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by DimWit Kid » Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:03 pm
I have a generic GPS receiver (Taiwanese rikaline) that I use with a PDA. Quite alright, and so far the reception is reasonable (of course this kind of GPS receiver - meaning the one separate receiver - has a bit weak reception). I don't have any experience with more expensive (and presumably better) GPS receiver. I just bought for the heck of it actually since it cost me only 100 bucks during an IT show last year.
My friend from Europe has a german made GPS receiver, cost him like 4-5 times mine, and when he came here, we compared the performance and there's almost no difference (in terms of starting warm that is). The only thing, cold start for my unit can take upto 10 minutes! Of course the "integrated" kind of GPS has a better performance!
I actually don't need GPS for Singapore (well, if you drive often that is) - Singapore streets are really, really simple. I was more thinking about using it in cities like Shanghai, Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila kind of cities. But there, the problem is not the GPS receiver - it's getting a map for those cities. Sure mapking has a range of major asian city maps, but the details on their maps are just horrible.
It's back to good ole travel maps for me!
