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Article by
Dave Burrows
When you're looking to purchase a new Palm / Pocket PC or
GPS receiver, it's sometimes hard to see the wood from the trees, and the
biggest question we get is what GPS receiver can I use on this Pocket PC.
So we've tried to simplify this for you. We've decided to create three
tables of information allowing you to choose your Pocket PC and GPS Receiver and
check compatibility. The first table gives you basic information about the
Pocket PC, including Operating System, Processor, Speed, whether it supports
Compact Flash Storage (Type I and II), MMC Storage, SD Storage, the new SDIO (SD Storage Card
support IO GPS Receivers), IBM MicroDrive, PC Card and Bluetooth technology.
The second table shows you in-car powered GPS
Receivers, and which ones will work with which Pocket PC's. We'll try and
keep this as up to date as possible. Anything listed in a PINK colour
means that there is a restriction. In the case of you'll see Sleeve, Adapter or a model
number, there is a specific requirement for these.
The Third Table shows you Garmin and Megallan GPS
Receivers and which Pocket PC's they can connect to using
PC-Mobile Cables.
As most of you have found, it's extremely
difficult finding this information, and this is a collection of hours of work,
if you don't see a Pocket PC or Palm device listed, or a specific GPS Receiver,
then email us and we'll add it and do
the research for you.
Pocket PC Storage Table
This table shows you the main storage types and
Pocket PC's. Simply find the PDA and then the storage or technology type
to see if the Pocket PC supports that technology
*1 Used in conjunction with a standard serial GPS
cable and MacGPS Pro's custom made
cables
GPS Receiver Compatibility Table
This table shows you the main in-car GPS
Receivers, Sleeves and Bluetooth Receivers. Simply find the PDA and then
the GPS receiver, where the two meet on the table, it will tell you whether or
not you can use the two together.
*1 Used in conjunction with a standard serial GPS
cable and MacGPS Pro's custom made
cables
Continued...
*1 Used in conjunction with a standard serial GPS
cable and MacGPS Pro's custom made
cables
Connecting Handheld GPS Receivers to Pocket
PC's
Using
PC-Mobile Cables to connect the following GPS Receivers to PDA's
Garmin E-Type = All Garmin eTrex Models
Garmin R-Type = Garmin GPSII, III, V, 12, 30, 40,
45, 48, 89, 90, GPS76, GPSMAP76, StreetPilot etc
*1 Used in conjunction with a standard serial GPS cable and
MacGPS Pro's custom made cables
*2 Believed to work but you will need a Casio USB Host Adapter also
*3 There are very few applications that will work with the CE3.0 or
CE2.1, cables should work though.
Connecting Handheld GPS Receivers to
a Mac
Using
MacGPS Pro's Cables to connect the following
GPS Receivers to a Mac
Garmin E-Type = All Garmin eTrex Models
Garmin R-Type = Garmin GPSII, III, V, 12, 30, 40,
45, 48, 89, 90, GPS76, GPSMAP76, StreetPilot etc
*1 Used in conjunction with a standard serial GPS cable and
MacGPS Pro's custom made cables
Please Note, although the above tables are as accurate as possible, there may be
some inaccuracies as we have had to gain this information from various websites
that may have published information incorrectly. In short, if you are
purchasing a product based on the above tables, check with the manufacturer or
the retailer first to make sure it is compatible. If you find out our
table is incorrect, please email us
with the incorrect and correct details and we will correct
the table.
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