What's the cheapest Buletooth receiver?

Jammer

Can someone tell me what the cheapest Bluetooth receiver is and where the best place to buy from is?

I can swear I saw some models priced at £59.99 - but I can't find remember where! 8O

The cheapest I've found is the Tomtom receiver priced at £79.99 + VAT at Hantec.

Thanks.

Jam
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iPaq 3870
Fortuna Clip On Bluetooth
Tomtom
London
Currently testing Fortuna to see if it's any good!

icsys · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:53 am Post subject:

I have seen the Globalsat BT 308 for £57.99 on Ebay

As with everything on Ebay though, you take a chance.
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Navman iCN 635
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Darren · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:46 am Post subject:

EasyDevices have a Purplegrid K2 16 Channel BT Receiver for £65+VAT. I am testing one at the moment and it's small, has a removable battery and currently comes with both mains and car chargers.

http://www.easydevices.co.uk/products.asp?partno=PGRIDBTK2
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The_Pilgrim · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:38 am Post subject:

Hi Darren

I thought about getting the purplegrid myself but refrained as i couldnt find much information about it. The battery life appears to be fantastic if it is true. I currently use a fortuna clipon but this requires 2 new batteries at the moment (£35) and i thought putting this towards a new receiver could be a better option.

Will you be reviewing this product? If not could you let me know your comments?

Thanks in advance

The Pilgrim

Darren · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:47 am Post subject:

I am in the process of testing the Purplegrid and should be publishing a review in a week or so.

I can say that it's a good performer, quick to acquire and pulls in a strong signal. The battery life is a little optimistic but I have had approximately 14 hours of use before I had to recharge.

At the price it's good value and works well. It has a soft rubber base to prevent sliding on the dash and the battery is removeable. The only downside is the construction is a little plasticky and the power socket is not the same as the iPAQ version so requires you use the charger supplied rather than an existing iPAQ charger.

The review unit I have came with a continental 2-Pin Power Adapter and I will need to clarify if this was a one-off but it currently comes with the optional 12v charger bundled at present as well so no problems powering it anyway.
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The_Pilgrim · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:01 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info Darren i look forward to the review

Regards

The pilgrim

kev90 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 26, 2004 Posts: 3

I received a Purplegrid K2 today, but cannot get it to work with either TomTom or Memory Map. Does anyone know what setup settings I need to apply?

I have managed to create an outgoing bluetooth connection to the device, but don't seem to get data tranfer between the devices.

Any ideas?

Kev

Darren · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:54 pm Post subject:

NMEA @ 4800bps, COM Port depends on what PDA you have?
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Jammer · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject:

any update on this?
what's the cheapest bluetooth receiver at the moment?

thanks.
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iPaq 3870
Fortuna Clip On Bluetooth
Tomtom
London
Currently testing Fortuna to see if it's any good!

Darren · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:33 am Post subject:

Cheapest is not always best! The best at the moment is any SiRFIII receiver, they are a phenominal improvement on their predecessors, very fast start-up and work indoors in many cases where others would not.

The cheapest branded receivers tend to be GlobalSat's BT308's which are excellent receivers.
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