December 19th, 2006
Qstarz Announces DOUBLE 32 Bluetooth GPS Receiver( BT-Q818)
By Martin Regtien
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Double Trouble … or … Double Joy?
” Staying out of DOUBLE trouble is easy now with the QSTARZ Double 32 Bluetooth GPS Receiver!
The recently announced BT-Q818 gives us double the endurance — 32 hours — and double the normal number of satellites tracked — also 32.
So running into the double trouble of poor reception and running out of battery is now a thing of the past.
For 89 Euros this looks like an excellent choice and we undoubtedly will bring you more details when we get our review unit.
And by the way, PocketPCReviews.net can now reveal the mystery of how the Tiny BT-Q920 GPS brings us the joy of music! We reported earlier on the existence of this receiver with its special feature that works on an FM transmitter. See here for a preview of the actual unit which FedEx dropped off today!
uKoda says:
Why 32 channels? Last time I check there were 24 active GPS satellites and 3 spares in orbit. Statically 12 are on the other side of the planet at any given time and general a number of those on your side of the world are too low on the horizon or blocked by the position of yourself or vehicle or buildings so that typical only 6 to 8 satellites are in view anyway.
Give the extra channels are just a bit more silicon for the corelators etc it seems like a marketing exercise to me!
December 19th, 2006 at 1:01 pm