For car mount, the mount I have for my (now deprecated!) iPAQ works nicely, although it obscures the power button, makes exiting programs a bit or a pain:
http://www.ow.com.au/shop/PDA-Car-Mounts/Arkon-CM910-Universal-PDA-Mount-Kit I'd *love* to see a motorbike mount! although it would need to be *very* secure, and waterproof -Dale steve wrote: > Bike mount? > > Or car mount? > > Guillermo how hard is that? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Coggins > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 4:57 AM > To: List for Openmoko community discussion > Subject: Re: GPS application (was: Request for help: Would like > communityapplications to show anddiscuss at LinuxWorld) > > If you don't need a GPS that's great but I find them really useful. > Yes, maps and a compasses are really useful but they are quite bulky and you > need the right one. Thanks to the FreeRunner I've now got localised, street > level maps for a large part of the work (OSM[0]) in my pocket. In addition > to this I don't even have to work out where I am and what direction I am > moving in. > > I'm also looking for a mount for my bicycle handlebars so I'll have a full > bike computer with me when I'm riding - speed, direction, time and distance > will all be displayed for me along with the map. If I think of anything else > I want to hand I could either implement it myself or ask the tangoGPS guys. > > And they are *so* much fun in planes :) > > Tim > > > [0] http://www.openstreetmap.org/ > > > On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Ken Restivo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:38:07PM +0300, Mikko Rauhala wrote: >> >>> ti, 2008-07-29 kello 20:53 +0200, Marcus Bauer kirjoitti: >>> >>>> I'm a huge Openstreetmap fan but until OSM is ready for routing >>>> this will take at least five more years, probably ten. >>>> >>> That's probably true _if you drive a car_ (though even for that it >>> can be a handy help, especially in areas that don't happen to have >>> lots of turn restrictions, though you of course don't want to just >>> blindly drive listening to it anyway). >>> >>> Us others want navigation too and are considerably less hampered by >>> OSM's current lackings. 'course, there are other projects than >>> TangoGPS, but it seems otherwise nice so one would like it to include >>> this as well. As long as I'm not coding it, it's not my call, of >>> course :] >>> >>> PS: Kudos for your work and all, but with all your hyperbole, jumping >>> to conclusions, accusations of lying and stuff, you might want to >>> take a step back for a breather if you want, you know, people to >>> bother to listen to you instead of just wanting to rant wildly. >>> >>> >> I have a really dumb question: >> >> What is the point of having GPS anyway? >> >> I don't travel much, so perhaps that's why I just don't get it. >> >> If I'm navigating around a strange city, though, a hardcopy map is plenty >> > good. > >> I spend most of my time walking or taking public transport, within a very >> > short radius, in an area I already know very well. I'm just not getting > what's cool or exciting about GPS. > >> -ken >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community