GPSPassion Reviews The HTC TyTN II

[Jon Westfall]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=237' target='_blank'>http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=237</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Having said that, what matters at this point is the GPS performance of the Kaiser compared to a GPS PDAPhone like the Mio A501 based on the reference SiRFStarIII chipset. The results are mixed with lower performance in pedestrian use (with Static Navigation deactivated on the A501) both in dense urban environments and in more open sites, but it remains usable and in driving mode it performs on par with the A501, except in extreme environments like underground sections, areas which you don't normally encounter very frequently."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/westfall-gpspassion.jpg" /> <br /><br />GpsPasSion has a rather different review of the TyTN II - one almost exclusively focused on the GPS abilities of the device (Shocking, I know!). It's actually a pretty interesting read. I've been very happy with the GPS functionality of my TyTN II (it navigated me around Los Angeles last week without a problem, using Google Maps), but have always wondered how it stacked up to the SirfSTAR III.<br /><br />And for what it's worth, the picture above (of his tri-mount of a Mio, TyTN II, and iPAQ) is just plain cool.

[Brad Adrian]

And for what it's worth, the picture above...is just plain cool.

I agree, but the real question it begs is how many devices most people are willing to mount on or near their dashboard! I have my iPod, Pocket PC w/ GPS software, Bluetooth GPS receiver and Phone Edition all neatly within finger-tip-reach, but [Can you believe it?] my wife thinks it's "too much."

How many things do YOU have mounted on your dashboard?

[Brad Adrian]

Oh, and FWIW, here's the best piece of GPS-related advice i have, recently learned after 25 years of marriage:

If you're driving somewhere with your wife/spouse/other and it comes down to either believing your GPS directions or following the ones your wife/spouse/other got from a friend, ALWAYS follow your wife's directions, no matter how wrong you know they are.

In the words of the Bard:

"'Tis better to be lost for but a little while than to spend a fortnight slumbering on the couch."

[Mark Larson]

"'Tis better to be lost for but a little while than to spend a fortnight slumbering on the couch."

Heh, heh. If my wife were wrong and got us lost, she'd be the one trying to make it up to me with a long bout of roadhead on the way back. :lol:

As for your other question, I don't even have a mount, let alone multiple devices to mount on it. :oops: Need to fix that.

[Brad Adrian]

Heh, heh. If my wife were wrong and got us lost, she'd be the one trying to make it up to me...
I had to settle for knowing I was right and making the occasional ever-so-subtle "I told you so." glance. I take my wins any way I can get 'em.

[Jon Westfall]

I used to mount things, perhaps 1 or 2 at the most (pocket pc / XM radio), but now I just lie them on the passenger seat or the pssenger. My car just doesn't look right with things hanging from the windsheild. Perhaps the next vehicle... ;)

And as my sense of direction has gotten my wife and I out of 'lost' trouble more than a few times, my directions are never questioned :mrgreen:

[griph]

ALWAYS follow your wife's directions, no matter how wrong you know they are.
OMG ..... BTDTGTTS!!

[Jason Lee]

now that i have my TyTN II it is the only thing that gets mounted to my windshield. It is my GPS, my music, my phone.. All in once device. ;)

good stuff.

[MichaelA]

I'm very glad I read that review -- it pointed me to WMWifiRouter, which I hadn't heard of before. Awesome stuff!

http://www.jongma.org/WMWifiRouter/