Serge Wroclawski writes: > On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Russ Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Grrrrr..... I'm starting to get really pissed off at my Columbus / > > Vistiontac voice logger. It's a sweet piece of hardware, which logs > > GPS to a micro-SD card, streams to bluetooth, and records audio > > notes. > > Sweet is a subjective term. I liked mine, but it had issues.
It has issues: o The waypoint button sometimes fails to register. o When you press either voice or waypoint, you get the position of the most recently stored GPS position rather than the location of the moment when you pushed the button (doesn't interpolate). o Voice recording doesn't start for a moment after you pressed the record button. o Voice button ends a moment prior to you releasing the record button. o The plastic around the corner LED is weak and cracks easily. o It acts like its recording a message if you press the record button too soon after the previous message. o It doesn't record GPS positions while recording a message. But I love mine anyway. > Firstly, it took forever to get signal. Forever would mean sometimes > 20, 30 minutes. I only had that happen a few times. Usually with no good view of the sky. If I had used it very recently, I'd get a synch within two seconds. > Secondly, it was often way off with its measurements. I'd say > something and I'd see on the map, it was a block away. GPS signal bouncing off buildings? > Third, mine broke a few months ago. Both of mine had the plastic around the LED in the corner break. Finally my first one just died; wouldn't turn on anymore. > I've been looking for an Android application that can do the same > thing (voice recording + gps). That'd be ideal, I think. Mmmmmm, not unless you're hauling around a deep-discharge marine cell to power it. The Columbus sips battery; Android devices gulp it. -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
