Very happy with my 32 channel Holux M1000. They're going for under $30 right now on the 'bay.

Also for software - take a look at Roadmap (search the forum) - It's vector based and looks like it has a lot of potential.
/edit - The total space required (in tar.gz format) for all roadmaps for the US is about 2Gb.

Anyone on the n800 who wants to try Roadmap. Please do.

I've just added code in the 'preferences' to set bluetooth address, and it does use libgpsbt to initiate connections. So it should work. I want to support the n800 on os2008. But I don't own an n800 nor a bluetooth GPS. (Got the n810 for Christmas, wanted roadmap on it...)
So if you try it and it doesn't work please post to the forum at- http://garage.maemo.org/projects/roadmap

Thanks,
kernelpanic

can someone tell me how to install the I-blue 737 GPS into the Nokia N800? I did it in the past and the settings remained up until I updated to the latest software for the Nokia recently. It does find it and assigns a 4 digit code to it. But I have no way to type that code into the GPS receiver. Can someone assist me on this?

Thank you,

Assign either 1234 or 0000 as the code... one of them should work.

Has anybody bought or used the Global Top G66 Bluetooth GPS unit in conjunction with their N810?

It looks pretty good and the slimmest I could find.

Anybody know of a smaller unit?

http://www.buygpsnow.com/GlobalTop-G...unt)__925.aspx

Thanks.

Not been here in a while - I ended up getting the global touch G66 - it's freaking awesome. Tiny, slim, connects in seconds, battery is good for 5-8 hours.

By the way...was there ever a fix or update to get the internal GPS to a useable/workable level? If so, please point me in the direction of the thread. Thanks!

so if i get a GPS bluetooth reciever, i can program the n800 to give voice directions with meamo mapper right?

You can, but some of us find them hard to hear because of flite, the voice synthesizer. I've never used a dedicated GPS unit for driving, but I suspect that they're quite superior to Maemo Mapper if that's all you're doing, especially considering how cheap some of them are now. (Saw a good one on digitaldeals.net for $60 recently.) I suggest you check out this thread, especially Posts 19 and 20.