Anyone used an external antenna on the SMT5800? I had one lying around from my old Cingular 2125 and have been using it in the basement, but looks like it recently fried my internal antenna. No signal without it! Has anyone else had this happen or recommend against it? I got a replacement but the Verizon rep told me it is not covered under warranty.
I hesitate adding anything else to the phone, like an external BT GPS, for fear of damaging another one!
I have not used an external antenna with this unit yet and probably wont because of the info in this thread i posted in back when i had my 6700. http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6...vering-up.html
Scared me enough to make me never want to try.
Right now i own an OnCourse 3 and have a borrowed Hulox GPSlim 240. I like both of these for their own reasons... pluses and minuses to each.
Software wise, I'm running GPSdash, Google Mobile Maps, Windows Live Search Mobile, Chartcross GPS Test & sometimes MS Map Point (MS Streets and Trips).
-GPSdash is awesome for logging, I can import my log files into Google Earth. Thats pretty fun!
-GMM (Google Mobile Maps)... its google, need i say more!
-Live Search Mobile is pretty cool too. it has GPS capabilities, traffic and live gas prices by city.
-Map Points is nice for pre-designing maps on the PC and sending them to the phone, but nowhere near as "live and on demand" as the GMM or Live Search.
Here is a link to a post i had about some of the issues and experiences I've had with this phone + GPS + software.
Here's a link to a bad pic of the 2 GPS units.
It's a little outa focus, but if you can read the name on the OnCourse, i bet you can figure out which is the Holux!
I have a Freedom Keychain GPS 2000 myself. When I first purchased it I bought it because its about the same size as your average remote for your car and thus it is simple to carry with you everywhere being hooked to your car keys. I'm very impressed many satellites it picks up.
I use Chartcross GPS Test, Windows Live Search, and Route 66 Mobile 7.
Windows Live is handy to have around since it's a data based map app so it is always as up to date as possible. Nice for when you need to find something quickly. Also, if you end up wanting to use it for personal route by route navigation, it's a lot better than Google Maps at that. It gives you the whole arrow turns display on screen and such like GPS nav software. Google Maps gives directions in text.
Route 66 Mobile 7 is a full GPS navigation program. You'll need a nice sized storage card as the program is around 4 gigs in size with maps of the USA and Canada. I'm honestly a fan of TomTom as I have a TomTom Go 700 in my car, but TomTom for smartphones is just completely out of date. The last edition they made for our phones is TomTom Mobile 5 which means you have to use old maps. TomTom Mobile 6 does work, but it's a mess as you need to use a virtual cursor program since it was designed for touch screens. As a result, I decided to look to other programs for nav on my phone. The big players on smartphones are Route 66 and Garmin. I chose Route 66 over Garmin as the reviews say the mobile version just lacking compared to the software in its car navigators. I didn't like the fact either that the arrows for your upcoming turn are not shown to you until you are close to making the turn. From all the videos I've seen also, it seems to chug along showing your position instead of just being a smooth picture. Route 66 on the other hand started as a GPS program for mobile phones and it really shows. It always shows your upcoming turn on screen at all times as well as showing you what you will be doing after that. I wish my TomTom had that feature. The map moves very smooth on screen and tracks your movements very close. One shocking feature is how fast it seems to route your route and if you go off course, it figures out how to get you back on in a matter of seconds. The voice that guides you also warns you way in advance of your next action and is plenty loud on our phones. The program is also able to do both car and on foot navigation. The only real complaint I have about it is that it does not display your current speed on the main screen. You have to go into the menus if you want to view that information. Not really much of a issue though. One unique thing Route 66 does do with the speed though is record your speed at all times so if you go under something like a tunnel where you can not get signal, it keeps you on track by guessing the average speed you are probably driving through that area. I've never seen a GPS program do that and it does seem to in fact work pretty damned good.
I have a Freedom Keychain GPS 2000 myself. When I first purchased it I bought it because its about the same size as your average remote for your car and thus it is simple to carry with you everywhere being hooked to your car keys. I'm very impressed many satellites it picks up.
I use Chartcross GPS Test, Windows Live Search, and Route 66 Mobile 7.
Windows Live is handy to have around since it's a data based map app so it is always as up to date as possible. Nice for when you need to find something quickly. Also, if you end up wanting to use it for personal route by route navigation, it's a lot better than Google Maps at that. It gives you the whole arrow turns display on screen and such like GPS nav software. Google Maps gives directions in text.
Route 66 Mobile 7 is a full GPS navigation program. You'll need a nice sized storage card as the program is around 4 gigs in size with maps of the USA and Canada. I'm honestly a fan of TomTom as I have a TomTom Go 700 in my car, but TomTom for smartphones is just completely out of date. The last edition they made for our phones is TomTom Mobile 5 which means you have to use old maps. TomTom Mobile 6 does work, but it's a mess as you need to use a virtual cursor program since it was designed for touch screens. As a result, I decided to look to other programs for nav on my phone. The big players on smartphones are Route 66 and Garmin. I chose Route 66 over Garmin as the reviews say the mobile version just lacking compared to the software in its car navigators. I didn't like the fact either that the arrows for your upcoming turn are not shown to you until you are close to making the turn. From all the videos I've seen also, it seems to chug along showing your position instead of just being a smooth picture. Route 66 on the other hand started as a GPS program for mobile phones and it really shows. It always shows your upcoming turn on screen at all times as well as showing you what you will be doing after that. I wish my TomTom had that feature. The map moves very smooth on screen and tracks your movements very close. One shocking feature is how fast it seems to route your route and if you go off course, it figures out how to get you back on in a matter of seconds. The voice that guides you also warns you way in advance of your next action and is plenty loud on our phones. The program is also able to do both car and on foot navigation. The only real complaint I have about it is that it does not display your current speed on the main screen. You have to go into the menus if you want to view that information. Not really much of a issue though. I see Mobile 8 has it though, but there isn't a One unique thing Route 66 does do with the speed though is record your speed at all times so if you go under something like a tunnel where you can not get signal, it keeps you on track by guessing the average speed you are probably driving through that area. I've never seen a GPS program do that and it does seem to in fact work pretty damned good.
Nice post... very informative!
I know one piece of software I'll be checking out, I've been looking for just those types of features in a GPS software.
Thank you! How often do you have to recharge the batteries on these devices? With my luck I would need the GPS in a situation and the battery would be dead!
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