Bike/motorcycle mount - was: Re: GPS application

[Dale Maggee]

Thanks!

Jens Meyer wrote:
> Hello!
>
> For GPS and MTB the following German company seems to be an insider-tipp:
>
> http://www.bikertech.de/html/english.html
> http://www.bikertech.de/ (German only)
> http://www.bikertech.de/webshop/ (Shop)
>
> For my MTB I am actually using an "RK-Klick-1" with the universal mount 
> "PDA-VAR" for my N73, but maybe this would fit for the Freerunner also.
>
> Waterproof bags with mount are available also: "PDA-Tasche"
>
> Not very cheap but very useful...
>
> Kind regards!
>
>           Jens
>
> Dale Maggee schrieb:
>   
>> For car mount, the mount I have for my (now deprecated!) iPAQ works 
>> nicely, although it obscures the power button, makes exiting programs a 
>> bit or a pain:
>>
>> http://www.ow.com.au/shop/PDA-Car-Mounts/Arkon-CM910-Universal-PDA-Mount-Kit
>>
>> I'd *love* to see a motorbike mount! although it would need to be *very* 
>> secure, and waterproof
>>
>> -Dale
>>
>> steve wrote:
>>     
>>>  Bike mount?
>>>
>>>  Or car mount?
>>>
>>>  Guillermo how hard is that?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org
>>> [mailto:community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Tim Coggins
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 4:57 AM
>>> To: List for Openmoko community discussion
>>> Subject: Re: GPS application (was: Request for help: Would like
>>> communityapplications to show anddiscuss at LinuxWorld)
>>>
>>> If you don't need a GPS that's great but I find them really useful.
>>> Yes, maps and a compasses are really useful but they are quite bulky and you
>>> need the right one. Thanks to the FreeRunner I've now got localised, street
>>> level maps for a large part of the work (OSM[0]) in my pocket. In addition
>>> to this I don't even have to work out where I am and what direction I am
>>> moving in.
>>>
>>> I'm also looking for a mount for my bicycle handlebars so I'll have a full
>>> bike computer with me when I'm riding - speed, direction, time and distance
>>> will all be displayed for me along with the map. If I think of anything else
>>> I want to hand I could either implement it myself or ask the tangoGPS guys.
>>>
>>> And they are *so* much fun in planes :)
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>> [0] http://www.openstreetmap.org/
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Ken Restivo <ken at restivo.org> wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:38:07PM +0300, Mikko Rauhala wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> ti, 2008-07-29 kello 20:53 +0200, Marcus Bauer kirjoitti:
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I'm a huge Openstreetmap fan but until OSM is ready for routing 
>>>>>> this will take at least five more years, probably ten.
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>> That's probably true _if you drive a car_ (though even for that it 
>>>>> can be a handy help, especially in areas that don't happen to have 
>>>>> lots of turn restrictions, though you of course don't want to just 
>>>>> blindly drive listening to it anyway).
>>>>>
>>>>> Us others want navigation too and are considerably less hampered by 
>>>>> OSM's current lackings. 'course, there are other projects than 
>>>>> TangoGPS, but it seems otherwise nice so one would like it to include 
>>>>> this as well. As long as I'm not coding it, it's not my call, of 
>>>>> course :]
>>>>>
>>>>> PS: Kudos for your work and all, but with all your hyperbole, jumping 
>>>>> to conclusions, accusations of lying and stuff, you might want to 
>>>>> take a step back for a breather if you want, you know, people to 
>>>>> bother to listen to you instead of just wanting to rant wildly.
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> I have a really dumb question:
>>>>
>>>> What is the point of having GPS anyway?
>>>>
>>>> I don't travel much, so perhaps that's why I just don't get it.
>>>>
>>>> If I'm navigating around a strange city, though, a hardcopy map is plenty
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> good.
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> I spend most of my time walking or taking public transport, within a very
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> short radius, in an area I already know very well. I'm just not getting
>>> what's cool or exciting about GPS.
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> -ken
>>>>
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