Garmin has announced new BlueTooth GPS and software packages.

I'm half thrilled. I think I could trust their GPS to do a better lock than the current BT GPS I have. I hate that, when I'm mapping trails around my property and looking at the screen on my GPS, it shows me moving all about while in fact I'm standing still.

I'm seriously considering getting a Garmin 60csx by the end of the year. It has USB and a super antenna that works within foliage / obstructed views. I want that.

But, dang, I want BlueTooth, too.

I want to get the high-accuracy of the 60csx and be able to wireless use that, too, on GPS enabled apps on my PocketPC. Those GPS apps might be location software (like a road-map tool or Windows Mobile Local Live... or Live Local... or whatever we're calling it). Or it might be an app I'm using that can leverage locality information. For instance, I might be writing a blog entry on my PocketPC (or laptop w/ BlueTooth) and it would be great to add some GPS meta data to the posting.

I could buy multiple GPS devices but... why bother? I really want just one.

So I'm holding out on the 60csx. I'm not expecting Garmin to release a BT enabled outdoor GPS by year's end. But if they - or Magellan - do, I'm going to seriously consider buying it.

(Oh, and another interesting device: the Sony GPS-CS1. It's on a carabineer and its purpose is to bounce along with you recording your track so that you can download the track later and GPS tag your pictures [using the GPS EXIF record in JPG, I guess]. This is another interesting example of Geo-Tagging, but way, way specialized if you ask me. Hopefully you just get GPX and it has more than one use...)

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