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carpetpaul
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 Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:23 am Post subject: why so hard to find a usb gps reciever for laptop ? |
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About 6 or 7 years ago I was able to plug my old Garmin E-trex into the serial port of my laptop and get it to locate me on autoroute.
I figured that now there are loads of little netbooks, mobile broadband and things like google maps, that it would be a simple matter to just go on ebay and buy an easy to use USB reciever.
Can anyone suggest a suitable product that's available in the uk and not too expensive.
Neither of my laptops are blutooth, so I figured that a wired usb one would save me from using a blutooth adaptor (and having to make sure that the reciever was charged).. but I suppose I would consider it if required
Please suggest any suitable models and where I can get hold of one
many thanks
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Darren
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They are available (and a few seconds in Google found Easydevices offering this USB GPS from Globalsat) but they are not common because laptop GPS is a rapidly declining market segment.
There are few truly capable packages for laptops and the form factor and practicality even of the tiny Net books and eeePC's makes them a poor second or even third to PND's and PocketPC's.
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| Darren wrote: | They are available (and a few seconds in Google found Easydevices offering this USB GPS from Globalsat) but they are not common because laptop GPS is a rapidly declining market segment.
There are few truly capable packages for laptops and the form factor and practicality even of the tiny Net books and eeePC's makes them a poor second or even third to PND's and PocketPC's. |
That's very interesting Darren.To be honest I would have thought the opposite. With the growing popularity of the small notebooks etc I thought the larger screens and mobile connection to the Interweb would have brought advantages, not sure what mind at this precise moment.
I know you couldn't drive and look at a laptop on the passenger seat or stuck to the dash with gaffa tape.
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Darren
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| 253 wrote: | | I know you couldn't drive and look at a laptop on the passenger seat or stuck to the dash with gaffa tape. |
And therein lies the major issue!
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There are pages of them on Ebay from £13.50 + post 
GPS USB devices..................
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