RE: RE: GPS was response camera -

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: [ukha_d] RE: GPS was response camera -

I was offered £450 for it and told the missus that there were three people at work after it (which there were) ... however it's so damn cute that I really didn't want t part with it and - well - for £450 it's worth hanging onto it as a spare. You'll find that I rarely sell kit on ... however I do frequently give kit away when I really do find I can't house it any more. I've just got rid of a stack of UWide SCSI hard discs!

 

As with the GPS receiver I didn't *ACTUALLY* tell Jo it was Ian's ... I just let her *THINK* it is. What I told her is that I have it t play with it ... and that we were going t pick up a different one (the Sony Streetmate) from Ian's this morning t compare the two. Ian was round last night when she came home and she just assumed he'd dropped it off. She asked me today whether it was borrowed from Ian and it just happened that at that moment (here's the hand of God) Edward managed to open a bottle of Coke in the back of Jo's new car and it fizzed out everywhere ... attention diverted t mopping up soggy child (I was driving) I managed to avoid answering the question.

 

Actually I was wondering yesterday how easy it would be to split apart the components of the VAIO and mount the screen in the sunvisor or in the dash somewhere (however on the dash the screen would be prone t being washed out by sunlight) which would mean that I could then have a truly integrated navigation system built into the car itself. (Also I could use it as a controller for an MP3 jukebox too!)

 

Phil

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Hawkins [mailto:tivo@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 21 July 2001 16:26
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] RE: GPS was response camera -

        I thought you'd sold the VAIO !!!?!!!  ;)  £450 if I remember right - hope I never need you as a witness !

        Kevin

Will do ... I have it in my sweaty grasp at the moment and just need t install Win 98 on my VAIO t use it.

 

By the way it's not Win 2k friendly as far as I can gather...

 

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Hawkins [mailto:tivo@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 21 July 2001 10:17
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: [ukha_d] RE: GPS was response camera -

        Phil,

        Let me know what you think of this I am tempted myself. One of the things which wasn't yet implemented in the product when it first came out was dynamic recalculations of a route from A t B. So if you went wrong or deviated from the route the software would not (automatically) adjust its route. This had a particular impact if you were using their internet based traffic information. It was not accounted for once the route was initially set up. If a holdup was later identified it still directed you straight into it. Don't think they envisaged mobile internet access.

        Kevin

        I really *AM* going t borrow a Sony Streetmate system from Ian today and
the idea is I'm just "looking" at them t see what they're like...

*grin*

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 July 2001 23:15
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] response camera -
>
>
> If the microwaves dont get the family jewels.....SWMBO will one day !!!
>
> Keith
>




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