please help as I am completely new

[zeeman]

Can some one please help as I am completely new to this ,

I need to buy a PDA to use excel, word ect, on the go, plus it as to have a SAT NAV

What I need to know is what gear do I need, I do NOT need mobile phone in it.

The way I understand is the Dell Axim X51v just needs the tomtom software.

Others like DELL AXIM X50 require, TOMTOM NAVIGATOR, GPS RECEIVER,

BLUETOOTH RECEIVER Ambicom Bluetooth BT2000-CF Compact Flash card..

This is where I get lost, total confusion,

1 what are these units?

2 how do you connect them?

3 what do each do?

help, please ,,,,

[getsurfers]

For a PDA route into Sat-nav, you would need:

PDA (with or without Bluetooth - depends on your budget)
Sat-Nav software (TomTom etc)
GPS Receiver (Bluetooth or wired - depending on PDA chosen)
Car Cradle.

Connecting is pretty easy. Load the software, if you have bluetooth then pair the PDA and GPS, open your sat-nav tell it which GPS and off you go.

Not sure what you mean by 3. You PDA will still be a PDa, and do everything you want (excel etc). The sat-nav software will do simply that. And the GPS receiver is needed to tell the software where you actually are.


Which products you use is down to you, and of course your budget. PDA wise it's better to get as much on it as you can, and as faster processor as you can to future proof if you'll be using the PDA heavily for docs etc.

GPS wise, a min of 16 channel sirfstar3 is essential.

My set-up is:

iPaq 2790
TomTom 5 Navigator
TomTom mkII Bluetooth receiver
Car cradle with GPS charge lead.