[Wolves] SatNAV/GPS on Compaq iPAQ H3970

Mark Croft croftyboy at googlemail.com
Mon Sep 1 18:28:13 UTC 2008


thanx , i will keep my eyes on some on ebay , seems like there a
reasonable one on amazon too.
seems to be around £20 for gps bluetooth dongle.


2008/9/1 Kris Douglas <webbox.uk at gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 16:50, Mark Croft <croftyboy at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> HI
>>
>> I have picked up a compaq ipaq H3970 from the carboot last weekend. I
>> was wondering if  it could be converted into a satnav? seems to have
>> bluetooth connection on it.
>>
>> I will get around to catching bus over to friends house where i left
>> it by accident and he wanted to play with it. I am really just going
>> on memory about the full spec of the gadget.
>> I do not really want to nuke it by flashing linux on it. If it does
>> not do satnav of some fashion I will probably be selling it on ebay.
>>
>> Mark
>>
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> All you need is a cheap bluetooth GPS device, and a copy of TomTom
> Navigator, you can buy these, and they are available through other
> methods. I'm sure you know where to look. It should run it well.
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