Well i finally got my hands on a bluetooth GPS unit for my pocket pc. im planning to cover what i had to go through in the initial setup to get it all working. seeing as how i didnt want to spend a whole lot on it i managed to pick up a GPS unit for $80 Australian from ebay and was quite surprised how well it actually works.
First of all GPS is all well and good but you need a mapping program to use it with, for that i grabbed a copy of Tomtom. Now im using version 5.1 but the latest version is 6, i couldnt see alota difference in the versions other than some screens being a different colour and a few more options. There is a patch you will also need with tomtom if you dont plan to use a standard tomtom gps.
Secondly i grabbed a copy of updated bluetooth drivers for my phone, this gives you some new options you dont get with the standard 2003ce bluetooth.
Also pick up VisualGPSce which you get for free from here this will save you having to try and start tomtom every 5 seconds when you start to get into the port setups.
Once you have bluetooth upgraded and everything installed pair with the GPS (this will be covered in the user manuals as each unit is different) you need the outgoing port to be open using port 5 (very important this) once you are paired up you should see some communications start to pick up in tomtom or VisualGPSce.
I was actually quite surprised how easy it was to get going (well had a few restarts) but also how well it worked considering the price. I have a friend who uses a Navman according to the specs on both the cheap ebay GPS will connect faster on cold startup.
So far ive found it very handy indeed.
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