Smart Phones Etc

[+Fangsy]

Just acquired a Sony Ericsson P900 and have already been poking about online for downloadable software I can add to it that would be applicable to geocaching and navigation in general.

 

Does anyone have any firm recommendations? Currently I use cachemate on a palmIII which is very useful, anything along this line on the ol smart-phone would be cool as well.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Nediam]

I just use mine (SPV C500) to access Geocaching.com in the field.

A friend of mine has his connected to a bluetooth GPS and uses it with TomTom for SatNav.

I'm sure there are lots of software apps that could be used but as yet I've not needed any.

[+*bingoboy*]

I also have a SPV C500 I make a html file from GSAK use it to go paperless

500 caches with the last 10 logs and the nearest 10 caches takes about 2mb

 

also have a link to gc.com on each cache page

Edited July 3, 2005 by *bingoboy*

[+Fangsy]

Sounds neat, thanks for that. Will give the GSAK -> HTML a go on mine also.

[+ian76g]

I use an external bluetooth GPS mouse and the nhGPS software on the P900.

I tried several other (PowerNavigator, etc) but got stuck at the nhGPS software.

 

The big feature is to download a map on the fly (which gets calibrated automatically).

 

The P900 can also be used for final navigations arround the "parking places" near the start locations of caches.

 

I would recommend you to download the trialversion of nhGPS for your SE P900.

http://www.nhgps.com/

 

Sebastian

Edited July 27, 2005 by ian76g

[+Globetrotter.uk]

I have a SPV C550 and I am trying to make the most of the applications. So any help would be great.

[Nediam]

I have a SPV C550 and I am trying to make the most of the applications. So any help would be great.

Out of interest. I have just upgraded to a C550 and have noticed that the *key is EXTREMELY sensitive and you only have to brush it lightly with your finger to trigger it.

 

Is yours the same?

 

It would be useful to know if it's a fault on mine or a common "feature" before I give Orange a rollocking

[+Globetrotter.uk]

Yep it's very sensitive. I am trying to burn some music to the 550 from the pc but it won't accept the format. I have not yet downed the caches for uk which is helpful.

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

Im using a Nokia 7600 mainly cos I got a cheap deal and it was the free handset. Had it almost a year and only just sussed the email facility with it

 

I saw on another thread about wap.geocaching.com.

 

I have tried to access this site by establishing my GPRS connection and then putting in the url but I keep getting an unavailable message ... any ideas what I am doing wrong?

[+lordelph]

http://rtr.ca/geo is a good WAP portal for geocaching, useful if you find yourself in a new area with time to kill!

[+The Hokesters]

Does anyone know of a GC web portal formatted for Pocket PC?

[+Matrix]

Does anyone know of a GC web portal formatted for Pocket PC?

I use http://www.skweezer.net for most things with my Ipaq 5550 and for GC.com

 

The address is

 

http://www.skweezer.net/skweeze.aspx?q=www...caching.com&i=1

 

HTH

[+Queeny]

http://rtr.ca/geo is a good WAP portal for geocaching, useful if you find yourself in a new area with time to kill!

 

Yes I use this one and not had any problems, but cant connect to the official wap site...maybe my little nokia 3510i needs upgrading?