New Portable Computer and GPS System

[Romer]

Originally Posted by offroad_nomad

Ken,
How's the Dell and topo software working out for you? I might make a lept to the Dell. I've read some complaints about using the Activesync/Autosync program when the Pocket PC is connected to a desktop PC. Have you run into any problems? Thanks.

Sorry about the delayed reply. I was in Europe for a while

The topo sw works great. Used it to pre-run Fins and things in Moab and worked great when cdan and I lead the tral at CM07. The Dell is awesom. It holds 1000 songs from my music collection, I have 5 movies loaded on it so I can watch them in the car with the car stereo system. The in city nav sw has been perfect and easy to use.

The problem you talked about is common, but has an easy and simple fix that is described on the axim site I listed in my first post.

It is that site that made me decide to get the dell because the forum is much like ours were other people help you out. I just looked and 256 folks were perusing the section for this model right now. I did not find a forum of the same quality relating to others I was considering.

So I have had it a year now with no issues other than the media player that comes with it is crap. I am using core player and have been real happy with it. The quirk is I have to remeber to pause the song before I put it in standby. If I just put it in standby without stopping the song, it locks up about 30% of the time. If I pause the song, it never locks up. The lock up is easy to, just reboot and everything is fine.

[sprocket3]

Have any of you guys put the NG Topo software on one of these? I'm looking for options to make it more mobile without packing a laptop around with me.

[rubirnr]

I've followed your thread and after doing my own research, I too ended up going with your choices. I am now checking out Memory-Map, but man it is pricey. $100 for the software and $71 per state map. I was thinking California and Utah to start with.

3D topo is nice, but I might just stick with Back Country Navigator for a while.

[lathamb]

a lot of states department of natural resources or equivalent have topos that you can download that work with the memory map navigator. I got seamless maps of california from their state website. you just have to search a bit. they are geo tiff files (.tif files with geographic data).

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