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  1. Even without the desktop manager, uploading files is a breeze. I have a CacheBerry folder on my microSD card. I typically send the GPX from GSAK straight over to the SD card. You can even receive a Pocket Query in Zip format through email on the BlackBerry, save the file attachment to your SD card, and import it into CacheBerry. Also echoing what mfdbean554 stated, it's easy to create field notes as you go and e-mail them to yourself. A great, great application - and costs $15. I have no financial interest, but have been a happy customer for quite awhile now.
  2. Another vote for CacheBerry here.
  3. That's almost exactly what I said to my other half: "They may as well just give you coords to the parking area." Thanks for this information, I sincerely appreciate it.
  4. Just this weekend I put all caches by two particular cache owners (married couple) on my ignore list. They intentionally post coordinates that are 20-60 feet away from ground zero in order to "widen the hunt area". While in some cases this is not a big issue, in some cases it is. They have a hide, for example, in a very dense row of tall shrubs behind a business where posted coords were about 26 feet from ground zero. In this particular location it would take hours to thoroughly investigate the shrubbery, no doubt doing significant damage in the process. After a rash of DNFs and being unable to find the container themselves, they updated coords by 13 feet to "narrow the hunt area". After another DNF (mine), they updated coords to be "right on top of the cache" (their words). They have continually deleted logs that mention their coords are off. These have to be the only caches I've ever sought where the coords provided intentionally took you AWAY from the hide. Life is too short.
  5. Another happy CacheBerry user here. While I don't rely on my BlackBerry Tour for its GPS, I have used it on several spontaneous FTF hunts. Click the link in the notification e-mail, it takes you to GC.COM. Click the link for the GPX file, it downloads it right into CacheBerry and you are good go to. The GPS is not as responsive as my Oregon, but it's just as accurate. The other great thing about CacheBerry is the ability to create field notes as you go, marking finds and DNFs (I never have any of those, of course), and at the end of the day the BB will e-mail you the list of finds, in order, with links to the caches on GC.com. Great app, and for $14.95 one-time charge, its hard to beat. NFI; just a very satisfied customer.
  6. Just a shame all these devices were orphaned along the way. I don't know whether to blame Microsoft or Palm; seems Palm bailed out on many of their older devices when Vista came along. I know there were a LOT of unhappy users back then.
  7. There is a free utility out there called PilotInstall (pinstall.exe) that solved this problem when I was on Vista. I haven't yet tried it on Win7. It is not a new utility - I believe it is dated 2004. It is a one-file utility; just run it, go File | Add ... to add your PDB file to the Pinstall window (or drag-drop it there), then click the Hotsync button on the Palm to transfer. Again, I haven't tested on Win7, and no longer have any Palm devices - but it worked famously on Vista when nothing else would work. Should be easy to find via Google. This link may work.
  8. They had pretty good deals on GPS units after Thanksgiving - I picked up an Oregon 300 for NumberOneWife for $250 - a LOT less than I paid for my own. Sometimes timing is everything.
  9. Update loaded no problem on my Oregon 300; changes look fantastic. GREAT to see the corresponding icons next to the cache name, and to see icons next to waypoint names. Can't wait to get outside with it. I was happy with this GPSr before; these last two releases have taken it to a whole 'nother level.
  10. This limitation is a pain in the neck. Try searching for your terms using google and include the terms site:forums.Groundspeak.com waas Thanks for the input. Yes, it IS a pain in the neck. Most forums get testy because people don't bother to search before they ask all the age-old questions. This forum makes it essentially impossible for you to search much of the time. Was looking for a help or suggestions forum for the forum, but struck out there, too. Once again, Google to the rescue!
  11. I just decided to do a search on WAAS and see what conversation there had been in the past on this topic. Exactly how do you do this? It won't allow a search word that is less than four characters - so can't search on WAAS. I tried to search on Wide Area Acquisition, which if my memory is correct, is what the first three words of WAAS are - but 'wide' and 'area' are under five characters, so can't search on that. How the heck can I search on this topic? Am I missing something? Thanks in advance ...
  12. If you click the little icon on the bottom right-hand corner, you'll have a choice for several options. One of them is Geocaching-Nearest (which is what you have chosen). Geocaching-Active is there, too, and that's what you are looking for. I think they did a stellar job with this update; I only wish I could still display GPS accuracy on that screen, but the Oregon is so accurate, it's rarely an issue.
  13. Another vote here for Cacheberry. Great application, and plenty affordable.
  14. Another big fan of CacheBerry here. Great for last-minute on-the-fly caches, FTF hunts, etc. You can get the notification e-mail, click the link to go to GC.com, download the GPX which goes right into CacheBerry. You've got the GPS compass (assuming you have an unlocked GPS), you can view in Google Satellite maps, you name it. It's a joy. No financial interest - just a satisfied customer.
  15. This would also be helpful for BlackBerry users, or anybody using an on-line device. It's just like a bit of server space to have at your disposal for a short period of time. I can see using this with my BlackBerry/CacheBerry combination.
  16. I really like having the compass. Yes, you may have to hold it level for it to work correctly, and yes, you may have to calibrate it every time you swap batteries. Every time we go out I'm glad I've got the compass, and I can't remember ever wishing I didn't. Sometimes it's very helpful to set the GPSr down on something, let it sit a few minutes - and that exercise is completely useless if it doesn't know what direction north is. Your mileage may vary.
  17. The 8330 is useless for geocaching, as the GPS is crippled by Verizon except for use with VZ Navigator, which is equally useless for caching. You can purchase an bluetooth GPS puck that will work with applications like CacheBerry or BlackStar. I've been using CacheBerry for over a year now, and it's great. On my 8330 I only used it so I'd have access to the cache descriptions, logs, hints, etc. Now I've upgraded to the 9630 Tour, which has an unlocked GPS, and it's working fabulously. I can receive the cache notification, click on the link to get to GC.com, click to get the GPX file, which loads itself into the CacheBerry database, and off we go. We've found several FTFs this way - notifications come in during dinner, and as soon as we finish eating, we're off for the hunt. CacheBerry will also take the zipped PQ files directly from GC.com. Just save the e-mail attachments to the MicroSD card, import directly to Cacheberry from there, and you are all set.
  18. Firefox working great here, too, all by itself.
  19. For the last several days I've been getting notifications and PQ's through Comcast as well - but they are all notifications and PQ's I requested last week, before I switched my account over to a Gmail account. Apparently those requests have been bouncing around somewhere ever since waiting to be delivered. Yesterday morning I received a plea for help from a fellow cacher that had been sent back on January 1. It took a full week to get to my inbox. In my case I've received no duplications, just really late notifications. Mine is definitely the 'Comcast' issue. Not sure if this is any help to you or not.
  20. I hope to heck they get it fixed SOON. Just this morning I received a plea for assistance from a fellow cacher - but the plea had been sent a week ago, back on January 1. Earlier this week I switched my account e-mail to a gmail account, which has been working fine. The week-old plea came through Comcast, however, and has apparently been sitting around on their server since middle of last week. Jeez, I wonder if all the lost PQ's will start trickling through too.
  21. Robert - Thanks for your input. I was wondering if it was something along these lines, but it's under the hood far enough that we sure couldn't figure it out. Frankly, when we first tested the two GPSrs and observed the issue, we both half-thought we were cracking up. Had to try it two or three times before we could accept the fact it was really happening. We will follow up with Garmin in the very near future.
  22. I did some searching, but could not find this one answered anywhere. My Dad got a Vista HCx for himself for Christmas. When sending waypoints from GSAK, all the waypoint 'smart names' arrive on the GPS in upper case letters. The upper case option is NOT checked in GSAK. When I send them to my Vista Cx, they come over in upper and lower case, as they should. I don't believe this is a GSAK issue, since the same settings behave differently on the two GPSr's. The all-caps waypoints are not at all friendly on the eyes. Thanks in advance for any guidance.
  23. I've experienced this with my Vista Cx also. I believe the difference is this: If you are currently 'navigating' to a to a cache or other destination, and use the arrow to highlight another cache, it will attempt to grab that cache and move it. If you are not currently navigating to anything, and use the arrow to highlight a cache, it will give you the information for that cache the opportunity to 'go to' it. If I've got this wrong, I'm sure somebody will clarify.
  24. When I was asking the same question, somebody pointed me to this article which I found extremely helpful. I only wish I'd discovered paperless caching several years ago. We basically gave up for several years because it was such a PIA doing all the pre-work before going out. Now I can have the GPS and the Palm loaded in a few minutes, and we're out the door.
  25. The waypoint issue has been ongoing for quite awhile now; according to threads in the "Geocaching.com Web Site" section of the forums, it's because Garmin changed some of the code in the Communicator plug-in. They've been working on it for some while now. Seems some days it works for a bit, but then it's broken again. There is a thread about it here, though it's also been mentioned in numerous other threads. DNStephens - not sure what might be causing your problem, but if your GPS is listing the waypoints in order of what's nearest, that could be it. I've "lost" waypoints because my GPS was listing those within a certain distance, and the one I was looking for was outside that distance. If you try to find it by name, it should show up ("should" being the operative word!). By the way - We were in Ontario caching last weekend; drove over from Algonac three days in a row. Lovely area there around Petrolia. We found a bunch of caches, and I know we saw your name on a good number of the logs we signed.
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