Palm vs Pocket Pc

[Paul McCloud]

Yesterday I got an advertisement from Telenav, which is a cell phone based
GPS service.  There is a receiver unit, about the size of a Hershey's bar,
that mounts on the dash.  It doesn't look inviting to thieves, as there's
no fancy LCD display.  The receiver is about $100.  Monthly fee is $10.00,
and requires a data plan on your phone.  Directions are voice prompted,
with street names announced, and asking for directions is done by voice
too.  Call a number and say where you want to go.  Use a bluetooth device
or hands-free headset.  If I hadn't purchased a GPS device already, I'd be
really tempted to sign up (which you can try 30 days for free).
Paul McCloud
San Diego


> [Original Message]
> From: Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>
> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 07/18/2007 6:08:35 AM
> Subject: RE: Palm vs Pocket Pc
>
> John:
>
> Verizon Wireless (and probably all the others) has GPS available on your
> cell phone.  It works well and is cheap.  I don't use it as I go to the
> same place every day but I did check out their 2-week free trial.  
>
> dp
>
> _______________________
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of John Formsma
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 7:26 AM
> To: Paul Tizzard; Pianotech List
> Subject: Re: Palm vs Pocket Pc
>
> I'm a Palm user, but if I were buying a new device today, it would be
> one like the HP iPAQ rx5915 with GPS.  Back two years ago when I was
> weighing the Palm OS vs. Pocket PC, there were more general
> applications available for Palm. Not sure what it is now.
>
> I'm not sure what ETDs it will run (I tune aurally). I am
> directionally challenged. Once I get to a piano, I can handle all the
> tuning myself. ;-)  The GPS would help me more, and I could always buy
> RCT later if I wanted to.
>
> JF
>
> On 7/18/07, Paul Tizzard <ptizzard at mweb.co.za> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> > My wife returned from New York with a Palm TX as a present for me.
> > Fantastic little device, however none of the ETD's are available on
> the Palm
> > OS. As this was a feature that I would like to have, unfortunately I
> may
> > have to send it back :-(
> > I've had a look through the archives to see if there was a favourite
> pocket
> > pc out there, but it's a little difficult to gauge. Could some of you
> > perhaps let me know what your experiences are.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Paul Tizzard
> > Cape Town
> > South Africa
>