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Tech: Holux GPSlim236

May 10, 2008 on 12:34 am | In Reviews |

Since I got such a sweet new phone, I’ve been shopping for accessories. One thing I looked for was a bluetooth GPS Receiver. Best place to shop for one cheaply will be to browse around Malsingmaps forums to look for people who upgraded their toys. They’re usually fellow geeks here, who take very good care of their toys.

Happened to find someone letting go of his Holux. This is one of the cheapest GPS receivers. Maybe rm250 new. I got for rm140. Pristine condition. It incorporates the SirfStar III chipset, which is actually faster and more accurate than the chip in my Garmin GPS60Cx. Supposed to work better in the urban jungle, compensating for radio waves scattering off building walls and such.

The Holux pairs with my Nokia 6120c. No problem. With the built in software, my phone can now give me the exact coordinates of my position…

Not that useful yet…

Need a software that can put a map on my phone. Figured that I can’t go wrong with Garmin Mobile XT. So I got the software here.

And I find out that the Garmin software will ONLY work with Garmin’s own brand of BT GPS receivers… They didn’t throw all that development money so that people can use their software without buying their shit.

But, they also give you the option to BUY the software, which will come inside a micro SD card, then you can use any brand of BT GPS receiver to work with GMXT. It’s the same program, but with an unlock code keyed to the SD card. So you can’t copy it out to another card and share it.

Another thing you can do though, is find a keygen. Then you can write your own unlock code and put it in your own SD card.

Well, obviously I used the most expedient way to get my Holux working with the phone. Who’s got 2hrs to research all this stuff and dig around for an obscure keygen?? Buy the Garmin software here.

Anyways, managed to get everything working beautifully.