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Butch Dalton

Sat, Jul 25, 2009 10:44 AM

Snip: "as a bonus, the GPS also works with my Windows Mobile cell phone giving
accurate position on Google Maps for mobile. Nice when on land..."

Can anyone walk me through the process of how to set this up?

Butch Dalton
43 Albin Dog Days III
N Myrtle Beach, SC

Snip: "as a bonus, the GPS also works with my Windows Mobile cell phone giving accurate position on Google Maps for mobile. Nice when on land..." Can anyone walk me through the process of how to set this up? Butch Dalton 43 Albin Dog Days III N Myrtle Beach, SC

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Pascal Gademer

Sun, Jul 26, 2009 12:42 AM

pretty easy although itr depends on your hardware.

it's just a matter of downloading and installing Google Maps on your mobile.
then pair the BT GPS with your phone, set the com port in the BT properties
and then in Google Maps set the GPS properties to that com port.

pascal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Butch Dalton" dogdays3_@msn.com
To: "T&T" trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 6:44 AM
Subject: T&T: T&T long...Bluetooth GPS, nav software, charts and webcams

Snip: "as a bonus, the GPS also works with my Windows Mobile cell phone
giving
accurate position on Google Maps for mobile. Nice when on land..."

Can anyone walk me through the process of how to set this up?

pretty easy although itr depends on your hardware. it's just a matter of downloading and installing Google Maps on your mobile. then pair the BT GPS with your phone, set the com port in the BT properties and then in Google Maps set the GPS properties to that com port. pascal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Dalton" <dogdays3_@msn.com> To: "T&T" <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 6:44 AM Subject: T&T: T&T long...Bluetooth GPS, nav software, charts and webcams > Snip: "as a bonus, the GPS also works with my Windows Mobile cell phone > giving > accurate position on Google Maps for mobile. Nice when on land..." > > Can anyone walk me through the process of how to set this up?

JW

Joseph W. Marin

Mon, Jul 27, 2009 3:24 PM

Can anyone walk me through the process of how to set this up?

Hi Folks, lurker here...

I finally tried ActiveCaptain on my Windows Mobile device. I love it, and
now I wish I hadn't put off trying it so long. It will quickly become my
frequently used resource for locating anchorages, looking up marina contact
info, etc. Nice work, Jeff! FWIW, setting it up to use the device's
internal GPS was not even a minute of work... Just went to preferences,
selected the port, and it was done. For Google Maps, I didn't even have to
do any set up. I installed it, and the default GPS setting ("Managed by
Windows") worked immediately.

As for iPhone, I'm sorry but with the device, the mandatory data plan, and
the various proprietary cords and accessories, I'm not plunking down several
hundred dollars for it. An HTC Touch is $50 and unlimited data is 29.99/mo,
and does everything I want without a problem, including getting email from
this list. I uses the exact same USB cord for my phone/PDA, camera, GPS,
portable hard drive, and mp3 player (non-ipod). I love the iPhone slick UI,
but it's just not worth having all that extra crap and expense with it.

Joe
http://trawlerjoe.blogspot.com

> Can anyone walk me through the process of how to set this up? Hi Folks, lurker here... I finally tried ActiveCaptain on my Windows Mobile device. I love it, and now I wish I hadn't put off trying it so long. It will quickly become my frequently used resource for locating anchorages, looking up marina contact info, etc. Nice work, Jeff! FWIW, setting it up to use the device's internal GPS was not even a minute of work... Just went to preferences, selected the port, and it was done. For Google Maps, I didn't even have to do any set up. I installed it, and the default GPS setting ("Managed by Windows") worked immediately. As for iPhone, I'm sorry but with the device, the mandatory data plan, and the various proprietary cords and accessories, I'm not plunking down several hundred dollars for it. An HTC Touch is $50 and unlimited data is 29.99/mo, and does everything I want without a problem, including getting email from this list. I uses the exact same USB cord for my phone/PDA, camera, GPS, portable hard drive, and mp3 player (non-ipod). I love the iPhone slick UI, but it's just not worth having all that extra crap and expense with it. Joe http://trawlerjoe.blogspot.com

trawlers@lists.trawlering.com

T&T long...Bluetooth GPS, nav software, charts and webcams