Comments on The week of March 12th in My Digital LifeTypePad2007-03-12T23:08:28Zsskarlatoshttps://www.mydigitallife.us/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.mydigitallife.us/2007/03/the_week_of_mar_1/comments/atom.xml/Stephen Skarlatos commented on 'The week of March 12th in My Digital Life'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83452548e69e200d83523183469e22007-03-15T22:40:55Z2008-08-29T01:17:58ZStephen Skarlatoshttp://www.mydigitallife.usHi Chris, This is something I have been struggling with as well. When I got my first wired Pharos GPS...<p>Hi Chris,</p>
<p>This is something I have been struggling with as well. When I got my first wired Pharos GPS receiver for my XDA, I got a bundle which included the Pharos Ostia navigation software. However I can't recommend it. I have upgraded twice but I have given up. Although it has worked for me, it is not an intuitive piece of software and the maps are just ok. From all my research I have been leaning towards Tom Tom, but the MDA is slightly underpowered to run even with overclocking. So I am waiting for T-Mobile's forthcoming MDA replacement to take the plunge I am hearing April/May although nobody is saying which HTC product they have chosen.</p>
<p>I am trying to get a trial of the Nokia software to review how well it works. You are right charging for a beta is pretty bad.</p>Chris commented on 'The week of March 12th in My Digital Life'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83452548e69e200d834ed72dd53ef2007-03-15T16:42:53Z2008-08-29T12:53:52ZChrisPer your recommendation I also purchased the iBlue 737 GPS receiver a week ago (primarily because the price was great...<p>Per your recommendation I also purchased the iBlue 737 GPS receiver a week ago (primarily because the price was great and Amazon was running out of stock). Since then I have been looking for a decent turn-by-turn navigation software for the MDA and wondered if you had any experience with one. I tried out smart2go, but found the upgrade price a little outrageous for a beta product that also crashed on me 3 times while using the free mapping functionality. Microsoft Live is great for ordinary mapping and the GPS integration is great (the UI is a little clunky with having to close multiple windows when selecting a location and then mapping), but otherwise it's a great product. But again, it's lacking turn-by-turn real time navigation functionality. Just wondered if you had any experience worth noting.<br />
Thanks!</p>