I now have a PDA which will be running TomTom Navigator and need to buy a mouse for it. Does it matter what sort I get or does it need to be compatable? Do the number of channels matter?

Also whats the best way of powering the mouse? I want to be able to switch the system between cars so I was thinking of siting it on top of the dashboard right near the windscreen on a bit of sticky velcro. Is it a case of then running the cable back to the lighter socket or can I power it from my PDA (which probably also needs to be plugged into lighter socket).

I do hate having cables all over the place but equally I want to be able to move it to my directionally challenged wife's car easily a well.

Thanks!

Al

If you have a bluetooth PDA you can get a bluetooth GPS receiver, this looks like a good buy, I think I'll be getting one to go with my Treo 650, you don't need to have any wires in the car, it has a rechargeable battery

didn't know you could run a mouse with a PDA

I thought that the touch screen & stylus did away with the need for a rodent?

Thanks Dave that looks great. Even appears to come with a car charger. Any idea what sort of battery life I can expect 1hr, 10hrs, 100hrs???

Thks

Nigel, I think by "mouse" rufus means the GPS receiver, I'm not sure it's that easy to use a normal mouse in a car whilst driving (PC type mouse, not a rear 4 legged thing) I would have hoped 10 hours or at least a couple of hours, but it does come with a traditional car charger lead anyway

Well I ordered one of those today so I'll let you know how I get on. Its nice to pay a sensible amount of postage (£2.50 special delivery) after the fleabay rip offs.....

Dave. I am running one of these mice with TomTom on my Sony Clie (palm) and HP Ipaq. They both run a treat. The mouse is magnetic and even when attached to the dash strip i get a very good signal. Battery life is 10 hrs too. Overall a great buy

John

Ah - mouse isn't actually a mouse. doh!

I use a CoPilot bluetooth GPS receiver. Its about 35mm x 60mm x 15mm

It has its own internal battery (lasts about eight hours) and has a car charger. The GPS receiver is so sensitive it works from anywhere in the car, including the glovebox.

Very easy to set up - just tell the GPS software to find and configure it and it just does it.

Plenty on ebay, but make sure you go for SIRF III - its the latest technology - faster fixes, more accuracy.

Visit www.pocketgpsworld.com for plenty of info and links. Plus a very cheap (£2 pm) speed camera database that will integrate with TTnavigator plus many others

If your going for a bluetooth reciever, or mouse, make sure your on tom tom 5.
Tom tom 5 will reconnect if it looses the bluetooth signal, however i found tom tom 3 did not.

Is there a satnav option for the O2 XDA Mini ???

Been looking for ages with no joy??

as mentioned above, try pocket gps world , the forum has loads of stuff in, just a pain searching through it all.

Nellybear, I'm running TomTom 5 on an MDA Compact (same as an XDA Mini) with a bluetooth GPS unit

Works perfectly!

Also did the pocket gps world hack for the voices so I get speed camera warnings that actually tell you what kind of camera it is and the speed eg. 'GATSO 40'

The TomTom 5 voices hack is well worth doing - takes a bit of time to set up, but worth it see here