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Rich Hawley Page Icon Posted 2012-10-07 6:44 PM
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So for a while I've been evaluating all my options for a GPS for my boat. I didn't want to spend thousands of dollars for a fancy Lowrance/Garmin/Furuno radar with GPS system. I wanted something inexpensive, but functional.

Right now I'm just using a handheld Magellan Explorist 500, which works fine, but is a little hard to see with the tiny screen at times. So I've tried my CF GPS with my laptop, with pocketpcs, but for a GPS, a tablet is really the way to go...one with a touchscreen.

So my latest decision was to purchase a 7" GPS. So far, it seems to work pretty well. It runs Windows CE 6. It runs most all the CE versions of the various GPS programs without any problem. Guess I need to find out which is the best software with marine maps. It has a 2000mAh battery in it, so it works pretty good when on battery power for an extended period of time. And the shell allows easy access to the root CE OS we are all familiar with.

It isn't perfect however. There is just one folder for non-volitile memory storage, though I can put over 1gb of files there easily and access them. The version of windows is missing the files that are needed for CAB installation, but then they would all be installed to the wrong area anyways...so it is just easier to copy them over manually.

I can Activesync easily enough, use CERegEdit, and do whatever I really need to. Too bad there isn't a micro-SD wifi card available...or too bad there isn't any wifi available, or this would make a fine little tablet for everything. Anyways, just thought I'd show you a couple pictures of it. The device, the CE desktop, and playing KSE Backgammon on it.



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neill Page Icon Posted 2012-10-08 2:39 AM
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Ahhhh, there *is* a micro-sized wifi card, from Spectec
http://www.spectec.com.tw/sdw-823.html
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Rich Hawley Page Icon Posted 2012-10-08 10:19 AM
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Yeah, but almost impossible to find, and from what I read, it was discontinued in 2010...but I'm still looking and would buy one if I knew it would work. I'm really not sure if this micro-SD slot is SDIO or only SDHC compatible.
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neill Page Icon Posted 2012-10-09 3:16 AM
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I believe the copy for it says SDIO, but I might be wrong.
EDIT: Ooops, just re-read, you mean the slot on the device being questionable.

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Rich Hawley Page Icon Posted 2012-10-09 11:04 AM
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Yeah..not sure on the GPS itself...

Wish I had a micro-SD to full size SD adapter, then I would just try my SD wifi card on it...
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Rich Hawley Page Icon Posted 2012-10-09 1:44 PM
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Might have found what I need: http://www.ably.com.tw/pdt/viewpdt.asp?absp=3&cat=OTHERS#





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neill Page Icon Posted 2012-10-09 5:54 PM
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dealextreme.com has loads of stuff like that, cheap, and the prices all include shipping. I have purchased from them several times and had good luck, though others have had some issues.


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CE Geek Page Icon Posted 2012-10-10 7:18 AM
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Nice find. That could come in handy for me too, so I can transfer data from SD cards to the devices I have that only have microSD slots.
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Rich Hawley Page Icon Posted 2012-10-10 12:52 PM
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Here's the bad news...they want $29.35 plus $7.25 shipping for the little thing....ouch!

But if you want one, contact Paul Lan at sales@ameri-rack.com

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CE Geek Page Icon Posted 2012-10-11 9:14 AM
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They only want 5 USD at dealextreme.com.
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Rich Hawley Page Icon Posted 2012-10-11 2:08 PM
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Where, I couldn't find it anywhere? Are you pulling my leg CEGeek?


Nevermind...I found it and ordered it! Wo wo!
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Rich Hawley Page Icon Posted 2012-11-08 6:21 PM
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Well, I got the adapter today. I tried it out on my smartphone. It works well with memory cards, but not at all with my SD wifi card, so I am assuming that it is not SDIO compliant. I plugged it also into my 7" GPS and it worked with memory cards there as well, but not with the wifi card....too bad too.

It would have been perfect to use this GPS as a CE tablet also with wifi.



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torch Page Icon Posted 2012-11-12 1:25 AM
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I thought there were some of those adapters that did support SDIO..perhaps I'm mistaken.. I'll check around.
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CE Geek Page Icon Posted 2012-11-12 5:13 AM
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Maybe I should look for an SDIO-capable version too, in hopes of using an SDIO WiFi card with my JoinTech JE100 tablet. Right now I can only browse the Web on it via ActiveSync.
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