I already own a PDA (ipaq rx3715)

was looking and I see you can by standalone bluetooth gps receivers..anybody have any experience of these or bought a cheap un from ebay (I see them for about 35 quid on there)

and then is it just a case of buying the tom tom maps and sticking them on the SD card?

doing it this way saves a big wad instead of buying a tom tom kit as a whole

Yes, I use one with my iPaq. It's a Leadtek and I bought it through eBay. You can then get TomTom loaded and it should work fine. I have version 3 but the latest is version 5 - don't know what happened to version 4 :confused: - I have heard that version 5 can be a bit choosy about which receiver it will work with though.

You can install TomTom to a storage card, I've done that with mine.

Hope this helps.

I use a standalone GPS receiver I bought on ebay with TomTom on my Nokia.

Works a treat and pairs with the receiver as soon as I get in the car.

I use TT V5.21 on my MDA Vario with an external Bluetooth receiver and it works a treat.

Only issue I had was configuring the COM Port as Version 5.0 didn't support the ports the MDA Vario did but a quick download of the V5.21 update and all is fine.

I have one and run TomTom on my Treo smartphone. It works really well.

Mine's a cheapy off ebay, had it about a year and am very impressed.

Paul

I use TT V5.21 on my MDA Vario with an external Bluetooth receiver and it works a treat.

Only issue I had was configuring the COM Port as Version 5.0 didn't support the ports the MDA Vario did but a quick download of the V5.21 update and all is fine.

Snap!

I bought a G-Space bluetooth GPS receiver off eBay for

I had seen them for about 35 quid...so it seems they work ok...hmm well thats good news

I also see there LOTS of tom tom software on ebay..how much of it dodgy?

I have a 1gig SD card so dont need to buy the maps already on a sd card...I'm just wary pf buying something and finding out its a time limited copy or something

I also see there LOTS of tom tom software on ebay..how much of it dodgy?

99% unfortunately. Dodgy in the sense that it's pirated not that it's time or feature limited.

I have a Dell axim x50v PDA and bought a ARKON powered docking cradle with GPS receiver built in. Thats another alternative for you and it works a treat. By the time you buy mounting brackets and chargers and GPS recievers they come out at more or less the same approx.

I use a BT 77 GPS receiver (eBay again, was £50 at the time inc delivery). I have Used Tom Tom 5 Mobile on a Nokia N90 and Noia 6680, basically any series 60 will work, unless that is it's and 3rd edition serios 60 as my N73 won;t work with Tom Tom.

Have the European maps, and work well in Belgium and Holland. Fid out how usefulit willbe in Czech later this summer.

Paul

I pickedup a sirf star III chipset receiver for 37 quid...will report back next week on how it works

I use a Dell Axim X51v running WM5. TomTom runs fine (must be v5.21 for WM5) using a Holux GPSlim 236 BT GPS. Be wary of buying this GPs (which is excellent - SirfStar III) on Ebay. Although kosher they often seem to have problematical outdated firmware when sourced in this way. Have a look at the forums on:-

www.pocketgpsworld.com

I bought TomTom and maps of Western Europe on CD and installed to an SD card.

well the receiver arrived to day and it works really well...

amazed at the small size to be honest