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Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

sipp11 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:41:37 -0700

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Well, I will try to post the progress while I'm on the road from NY to FL.

It must be fun!! :-D

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

gift — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:02:21 -0700

I guess it's going to me me who has to carry the Eee all the time!!

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

prune — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:55:31 -0700

Now Garmin Mobile PC in 13" Fujitsu s2110.
Biggerrrrr, untouchable 555.

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

prune — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:57:45 -0700

From driver view.
Try to mount it on front console storage.
We can see Starwar in the same time. 555

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

prune — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:01:16 -0700

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

sipp11 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:39:56 -0700

Well after 11 hr 14 mins drive (from estimation--actually it took about 14 hr or so) here >> Google Map direction

Eee PC + Garmin served quite good...
Cons:
- Need to enable PAGE FILE to be able to use *browse map* feature properly.
- Garmin does re-calculation quite odd in my opinion--probably because I used to use Tomtom much more.
- Odometer freezes w/o any reason-- I just don't know/haven't had any chance to take a look thoroughly.

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

sipp11 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:01:41 -0700

Well odometer is still odd sometimes..

What I am missing from TomTom 6 in Garmin Mobile PC so far:-
- point on the map destination; it just sucks to use other ways sometimes.
- better map interface? Although it looks better than Tomtom, I find it doesn't have anything better functionality and sometimes worse--roads are too big and don't help a thing + add confusion.
- be able to turn on/off any specific POI we want to see

So far.. if Tomtom has PC version, I will jump for it w/o reluctance.

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

sipp11 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:59:23 -0700

Well long trip is almost over :-P This is pros I could sum up so far

+ Big screen -- as big as you want!
+ Fast
+ alter route pretty easy (could be easier though)
+ multiple destinations
+ tracking feature -- show as dashed line on the map
+ trip information

What I like to have:-
> option for changing from remaining time to remaining distance on navigation page

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

sipp11 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:56:47 -0700

The worst experience of using Eee as navigator is SSD collapsed w/o any reason. It stuck in the loop, couldn't get into Windows at all. Fortunately, I have Thinkpad X61t in my bag. Thus, X61t takes over Eee in the last day.

Whoa! big screen; fast response, but too big in this job.

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

sipp11 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:41:26 -0700

I'm about to start writing full article about this. =) It should be up within a week or so; stay tuned.

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

sipp11 — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:14:45 -0700

2nd trip on Mobile PC Eee was unfortunate. Eee was dead again--it just couldn't load Windows again. BIOS works as it should; SSD was shown properly, but it just doesn't kick out.

I guess Eee (SSD version) wouldn't suit to be Mobile PC companion at all. It's just so unreliable. I will investigate what was wrong with SSD after going back to my room. New Hampshire trip was awesome though--I will post the great route for 1-day trip later on.

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

sipp11 — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:09:36 -0700

New Hampshire 1-day trip -- around 7-hour drive, probably 8 or so if staying in Boston

This is such a nice little trip in New Hampshire--specifically around Lake Winnipesaukee.

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

Guest — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:35:01 -0600

Did you find the problem of SSD in the meantime?

I use the software for evaluation on an EeePC 701 Linux (replaced with XP), installed on a 4GB SDHC-Card (Drive E:) and have no problems so far. Did not use standby-mode yet though...

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

sipp11 — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:44:32 -0600

My Eee PC SSD was gone already. I left me no reliability at all, sometimes it's recognized, sometimes it's not at all. I am deciding if I should go for Encore SSD ($70) or buy cheap netbook HDD version (<$250) That's really tough if reliability & performance are concerned.

Last 2 trips with Eee PC, MBR was broken without any reason. Additionally, SSD had been wiped out once as well. I have to use my Thinkpad X61T as my main Garmin Mobile PC primarily. I would recommend to user only HDD version for the job.

FYI, on my Eee 702: I use standby all the time; page file enabled all the time; all map is in SD. It has no problem whatsoever for couple of months, almost every day of usage.

Garmin Mobile PC on Asus Eee PC 702

Guest — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:20:29 -0600

Thanks for quick comment.