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CoPilot comes in a number of different bundles, whether you want a Compact Flash GPS Receiver, a Serial GPS Receiver, a USB GPS Receiver or even a Bluetooth GPS Receiver. This review is based upon the USB GPS Receiver.
The CoPilot USB GPS is based around the Rikaline GPS-6010, it differs in the fact that it doesn't have a PS/2 style connector, it comes supplied in a USB connector for connecting to a USB enabled Laptop, Notebook or Tablet PC and is rebranded CoPilot.
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The Fortuna U2's base of the receiver is magnetic, to stop the mouse escaping when taking sharp corners.
The receiver also comes with SBAS (WAAS/EGNOS) for additional positional accuracy and a variety of cable connections are available.
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The Garmin iQue 3600 is a good combined navigation product. However I was disappointed as I have been really spoiled with the Street Pilot III Deluxe and I was half expecting a Street Pilot III Deluxe in a smaller form factor in PDA style, and with the mapping errors and the power save screen turning off (only on battery mode - not with the automotive kit), really was not what I received. Garmin have with all intense purposes made this an affordable version of their well known top of the range Street Pilot III Deluxe, and I think with a little work in bug fixes (several that have just been posted to Garmin's website), will make this a great product.
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The GlobalSat BR305 is a serial mouse GPS receiver that can be connected to around 13 different types of PDA as well as standard 9pin Serial and USB devices.
The GlobalSat BR305 serial mouse GPS receiver comes with just about everything you will need except PDA and software. There are different packages for the different PDA/PC types supported.
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Holux GM-210 is a cheap alternative to an in-car GPS Receiver. Holux have cables to support Compaq iPAQ's, Casio's, HP Jornada's, Palm's, Fujitsui Loox, XDA, PC Serial and many more.
The GM-210 plugs into the accessory socket via a Y adapter and allows you to power the GPS Receiver and also charge the Pocket PC a the same time.
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This review is of Holux's latest GPS Receiver, it's going back to the roots to a cabled GPS Mouse, with a subtle difference. It still contains the tried and tested SiRF IIe/LP chipset but it's one of the smallest cabled GPS Mice on the market!
Small is probably not the right word to use, more like tiny at 4.2cm by 3.4cm and 1.4cm deep! It's smaller than most external patch antenna's which are usually pretty small!
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Holux SuperMouse is a cheap alternative to an in-car GPS Receiver. Holux have cables to support Compaq iPAQ's, Casio's, HP Jornada's, Palm's, Fujitsui Loox, XDA, PC Serial and many more.
The SuperMouse plugs into the accessory socket via a Y adapter and allows you to power the GPS Receiver and also charge the Pocket PC a the same time.
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The Semsons iTrek is a serial mouse GPS receiver that can be connected to around 13 different types of PDA as well as standard 9pin Serial and USB devices.
The Semsons iTrek serial mouse GPS receiver comes with just about everything you will need except PDA and software. There are different packages for the different PDA/PC types supported.
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Leadtek's 9531 GPS Receiver is an in-car GPS Receiver. This is well known for being included in some of the top GPS packages including being shipped with TomTom Navigator and PowerLOC Destinator. Leadtek have a whole host of cables to support various Pocket PC's including just a small selection Compaq iPAQ's, Casio's, HP Jornada's, Palms, Fujitsu Loox, XDA, PC Serial and many more.
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Leadtek's 9532 GPS Receiver is an in-car GPS Receiver. This carries an improved SirF engine over the 9531. This is well known for being included in some of the top GPS packages including being shipped with TomTom Navigator and PowerLOC Destinator. Leadtek have a whole host of cables to support various Pocket PC's including just a small selection Compaq iPAQ's, Casio's, HP Jornada's, Palms, Fujitsu Loox, XDA, PC Serial and many more.
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The Rikaline 6010 X5 GPS receiver is available in a number of configurations and is built on a modular cabling system, more of which later.
As with a lot of modern GPS devices it uses the SiRF star II chipset, which boasts high sensitivity and better fixes in "Urban Canyons".
The receiver also comes with SBAS (WAAS/EGNOS) for additional positional accuracy.
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Royaltek have created a very nice looking GPS Receiver called the Sapphire, and you wonder why ?
The Sapphire is not only small, but carries a good signal strength in-car and comes with a whole host of cable selections including Compaq iPAQ's, Casio's, HP Jornada's, Fujitsu Loox, XDA, PC Serial and many more.
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Royaltek have created a very nice compact looking GPS Receiver called the Onyx.
The Onyx is waterproof and comes with a low power chipset and has an 8 All-in-view technical specification. The Onyx also comes with a whole host of cable selections including Compaq iPAQ's, Casio's, HP Jornada's, Fujitsu Loox, XDA, PC Serial and many more.
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TFAC stands for the Taiwan Falcon Aerospace Corporation and they are a relatively new name to be seen in Europe and North America. TFAC have been going for quite some time, designing GPS boards mainly for GLONASS (the Russian Global Positioning System), but they recently ventured into GPS Retail by creating several new GPS Receivers for the NavStar constellation, the one we are reviewing here is the TFAC MG 30. This is a mouse type GPS Receiver, with a PS/2 connection plug/socket and terminates in an accessory plug to be powered in-car.
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The Garmin Street Pilot III Deluxe is an integrated standalone Street Routing solution for the car. It comes supplied with full maps with City Navigator allowing you to download these to the supplied 128mb Storage Card.
The Street Pilot III Deluxe is certainly an affordable system when you compare it to the dedicated in-car systems that cannot be removed and placed in another car.
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The Navman iCN630 is an integrated standalone Street Routing solution for the car. It comes supplied with full European maps with and 128mb RAM (64mb as storage for maps)
Until recently Garmin were the only company to offer a dedicated portable system that can be moved between cars, but Navman have change this to now bring direct competition to the market.
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Sometimes it's hard to determine what Handheld GPS Receivers have what features. They all look alike and have very similar features, the only thing sometimes to tie them apart is one or two features.
With this in mind we've pulled together a huge comparison of GPS Receivers showing the full specifications of each receiver making it easy to tell which receiver has which features in a single resource.
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One important aspect of all GPS Hardware is the Time To First Fix or TTFF. When using GPS Software it all hinges on how good the TTFF is and also how good the re-acquisition is of the GPS Receiver. Many GPS Receivers share the same chipsets from the same manufacturers, but some GPS Hardware are better in acquiring TTFF's.
We have created a TTFF table where all GPS Hardware we review is listed within this table. This helps understand which hardware is good and which hardware should be avoided.
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Have you ever been in a situation where you have a PDA but don't know which GPS will work with it ?
You're not alone! We've created a complete review page to discuss this. We detail what PDA's have which storage cards which play a big factor in GPS connectivity.
We also show you which GPS hardware will work with which Pocket PC's and if you have a handheld GPS receiver, no worry there as we also list a whole host of cables that are available from different sources to connect a handheld GPS receiver to your PDA.
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Royaltek have created a very nice looking GPS Receiver called the Sapphire, and you wonder why ?
The Sapphire is not only small, but carries a good signal strength in-car and comes with a whole host of cable selections including Compaq iPAQ's, Casio's, HP Jornada's, Fujitsu Loox, XDA, PC Serial and many more.
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