[TriLUG] Advice on an ultra-light notebook

[Brian Daniels]

On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 11:49:43AM -0800, Kevin J. wrote:
> For about $80 more you can get the Nokia 810 with a touchscreen and built-in GPS: http://www.nokiahowto.com/link?cid=PLAIN_TEXT_607318
> 
A cautionary note - I have an N810.  It's a great pocket web browser, a usable 
SSH terminal, and a _terrible_ GPS.

The GPS chipset is slow (5-10min) to lock unless you're not moving, the map app 
is sluggish, and if you want routing and speech (but no spoken streets), that's 
a $129 extra.

The map app could always get better, but the internal GPS chip is unfixable.  
Maybe the next revision will have a SirfStar...

Fortunately I bought it for the web/ssh features and have no regrets there.  But 
I wouldn't recommend it if you need a GPS.

--Brian

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