Does anyone have a portable GPS device?

I am seriously considering buying a portable GPS device for an upcoming trip and future usage...figured it might be handy for my photography as well.

I wondered if anyone here has one

The only drawback I see is that for what I want to spend $200-$300, I'll probably wind up with something that isn't top shelf like a $500-$700 unit

Thanks,

TIM

 

For around $500, you can keep an eye out for this: Cowon q5. It has GPS and a lot of other stuff, as well

 

my eye said , my PPB (paypal balance) says

I wonder when it gets released though

 

I think I heard something about December. And yes, it's pretty expensive

 

Do you have a PDA with blue tooth? you can get a blue tooth GPS receiver and hook it up with your PDA

 

goes along with what I said originally though...get a lot more coolness if you front $500

I actually have one but it's like 18 generations old by now I think!

 

I don't have. B.T.W what is GPS device

 

then you should get a new one. The receiver cost around $100, and a better PDA is like 200-300, so with the same price you get a portable GPS and a PDA.

My friend has one of those and it works perfect.

Also, you can switch to different GPS program if you don't like the one you have, which a portable GPS device can't

 

I've a TOM TOM one, pretty simple..Too simple perhaps.

 

I've been thinking of getting one.
i heard that the slimline psp is offering a gps device now i was thinking of buying a psp just for that reason .

 

basically a hand held device like this: http://www.buy.com/prod/tomtom-one-...us-canada-on-sd-card/q/loc/111/203884180.html

something that'll help you not get lost in the woods and get eaten by hungry bears

hmmm, def something to consider for sure. you don't happen to know what he has?

seems like all the new pda's are really phones too...I don't need a phone, camera or anything like that

simple is ok so long as it's accurate. I was looking at a Siemens/Fujitsu model but the reviews said it was slow...I hate the slow!

psp is out of my $ I think

 

Another alternative is buying a new phone, one of my friends has gps on his mobile.

 

How about the Nokia N95
http://www.nseries.com/products/n95/index.html#l=products,n95
Has GPS, Wireless, a 5MP camera, and a lot more.

 

BUT, I'm not sure if my current provider (el cheapo Tracfone) has such a product that would enable me to do so...

as boss as that is, you're missing the fact that it's also $500 MORE than I want to spend

 

I have a Garmen etrex which I use for hillwalking etc. A brilliant bit of kit, but no substitute for a map, compass and a bit of know how. It cost me about £130 a few years ago when I bought it, but you can now get the same attractive yellow version for about £90 ($180).

 

thanks man...real world field experience finally

looks a little too basic for what I'd want, looks like it was be a great trail companion though

 

Yes i have a Garmin Navi 660FM GPS system. its great. use it everyday

 

lol,

again, might be a tad out of my $ range

 

how about this one - https://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=3687&t_mode=des

 

I wish I could remember the brand name; there's one in the $450 range that GoodHouskeeping was saying works well. I read an article in that magazine at the doctor's today, and apparently some of them tell you to make U-turns in the middle of busy streets and that sort of thing. I was going to try to remember the name of the good one because my husband wants a GPS, but I just can't remember it.