route, you will need at least three things, the PDA, the GPS (Royaltek in this case) and software to run (I have chosen TomTom Navigtor 5 as it seems to be one of the market leaders. There are now two options for your GPS receiver, wired (which just means that the gps must be somehow connected directly to the PDA , this can either be via a wire or SD Card via the slot on the PDA OR via...

damionh 12.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Royaltek Bluetooth GPS (Datalogger)

The best GPS receiver I have seen yet!

Advantages: Tiny, appealling, accurate, powerful and desirable.
Disadvantages: Rubber cover for DC power supply breaks off easily.

.... This back cover also plays host to a couple of long oval rubber feet, which seem to grip pretty much everything - certainly, on my desk, you have to really drag the receiver to overcome the friction of these feet. OK ... switching the device on entails holding down the power button for about 1 second. That's as difficult as the device gets. It has just one button, and three LEDs. Once the device is on, it begins it's search for GPS satellites. The three LEDs are pretty simple. The one with the battery symbol next to it indicates when you need to charge the battery (and with a 17 hour battery life, it's not very often). The middle LED, the green one, indicates your current GPS lock, whilst the bottom, blue LED, indicates your Bluetooth connection status. Incidentally, the green LED flashes when you have a GPS lock, and is constant...

sexyjw 27.07.2005 · Read review
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Review of Globalsat BT-338 20 channel GPS receiver module

Great GPS receiver

Advantages: light, portable, good reception, accutate
Disadvantages: none

...A slim GPS Receiver that connect to your device using 'Bluetooth' a handy product that will enable your smartphone or windows mobile phone to connect to the GPS satalite network for trip guidence and other similar sat-nav tasks. I have used this with my O2 XDA mini phone and found it to be very reliable. I loaded the Destinator sat-nav software onto my phone, launched the application and swithched on the Holux receiver and once i had set up the pairing in my phone it was good to go! Reception was excellent and accuracy very good. In fact because it is so portable i was able to compare it with my friends Pergout car's factory fitted sat-nav and it beat it for accuracy hands down. I also use it with some Geocaching software for paperless caching - look up Geocaching on google if you want to know what it is? Some phones now have...

GriffMedia 09.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Holux GPSlim236 20 channel GPS receiver module

GPS the no frills approach

Advantages: Cheap and easy to use
Disadvantages: Build quality an issue

...****** Introduction ****** Welcome to my second review based around GPS receivers even though this is my second review this product was actually the first GPS receiver I purchased. I won't go into too much detail into the workings of GPS as I covered this in detail in my earlier review of the internet Bluetooth GPS receiver( Why not take a look at this review go on you know you want to).GPS basically uses a series of satellites that orbit the planet to triangulate your position on the planet. A gps receiver reads the signal and with the use of navigation software (for example TomTom) and allows you to plan routes based on your current position and your destination. ******* Product Overview ******** This unit is a GPS receiver that works by slotting into a compact flash port in my case the one that I have on my IPAQ pda...

phensh 01.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Globalsat BC-337 20 channel GPS receiver module

Spice up your Sat Nav

Advantages: Improves reception, loading time is dramatically reduced, Much better accuracy
Disadvantages: plating is wearing off the connector

...and finally brought forward to the dashboard with a couple of feet to spare. The antenna itself is a small plastic box with a strong magnet on the bottom, so theer is no fixing to worry about. I plugged the lead into the Sat Nav and switched on. In a couple of seconds it was displaying "Ready to Navigate" Since then, about 10 days ago, I have covered over 2,000 miles and have not lost reception once, including the wooded section of the A350 just north of Shaftesbury in Dorset, where I always lost signal for about 2 miles. I have noticed some of the plating wearing off the plug, exposing bare plastic. This is because It is not a good idea to leave the SAT NAV in the car when parked, so I have to take the cable out if I park somewhere dodgy, like city centres. I must say that this does not appear to have affected performance. It...

JeffFromPoole 21.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of GARMIN GA 25MCX GPS aerial

GPS - I WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT IT !!!

Advantages: Easy to use,Reliable and flexible
Disadvantages: An extra item to carry around

...~~~~Introduction~~~~ The following review is for a separate GPS receiver unit that connects to portable devices via Bluetooth and allows you to run satellite navigation software (satnav for short and to save me time typing).I will give an overview of the technology behind the product and then a review on my experience with using the product.GPS is a technology that I am a big fan of and it has a wide range of applications and uses in everyday life and is easily affordable for even the tightest of budgets. ~~~~What is GPS? ~~~~ GPS (Global Positioning Satellites) is a network of 24 satellites which orbit the planet and were originally launched in the mid 80's by the US department of defence. It was meant for military use but civilian access was granted and allowed for the development of satnav as we know it...

phensh 26.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of ITerNet PS-3100 16 channel GPS receiver module

Perfect if you already have a Bluetooth PocketPC

Advantages: good value, excellent GPS receiver, simple to use
Disadvantages: not as sophisticated as other (more expensive) navigation software

...My first satnav kit. This was perfect for me as I already have a PocketPC with Bluetooth (an iPAQ 4700). I bought the bundle from dabs for about £120. Note that the "display size" score is arbitrary as this kit doesn't include anything with a display - I've based this on the average 3.5" size of a PDA screen. In the box 1x Holux GR-230 Bluetooth GPS receiver 1x car charger (12V DC) for the GPS receiver 1x USB cable for the GPS receiver 1x SD Card containing software 1x CD* 1x PDA holder kit 1x printed manual (in good English) * I haven't needed to use the CD at all. I suspect it contains drivers if you connect the GPS to a PC, and electronic versions of the manuals. Setting up Very straightforward, insert the SD card and the software automatically installs. There are two options, a minimal...

kah123 03.03.2006 (05.03.2006) · Read review
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Review of TeamWarrior AA Navigator Bluetooth GPS kit