Thanks! Jens Meyer wrote: > Hello! > > For GPS and MTB the following German company seems to be an insider-tipp: > > http://www.bikertech.de/html/english.html > http://www.bikertech.de/ (German only) > http://www.bikertech.de/webshop/ (Shop) > > For my MTB I am actually using an "RK-Klick-1" with the universal mount > "PDA-VAR" for my N73, but maybe this would fit for the Freerunner also. > > Waterproof bags with mount are available also: "PDA-Tasche" > > Not very cheap but very useful... > > Kind regards! > > Jens > > Dale Maggee schrieb: > >> For car mount, the mount I have for my (now deprecated!) iPAQ works >> nicely, although it obscures the power button, makes exiting programs a >> bit or a pain: >> >> http://www.ow.com.au/shop/PDA-Car-Mounts/Arkon-CM910-Universal-PDA-Mount-Kit >> >> I'd *love* to see a motorbike mount! although it would need to be *very* >> secure, and waterproof >> >> -Dale >> >> steve wrote: >> >>> Bike mount? >>> >>> Or car mount? >>> >>> Guillermo how hard is that? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Coggins >>> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 4:57 AM >>> To: List for Openmoko community discussion >>> Subject: Re: GPS application (was: Request for help: Would like >>> communityapplications to show anddiscuss at LinuxWorld) >>> >>> If you don't need a GPS that's great but I find them really useful. >>> Yes, maps and a compasses are really useful but they are quite bulky and you >>> need the right one. Thanks to the FreeRunner I've now got localised, street >>> level maps for a large part of the work (OSM[0]) in my pocket. In addition >>> to this I don't even have to work out where I am and what direction I am >>> moving in. >>> >>> I'm also looking for a mount for my bicycle handlebars so I'll have a full >>> bike computer with me when I'm riding - speed, direction, time and distance >>> will all be displayed for me along with the map. If I think of anything else >>> I want to hand I could either implement it myself or ask the tangoGPS guys. >>> >>> And they are *so* much fun in planes :) >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> >>> [0] http://www.openstreetmap.org/ >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Ken Restivo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:38:07PM +0300, Mikko Rauhala wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> ti, 2008-07-29 kello 20:53 +0200, Marcus Bauer kirjoitti: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I'm a huge Openstreetmap fan but until OSM is ready for routing >>>>>> this will take at least five more years, probably ten. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> That's probably true _if you drive a car_ (though even for that it >>>>> can be a handy help, especially in areas that don't happen to have >>>>> lots of turn restrictions, though you of course don't want to just >>>>> blindly drive listening to it anyway). >>>>> >>>>> Us others want navigation too and are considerably less hampered by >>>>> OSM's current lackings. 'course, there are other projects than >>>>> TangoGPS, but it seems otherwise nice so one would like it to include >>>>> this as well. As long as I'm not coding it, it's not my call, of >>>>> course :] >>>>> >>>>> PS: Kudos for your work and all, but with all your hyperbole, jumping >>>>> to conclusions, accusations of lying and stuff, you might want to >>>>> take a step back for a breather if you want, you know, people to >>>>> bother to listen to you instead of just wanting to rant wildly. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I have a really dumb question: >>>> >>>> What is the point of having GPS anyway? >>>> >>>> I don't travel much, so perhaps that's why I just don't get it. >>>> >>>> If I'm navigating around a strange city, though, a hardcopy map is plenty >>>> >>>> >>> good. >>> >>> >>>> I spend most of my time walking or taking public transport, within a very >>>> >>>> >>> short radius, in an area I already know very well. I'm just not getting >>> what's cool or exciting about GPS. >>> >>> >>>> -ken >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Openmoko community mailing list >>>> community@lists.openmoko.org >>>> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Openmoko community mailing list >>> community@lists.openmoko.org >>> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Openmoko community mailing list >>> community@lists.openmoko.org >>> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > >
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