mitac mio 168 or ipaq 1710 bundle?

gune

hi all, i am looking for a pda with gps. i only need that for gps work only so i am not particular about pda's other functions.
and i have a limited budget!
i was looking at acer n35 early and gave it up due to my reservations about the destinator in it. Sad

( i admit at least two people here have said it is ok!).
now i am left with ipaq 1710 with tt3 bundle offered cheap (though about 30-40 £ above acer) and mitac mio 168. i found that copilot with mio 168 is attractive but too costly for me. Sad

then there is this site which offers mio168 without the gps software.
i searched for mio with tt3 but seem rather rare!
can some one please give advice please? thanks. Smile

ianr17 · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:16 am Post subject:

Morning gune, have a look here http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=18299
I asked a similar question...

here http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/search.php?PHPSESSID=feb61ad769706106cc1867512d9843dc&search=mio168
but they have no stock or here http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=MIO168UK again no stock.. Sad

Ian

ps i have the mio168...very good

Tigra · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 23, 2005 Posts: 4

Hi,
I've just bought Mio 168 with TT3 and 256SD card bundled from Globalpositionings (mentioned a lot here........ brilliant service). I also paid the extra £25 to have the software installed and the first GPS fix set up as I read about loads of people having problems with it.
It's great both on GPS and PDA side and to have these two functions for the money is brilliant. My son who is not easily impressed was! But he gave me a few tips tho'
Don't let the battery go from flat to dead, it doesn't have a back up battery and he tells me it will delete installed programmes and data if you do that. The manual says you have 72 hours to recharge after it goes flat.
Don't leave programmes running, easy to do if you assume that if you can't see it it's not there. Go into settings tab and stop programmes you've finished with. I'm new to pocket PC progs, having only used Palm stuff.
Take out SD card when not using maps.
So far I love it!

StevenGourlay · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:06 pm Post subject:

i would also recommend the Mitac 168 as it is more portable as the receiver is attached to the PDA. The Mitac also has more memory which can come in handy if you want to install any other applications onto the PDA memory. Tigra is correct don’t let the PDA go flat or you will watch all your data disappear, remember to close down applications on the PDA to free up the memory. We also do a installation and telephone technical support for customers who are new to the PDA/GPS market.
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AlanK · Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:16 pm Post subject:

May be a stupid question but the Mio does work out of the car doesn't it?

The Ipaq bundle went back as it had to be powered up to wit the cigar lighter to actually have GPS working

(it also crashed a lot and ran out of memory all the time)

Darren · Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:23 pm Post subject:

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