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MarkPerkins · 06-28-05, 03:20 AM

I have a Axim X50v and I wish purchase a bluetooth GPS receiver. My requirements:

1) In car navigation (and a confirmation that the GPS receiver will work through a heated front screen)

2) I do quite a bit of running/walking - I would like to use the GPS to calculate my distance travelled. I am happy to take a GPS receiver and my X50v with me...GPS logger would be nice, but not essential.

To me, that would seem like a very basic set of requirements and that all GPS systems would deliver. How wrong I am. I approached TomTom with my requirements and got a daft answer the first time so I asked the same questions again...but they have failed to reply. I have asked several online shops (based in the UK) and they can only say 'probably' and 'cannot see why it wouldn't work'...

I have looked at quite a few of the GPS sites and they all recommend products...only to find the next site on the forums discussing how bad the product is.

Help. Can anyone offer any advice?

06-28-05, 03:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
MarkPerkins Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 14 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	GPS requirements! I have a Axim X50v and I wish purchase a bluetooth GPS receiver. My requirements: 1) In car navigation (and a confirmation that the GPS receiver will work through a heated front screen) 2) I do quite a bit of running/walking - I would like to use the GPS to calculate my distance travelled. I am happy to take a GPS receiver and my X50v with me...GPS logger would be nice, but not essential. To me, that would seem like a very basic set of requirements and that all GPS systems would deliver. How wrong I am. I approached TomTom with my requirements and got a daft answer the first time so I asked the same questions again...but they have failed to reply. I have asked several online shops (based in the UK) and they can only say 'probably' and 'cannot see why it wouldn't work'... I have looked at quite a few of the GPS sites and they all recommend products...only to find the next site on the forums discussing how bad the product is. Help. Can anyone offer any advice?