Navman Officially Unveils PIN GPS-Enabled Pocket PC

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.navman.com/land/products/pin/index.html' target='_blank'>http://www.navman.com/land/products/pin/index.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Navman, a leading designer and manufacturer of world-class global positioning systems (GPS), communication and marine products, announced today the latest addition to its innovative line of GPS products for the consumer electronics market, the Navman PiN. The Personal Interactive Navigation (PiN) device integrates the power of advanced GPS navigation with the efficiency of Pocket PC organization, delivering the very latest in handheld convenience."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/product_main_image_AA00XXXX.jpg" /><br /><br />We <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27515">posted on this before</a>; it seems to be a rebranded <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=26846">Mio 168</a>, but with their own software suite. I can't help but note they quote <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14853">a review from this website</a>. ;) Finally, here's <a href="http://www.hardware4you.sm/recensionem.php?id_r=241">a very detailed preview from Mobile4you</a> (and an <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=mozclient&u=http%3A//www.hardware4you.sm/recensionem.php%3Fid_r%3D241">English translation</a>).

[Jonathon Watkins]

iCN 630
"Navman seems to hold their weight despite heavy competition"
-- pocketpcthoughts.com
Jul 2003

Well, they have good taste in review sites anyway. :wink:

Now GPS in every PPC. THAT would really be something. :mrgreen:

[gorkon280]

iCN 630
"Navman seems to hold their weight despite heavy competition"
-- pocketpcthoughts.com
Jul 2003

Well, they have good taste in review sites anyway. :wink:

Now GPS in every PPC. THAT would really be something. :mrgreen:

THAT was for the iCN 630...not the PiN PocketPC. They are not the same.

[gorkon280]

I almost went for this when I was at CompUSA. I wish it at least had Bluetooth. That and the fact it's only 300 MHz kind of turned me off. I will save some pennies and pick up a BT GPS. That way I can use it with any device I want that has BT.

I wish that they would start working on a program/suite of programs that would scan the NMEA strings and then provide it to a daemon that would then dole out the posits to any app that can communicate with the daemon. I have tried gpsd on my Mac and it's pretty cool. It would be awesome to have the same thing on a Pocket PC and then you could switch from one program to another.

[Janak Parekh]

THAT was for the iCN 630...not the PiN PocketPC. They are not the same.
I know... but I found the mention humorous, in any case. ;)

--janak

[menssana]

I wish that they would start working on a program/suite of programs that would scan the NMEA strings and then provide it to a daemon that would then dole out the posits to any app that can communicate with the daemon. I have tried gpsd on my Mac and it's pretty cool. It would be awesome to have the same thing on a Pocket PC and then you could switch from one program to another.
I've not used gpsd but were you aware of GpsGate for the Pocket PC?

"GpsGate lets you share one GPS between several applications. GpsGate can create any number of virtual serial ports which most NMEA enabled GPS applications can connect to."
http://franson.biz/gpsgate/

I'm pretty sure that's what you're looking for? By the way it was recently posted on this site. (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29540&highlight=gpsgate)