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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:58 am Post subject: GPS Gifts & Gadgets - What's on your Christmas List? |
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I'm sure many of you will be buying, or hoping to receive, some gadgets this Christmas. We want to hear what satnav related goodies you have on your Christmas lists.
GPS equipped smartphones, drones, trackers, handhelds, satellite guided telescopes, whetever it is, if it has a GPS in, or is a related accessory, then we want to hear about it.
Post in this thread and we might even drum up a prize for the whackiest gift idea, but it must be GPS related! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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rustum Occasional Visitor
Joined: May 15, 2006 Posts: 2
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:39 am Post subject: GPS Gifts & Gadgets - What's on your Christmas List? |
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I'm hoping for a Nexus 7 which, with Viewranger, would provide me with a decent map based solution for navigating in the hills |
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megalos Occasional Visitor
Joined: May 07, 2006 Posts: 1
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:11 am Post subject: GPS gifts and gadgets |
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I'm hoping that Santa will bring me a Sony A65 TSLR camera as it has on board GPS to help me remember where I took all my photos. |
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taits Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 17, 2004 Posts: 46 Location: central cal
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:48 pm Post subject: Gift ideas for Christmas |
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Cellphone with GPS chip, Tablet with GPS as well as good cameras, front and back. Think AGPS is not as good as a GPS chip.
Happy Holidays to all. Stay safe and healthy. Health really all you have.
Ho,Ho,Ho |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15297 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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I'd like a point-and-shoot camera with GPS. Having said that though I tend to use my phone for most photo's so not sure how much it would get used...
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: Gift ideas for Christmas |
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taits wrote: | AGPS is not as good as a GPS chip. | But you need a GPS chipset for AGPS to work |
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JONZEY Occasional Visitor
Joined: Feb 25, 2005 Posts: 22 Location: Teesside
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 2:20 pm Post subject: GPS Gifts and Gadgets. |
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I have been promised a GARMIN S3 GPS GOLF WATCH for xmas. This watch tells you the distances to the Green etc when playing Golf. The problem is you still have to hit the ball accurately yourself. If the wife forgets then I shall have to buy it myself. It also monitors how far you have walked etc but that does not bother me.
OH! It can also be used as a normal watch to tell you the time of day.!!!!!! |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: GPS Gifts and Gadgets. |
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JONZEY wrote: | OH! It can also be used as a normal watch to tell you the time of day.!!!!!! | Well, that's a bonus then |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:57 am Post subject: |
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As a small competition I'm going to give a prize to one of the posters in this thread.
Let us know what GPS or GPS related gift(s) you received this Christmas by posting in this thread.
On New Years day I'll choose one post at random as the winner. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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JONZEY Occasional Visitor
Joined: Feb 25, 2005 Posts: 22 Location: Teesside
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:26 pm Post subject: CHTISTMAS JOY |
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I got my Garmin Golf Watch from Santa. It is the S1 model as the S3 model was too expensive. It still does the main things like calculates the distance to the target (Golf Green) so I am happy with that. |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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I got a Nexus 10. Seems to GPS OK, but havn't tried it in the car yet. I feel that mounting a 10" tablet just might be a bit of a problem Lovely big display though. |
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AliOnHols Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Oct 15, 2008 Posts: 1941
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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I got a new RDS-TMC cable for my aging TomTom GO's.
(and a Map Case for old fashioned paper maps) _________________ Garmin Nuvi 2599
Android with CamerAlert, OsmAnd+, Waze & TT Europe.
TomTom GO 730, GO 930, GO 940 & Rider2.
SatMap Active 10 & 20. |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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ASre paper maps GPS related then Ali? |
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AliOnHols Pocket GPS Verifier
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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Nah, Not really!, But "they" do say don't rely solely on a GPS and don't go out into the hills without a map, so it's kind of an accessory, albeit three generations removed - I'll remove it if it offends?.
(I did put it in brackets though).
Hope everyone had a Good One. _________________ Garmin Nuvi 2599
Android with CamerAlert, OsmAnd+, Waze & TT Europe.
TomTom GO 730, GO 930, GO 940 & Rider2.
SatMap Active 10 & 20. |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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No offence. Just in jest |
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