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GPS Software



On Monday 31 July 2006 12:20 pm, John Abreau wrote:
> I looked that up, and found that the Mobile Crossing GPS receiver goes
> for $199, or $295 for the PalmOS edition. I see other Bluetooth GPS
> receivers for $75, that claim longer battery life (20 hours vs Mobile
> Crossing's 8 hours).
>
> What's different about the Mobile Crossing that makes it worth the
> extra cost?
At the time, I bought it in a package deal with mapping software, but that 
was 1 or 2 years ago. You need to make sure that the GPS antennas are NMEA 
compliant, but most are. 
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