UK - GPS bargain alert

Post by **Foo** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:57 pm

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/125129?hp_prod=5

I picked up one of these 4 months ago when they were about £100.

The built-in GPS features are alright, but the unit is very moddable which makes it an attractive buy.

So far I've managed:

Gaining access to the WinCE shell
Loading a bunch of pocketPC games
Loading TCPMP and running Audio and Video with no problems
Upgrading to a 2b MicroSD and playing movie rips (4Gb SDHC should work, not tested)
Loading TomTom and Igo GPS software
Loading Transport Tycoon

Currently working on loading PocketQuake and RNDIS (for TCPIP over USB to run a remote screen). Both should be feasible, I just need to get around to it.

Runs TomTom faster than the native TomTom units. Way faster.

So yeah, if you like messing with getting a bit more functionality out of a device like this, it's worth it for £70.

Downsides to be aware of:

There's no buttons, just a touchscreen (can be a bitch for certain PPC applications)
No mains charger bundled with the unit (you can buy it seperately, but if you've got a cig lighter it ships with a charger for that)
Audio output is mediocre but there's a built-in speaker and headphone socket.

On the GPS side of things I can't fault the unit. The shipped software's maps are about 2 years out of date which is a burn, but once TomTom's loaded there's a lot more updates/support available out there for it. Chances are this thing will be able to run Igo 8 and the newer TomTom versions (I'm running one of the v6 packs) since it's reasonably powerful (250Mhz ARM)