This might sound off-the-wall, but you could do a lot worse than pick an iPhone. The GPS in it works really very well, compass and all.
In terms of ruggedness, one of my staff members dropped his iPhone from a tower 110' up. Stupid, I know, but he was trying to talk to the guy on the ground. Anyway, the phone survived the fall after he put the pieces back together. It does have a small dent. But he didn't even have to bring it back in to Apple tech support. Oh, if anyone was wondering, turns out that battery IS removable ;-). Anyway, we've been so pleased with the iPhone we bought every single staff member an iPhone last year-even the book keeper. Chuck On Aug 20, 2009, at 4:23 PM, Robert West wrote: > I'm finally getting rid of my Delorme Earthmate GPS unit. It has > served me > well these past 10 years................. I will certainly miss > having to > boot up my laptop, plug the thing into the serial port of my OLD > laptop > because the newer ones do not have the serial port and to use that > USB to > serial adapter is more fun that I could handle.... Then hope and > pray that > the batteries in the Earthmate are still good for I always forget to > check > before I go out............ But with that said, I need a replacement. > > I've been looking at some small Garmin all weather units but they > seem to > stress geo-caching and hiking. If I had time for that, it may get my > attention, but I own a small business that I started because I > needed to be > more flexible with my time. Working 80 hours+ a week is about as > flexible > as it gets so no, I do not have time for that sort of crazy, high on > life > sort of living. > > I simply need a GPS that I won't break (or be too badly damaged) > when I drop > it off a 70 foot AP (it will happen, trust me), that will not be > ruined when > I forget it on the top of the same AP and go home and it just > happens to > rain overnight, can be recharged in the van and will give me the two > pieces > of information I really desire......... My location coordinates and > how > high I am. Someone else can mess with all those other functions, > I'd have > to give it to my 4 year old to figure that stuff out anyhow, I just > need to > know where and how high. > > Anyone have a good recommendation on a handheld GPS unit? (I guess > I could > have just said one line but it's not as fun) > > Thanks in advance. > > Robert West > Just Micro Digital Services Inc. > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------- Chuck Bartosch Clarity Connect, Inc. 200 Pleasant Grove Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 257-8268 If all is not lost, where is it? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
