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Tue Apr 29 15:47:36 BST 2008
Cell/Wifi to get real time traffic updates from other dash users, keeps a
history of your personal traffic so if there has not been anyone else on
your drive, you'll start to have more relevant traffic info. It lets you
manage it from the web as well.
Alternatively, I've been thinking about picking up the eeePC and sticking a
GPS Dongle on it. I'm not sure how well it works with Linux :( but I've
seen plenty of people load XP for this reason. Depending on your
Cellphone/service, you may even be able to tether your phone to the eeePC to
stay connected to the net for updates, email, etc. I've seen there is GPSD
for Linux, I've just not come across anyone actually using it on the eeePC
yet. Here is eeeUser's wiki on the subject :
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:gpsd
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:19 AM, NICK VERBECK <nerdynick at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've never played with it but on the GPS side. I have a Garmen 660 I
> think is the model that has to be one of the best dedicated GPS
> devises I have played with. It has a few features that I don't use
> like MP3 play back, but the hands free calling and the auto updating
> traffic reports are great to have.
>
> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:47 PM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org>
> wrote:
> > I'm in the market for both a GPS for my car and a small eee type laptop.
> The
> > Nokia 810 seems like it might fill both needs. Does anyone have any
> > experience with these? On the GPS side, does it do more or less what any
> > basic GPS will do (i.e. route you to a location)? On the laptop side,
> does
> > it seem to be a sufficient tool for checking email (and writing a reply),
> > reading RSS feeds, and just general surfing around?
> >
> > I have enough funds to buy EITHER an 810, a regular GPS, or an eee type
> > laptop. Any recomendations?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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I've been hearing about the Dash GPS lately: <a href="http://www.dash.net/">http://www.dash.net/</a><br>From the feature set, it just sounds awesome. Internet connected via Cell/Wifi to get real time traffic updates from other dash users, keeps a history of your personal traffic so if there has not been anyone else on your drive, you'll start to have more relevant traffic info. It lets you manage it from the web as well.<br>
<br>Alternatively, I've been thinking about picking up the eeePC and sticking a GPS Dongle on it. I'm not sure how well it works with Linux :( but I've seen plenty of people load XP for this reason. Depending on your Cellphone/service, you may even be able to tether your phone to the eeePC to stay connected to the net for updates, email, etc. I've seen there is GPSD for Linux, I've just not come across anyone actually using it on the eeePC yet. Here is eeeUser's wiki on the subject : <a href="http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:gpsd">http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:gpsd</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:19 AM, NICK VERBECK <<a href="mailto:nerdynick at gmail.com">nerdynick at gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I've never played with it but on the GPS side. I have a Garmen 660 I<br>
think is the model that has to be one of the best dedicated GPS<br>
devises I have played with. It has a few features that I don't use<br>
like MP3 play back, but the hands free calling and the auto updating<br>
traffic reports are great to have.<br>
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On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:47 PM, Jim Hutchinson <<a href="mailto:jim at ubuntu-rocks.org">jim at ubuntu-rocks.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> I'm in the market for both a GPS for my car and a small eee type laptop. The<br>
> Nokia 810 seems like it might fill both needs. Does anyone have any<br>
> experience with these? On the GPS side, does it do more or less what any<br>
> basic GPS will do (i.e. route you to a location)? On the laptop side, does<br>
> it seem to be a sufficient tool for checking email (and writing a reply),<br>
> reading RSS feeds, and just general surfing around?<br>
><br>
> I have enough funds to buy EITHER an 810, a regular GPS, or an eee type<br>
> laptop. Any recomendations?<br>
><br>
> Thanks.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Jim (Ubuntu geek extraordinaire)<br>
> ----<br>
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> See <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html</a><br>
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