AnyWhere Map w/Dell Axim

Hi Guys,

I am in the market for a new hand held GPS.

Looking at Garmin, Lowrance and AvMap, but just recently found the AnyWhere
Map Software, with using a BlueTooth GPS and Dell Axim Pocket PC.

To me it looks like a great combination of screen size, ease of use and
"ugradebility". Cost certainly not bad either at $399 for the Axim, $95 for
the software and about $85 for a Bt388 GPS. xm Wheather is an available
upgrade too.

Certainly would appreciate some feed back from users.

Have a great day flying!

Peter

In article ,
"Peter Westerkamp-TBRR" wrote:

Hi Guys,
I am in the market for a new hand held GPS.
Looking at Garmin, Lowrance and AvMap, but just recently found the AnyWhere
Map Software, with using a BlueTooth GPS and Dell Axim Pocket PC.
To me it looks like a great combination of screen size, ease of use and
"ugradebility". Cost certainly not bad either at $399 for the Axim, $95 for
the software and about $85 for a Bt388 GPS. xm Wheather is an available
upgrade too.
Certainly would appreciate some feed back from users.

Wait for the iPhone.

In a previous article, john smith said:
In article ,
"Peter Westerkamp-TBRR" wrote:
I am in the market for a new hand held GPS.
Certainly would appreciate some feed back from users.

Wait for the iPhone.

The iPhone is currently planned to be closed to third party apps, and as
far as I can tell the only map app bundled will be Google Maps. Since you
can't get a GSM data connection at altitude, that would be pretty useless.

When the iPhone was first announced, I was determined to be first in line
for it, but when Jobs said that it would be closed to third party apps, my
fervour has almost completely died off. I'll stick with my Treo - I can't
get to Google while flying, but I can use CoPilot and FlightMaster.

--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full
house and four people died. -- Steven Wright

In article ,
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

When the iPhone was first announced, I was determined to be first in line
for it, but when Jobs said that it would be closed to third party apps, my
fervour has almost completely died off. I'll stick with my Treo - I can't
get to Google while flying, but I can use CoPilot and FlightMaster.

Be patient. As soon as the two-year contract with AT&T runs out, it will
open up. Not to mention that it will be hacked and Skype will be one of
the first apps to be coded.

Why?

A growing number, after some careful consideration, think the I-Phone
(IF they get to even use the name) might be a bust..

They should have talked to some users B 4 they built a "touch" screen
into a cell phone, - what fun that is going to be!

Oh well, we will see....

Dave


On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:25:15 -0500, john smith wrote:

In article ,
"Peter Westerkamp-TBRR" wrote:

Hi Guys,
I am in the market for a new hand held GPS.
Looking at Garmin, Lowrance and AvMap, but just recently found the AnyWhere
Map Software, with using a BlueTooth GPS and Dell Axim Pocket PC.
To me it looks like a great combination of screen size, ease of use and
"ugradebility". Cost certainly not bad either at $399 for the Axim, $95 for
the software and about $85 for a Bt388 GPS. xm Wheather is an available
upgrade too.
Certainly would appreciate some feed back from users.

Wait for the iPhone.

In article ,
Dave wrote:

They should have talked to some users B 4 they built a "touch" screen
into a cell phone, - what fun that is going to be!

The big question is: "How well will it work with gloves on?"

In a previous article, Dave said:
They should have talked to some users B 4 they built a "touch" screen
into a cell phone, - what fun that is going to be!

Why? I use the touch screen on my Treo all the time. One of the nifty
features of the iPhone is that when you raise it to your ear, the touch
screen turns off so your ear doesn't start hitting buttons.


--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
"You are all but subwidgets in a composite container whose logical tab
group I have registered the traversal order of. I can merely point at you
and your popup dialogue will be unmapped unless XmNautoUnmanage is False."

Paul Tomblin wrote:
In a previous article, Dave said:
They should have talked to some users B 4 they built a "touch" screen
into a cell phone, - what fun that is going to be!

Why? I use the touch screen on my Treo all the time. One of the nifty
features of the iPhone is that when you raise it to your ear, the touch
screen turns off so your ear doesn't start hitting buttons.

What's so nifty about that? There was no problem with the Treo's touch
screen.

Paul, it takes both hands and eyeballs to operate a touch screen
anything...

You cannot "feel" the buttons when dialing , often with one hand, and
a lot of people do this....

....pick up phone, dial by feel...

I-phone.. may be a "novelity" for those that want to talk to someone
on their I-Pod.

....if there is anything left after the Cisco dudes are finished with
them....

Dave



On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 02:21:01 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, Dave said:
They should have talked to some users B 4 they built a "touch" screen
into a cell phone, - what fun that is going to be!

Why? I use the touch screen on my Treo all the time. One of the nifty
features of the iPhone is that when you raise it to your ear, the touch
screen turns off so your ear doesn't start hitting buttons.

I've got a Razr, a phone that by any measure has been successful. It is
virtually immpossible to dial by feel with it. Hence I use the voice dial
for most frequently called numbers.

What I don't understand is why I can't say "Dial 123-456-7890" and have it
dial that number.

Dave wrote:
Paul, it takes both hands and eyeballs to operate a touch screen
anything...

You cannot "feel" the buttons when dialing , often with one hand, and
a lot of people do this....

...pick up phone, dial by feel...

I-phone.. may be a "novelity" for those that want to talk to someone
on their I-Pod.

...if there is anything left after the Cisco dudes are finished with
them....

Dave