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[Kitiara]

Well, I do have a kind of a reputation for the bizarre, and some at work say I have a more than platonic relationship with Ivanova (my Ipaq).

Anyhow,

I was cycling along one day and had to stop to get a map out to look up where I was going. I thought that were I in my car, it would be unnecessary thanks to TomTom and Ivanova.

That got me to thinking, and a couple of weeks later, I've bought a Fortuna bluetooth GPS, a dual PCMCIA expansion jacket and some mounting gear from Arkon.

I now have Ivanova mounted securely in the middle of my handlebars whispering directions in my ear via the headphones.

The system is wonderful when it is working (most of the time), but does have a small tendency to get confused when I cut through cycle routes that are closed to cars, and the Bluetooth connection isn't perhaps as stable as I'd like. Bit overall, I'm very happy, and it gave me an excuse to finally order that Toshiba 5Gb HDD I've been drooling over :)

[Janak Parekh]

Nice. :) Got pictures of the setup?

--janak

[Kitiara]

I wasn't sure what the rules concerning including images within the forum were, but I can certainly get some pics up if it's okay

[Janak Parekh]

I wasn't sure what the rules concerning including images within the forum were, but I can certainly get some pics up if it's okay
As long as you have a hosting provider, you're welcome to put up images. As an alternative, we do offer image hosting for full and deluxe subscribers (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/subscribe.php). ;)

--janak

[Kitiara]

heh, that took longer than I thought it would. Got distracted by fish and chips ;)

anyhow


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[Janak Parekh]

Impressive! :) So, you actually bike with the Toshiba 5GB HDD? Just hope that you never fall off... ;)

--janak

p.s. Congrats on becoming a subscriber.

[Kitiara]

Well, it didn't cost me much (£60). I love eBay :)