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BrianT Regular Visitor
Joined: 03/02/2003 14:17:44 Posts: 85 Location: near Geneva, Switzerland
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Hi James,
May I ask - did it arrive..? What's been your experience? I think I'm narrowing my choice down to either the same ASUS or maybe the Fujitsu-Siemens LOOX N560. The latter has an internal GPS antenna which looks safer from a potential accident point of view but maybe I'm being parnoid. Did you look at the N560 and discard it for some reason..?
Many thanks for your thoughts - if only a few brief impressions :-)
Brian |
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rothers Regular Visitor
Joined: Mar 28, 2007 Posts: 134
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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themoron wrote: | Just an update.
So in the end I opted for the Asus My Pal A639. I've ordered it and am just waiting for stock to come in.
James :@) |
James,
Did you ever get the ASUS A639 ?
If so how do you find it ?
Cheers
Neil |
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BrianT Regular Visitor
Joined: 03/02/2003 14:17:44 Posts: 85 Location: near Geneva, Switzerland
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Neil,
Funny you should ask because after all this time I ordered THIS MORNING, an iPaq rx5935 - from the UK as here in Switzerland I can only get either the French, German or Italian versions.
A word of warning on the ASUS: there is a screen alignment problem. It put me off buying one for ages and when I wrote to ASUS technical support asking about it they simply didn't reply. I wrote a few more times and eventually I said, thanks, I'm buying something different. At which point I got a message - "Good luck" it said. Strange... I'd steer clear of them if I were you.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20061001161938151&board_id=6&model=MyPal+A636N&page=1&SLanguage=en-us
There seem to be a LOT of other problems over there...
I'll be back in a few weeks to post my impressions of the rx5935 - I've only ever read good things about it. Maybe you should wish me luck! :-)
Cheers, Brian. |
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BrianT Regular Visitor
Joined: 03/02/2003 14:17:44 Posts: 85 Location: near Geneva, Switzerland
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rothers Regular Visitor
Joined: Mar 28, 2007 Posts: 134
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:36 am Post subject: |
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Hi Brian,
iPaq rx5935 looks good, let us know how you get on with it, especially with regard to first fix GPS time and battery life. Would be good if HP sold it without the bundled TomTom as I use Memory Map.
I was attracted to the ASUS because it has excellent battery life - up to 8 hours in GPS mode and a fold out antenna for better reception. Actually ordered one in Jan and received it a few weeks ago only to find it had Chinese firmware and OS installed !! The vendor I ordered it from were most helpful and arranged for the PDA to be returned to ASUS for reflash to English. However after speaking to the ASUS helpline who were very difficult to deal with and unhelpful I decided enough was enough and returned it for a full refund. Shame as the A639 is otherwise a very nice piece of kit.
I then looked at the Siemens Loox N560 only to discover it's internal antenna, whilst SiRf III, is very poor, up to 10 mins for first fix.
I want a PDA with GPS to use with Memory Map 1:25K OS maps for cycling. Fast GPS fix and long battery life essential
Maybe a standard PDA with seperate bluetooth receiver would be best.
Cheers
Neil |
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BrianT Regular Visitor
Joined: 03/02/2003 14:17:44 Posts: 85 Location: near Geneva, Switzerland
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:19 am Post subject: |
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rothers wrote: | ...Maybe a standard PDA with seperate bluetooth receiver would be best.
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Could be. I prefer the all-in-one approach 'cause it's neater and I'd be bound to lose the antenna!
Sorry to hear about your experience with ASUS but after my limited contact with them I'm afraid I'm NOT shocked.
Anyway, I'll be back here in a few weeks with some sort of report :-) I'm not hoping too much for battery life - I might well buy a spare.
Cheers! |
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paolo2cv2004 Occasional Visitor
Joined: May 13, 2007 Posts: 2
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 11:13 am Post subject: |
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BrianT wrote: |
Anyway, I'll be back here in a few weeks with some sort of report :-) I'm not hoping too much for battery life - I might well buy a spare.
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Hi Brian,
any news about Your test with rx5935 ?
expecially interested in cold fix time (when GPS is off for more than 24 hours) in city area between buildings.
I have heard that it takes a lot of minutes. Have You tested in these conditions ? what is Your experience ?
bye Paolo |
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BrianT Regular Visitor
Joined: 03/02/2003 14:17:44 Posts: 85 Location: near Geneva, Switzerland
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 11:37 am Post subject: |
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My rx5935 seems good! As far as the fix time is concerned I have no complaints and it is noticeable faster in all respects than my old iPaq 3970 with its Navman sleeve. It's still early days from my point of view and with many other things going on I've not even managed to get to grips with the wireless aspect of the device but if I have any real problems I'll come back and let you know :-) |
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paolo2cv2004 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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BrianT wrote: | My rx5935 seems good! As far as the fix time is concerned I have no complaints and it is noticeable faster in all respects than my old iPaq 3970 with its Navman sleeve. It's still early days from my point of view and with many other things going on I've not even managed to get to grips with the wireless aspect of the device but if I have any real problems I'll come back and let you know :-) |
ThankYou. I will hear from You with pleasure.
Paolo |
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