Freerunner in real world

[Michael Smith]

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:44:21 +0200
"Michael Pilgermann" <KichKasch at gmx.de> wrote:

> last weekend I went for a small cycling tour and I thought, with gps in my Freerunner and track load capabilities of tangogps there is no need anymore for physical maps - I took the Freerunner with me.
> 
> I was really impressed, how smoothly the whole thing was working. No problems with the GPS; no problems with tangogps either.  

What distribution do you use, and what version? I don't have working GPS at all with FSO.

> However, two small problems:
> - I could not attach the phone properly to my bike; had to put it in a front bag and this was somehow a pain; also with some troubles with the sun making the reading from the display rather hard  

I have a mobile phone handlebar case which I use with my etrex. The openmoko just barely goes in. I might have to look for a slightly larger case.

> - The power capacity was just enough to bring me from A to B; another (longer) trip might result in troubles / me getting lost :(  

If I was touring I would consider taking solar power. Or maybe using suspend for part of the time.

> 
> So my question: has anybody got any experiences with
> - attaching a Freerunner to a bike (maybe even incl. sun protection)
> - using some additional batteries?  

USB power is fairly easy to wire up. You just need to provide regulated power. The problem for me would be the mass of the external battery.
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