A GPS on every key ring?

just wonder how is the battery life.... Wouldn't mind trying it.

Hi Steve,

I would be happy to test one out for you and review it but as Private Messages are suspended i am unable to contact you via PM, if you still are looking for people please advise how to give you my details.

Marc

Thanks Andy and Andy(!) - I now have my two volunteer reviewers 8-)

Steve
PS. No idea what's happening on the PM front - I think (a small) part of the site's infrastructure has been hacked, but until Rafe gets back from Nokia World we won't know for sure. Anyway, at least most of the site is still working 8-)))

slitchfield wrote:

PS. No idea what's happening on the PM front - I think (a small) part of the site's infrastructure has been hacked, but until Rafe gets back from Nokia World we won't know for sure. Anyway, at least most of the site is still working 8-)))

The forum link from from the AAS Mobile site doesn't work either, hasn't for weeks. (gives ionCube PHP Errors) I did report it via the contact form a few weeks back, have added it here in case it got missed.

Another volunteer here!!! 😊 I am curious to see how it behaves vs my Hollux 236 together with the P1i and Tomtom

looks like you've got all the volunteers you need steve, but im always here is you need anything else testing 😉

Hi Steve.

I too would be happy to test, review, and write up this item, if you can somehow contact me, as like the other users, the link to PM seems to be going nowhere.

I would be interested to test this out in conjunction with my Nokia 6120c, and test how it stacks up with my existing N95 and it's own built-in GPS too.

So hopefully that could be a handy contrast for me to write about.

Whatever the case though, if push came to shove, I'd simply be happy to BUY one too, if you have info.

So please drop me a line to

mail [at] shadamehr [dot] com

and I will be glad to help, and write an unbiased, real user review...

Okay, so Canada isn't exactly an International location (depending on where you start) but I would definitely like to volunteer as a reviewer.

vicntc [at] gmail [dot] com

I've ordered one and I can report that the delivery charge is a very reasonable £2.51 (or about 8 quid if you want it next day).

The problem with the N95 when used as a satnav is that it needs to have the slider opened and the handset positioned for best reception. For that reason I always use a bluetooth receiver which can be placed in an ideal position and stay there.

This little keychain thing will be a godsend because I won't have to remember to bring the GPS receiver.

I bought one of the 30g models when I first saw it mentioned (here?).

Very well built. That nice matt coating doesn't seem to scratch even though it's been on my key ring for the last few months. Extremely simple to set up & works flawlessly with Nokia Maps on my E61.

Battery life seems good, it worked continuously for a 6 hour motorway journey.

Only very minor quibbles: If you did run out of battery, you'd need to charge it using the (supplied) cigarette lighter charger. That's a long stretch to the keys in the ignition & it's not easy to remove the GPS from the keyring. Freedom seem to have solved this with the new style key ring clip.

The light signals for Bluetooth connection & GPS reception are not logical & don't really provide any useful feedback (without the manual handy). It tends to blink like a Christmas tree in all modes. It would be nice if they'd stuck to a logical lighting sequence for both modes (i.e. blink once every 10 secs for GPS/BT connection). Again, they might have fixed this in the new 20g model.

If you like keeping everything on your phone, this works extremely well as a tomtom replacement (largely due to the very good Nokia Maps).

Isn't this relatively old news?

I bought the gpslim 240 for a friend @ work, and it's only 35g, and a much better form factor for a keyring than those other ones...

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/holux-gr240.php