Mobile gps phone

Glofiish m700

This looks like it.. a bit bulky but has all the major checklist features, and it looks like nothing with next gen features (higher res screen, usb host mode) will be available for a few months.

I especially love the name. It means you can easily find it on net searches.

http://www.eten-users.net/

Vendors

Canada

http://www.superiorgadgets.com/ca/product_info.php?products_id=205 - $818 - sent an email seeing if they can match int'l pricing.

http://sntradersonline.com/phone_details.php?product_id=snp476 - $818 - $50 less for in person pick-up (Missisauga), trade in for old models.

Int'l

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

https://ssl.perfora.net/www.smart-mobile-gadgets.com/product_info.php?products_id=176&osCsid=caa183ce294a3aa90a8073ce5c921f40 - $649US

http://egadgetdepot.com/catalog/product_info.php?currency=CAD&products_id=67&osCsid=cae3a047056297e8ea877d5ab61df774 - $639US in stock

http://www.dweiniger.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=163&osCsid=3e14c609a4bf83253813d668c09075ec - $639US

Accessories

CC comes through with the best price for MicroSD - http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=012212&cid=990.218

Mac sync - http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_wm_devices.html

Benq p51

It's monstrous, but it has the feature set of the glofiish, along with a keyboard.

Nice that it has all the modern checklist features - usb mini for charging/synching (though no usb host), qvga screen, gps, wireless a/g, and even full size sd. Plus 128MB of RAM? I'm wrestling over the requirement for a keyboard.

Barring new phones (dual mode would be kinda nice). Alas, a lot of the newer features are designed around cost effective mobile internet, which is back in the stone ages in Canada.

hewlett packard hp hw6900 in Canada

[ipaq hw6955], from the series (hw6915, hw6910 - uk versions, hw6955, hw6950 - no camera, US hw6920, hw6925 - they sure don't want to make it easy) since it's available locally and will support Java easily,

Who carries it?

- $664 - http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=4081327&vpn=FA746AA#ABA&manufacture=HEWLETT-PACKARD%20(CANADA)%20LTD

- http://www.wirelesswave.ca/rogers_phones_details.asp?PhoneID=449 (hw6515)

- $665 - http://www.handheldcanada.com/netCoreWebRequest/handheld/UserShowProductDetail?productId=49313

- $640 - http://www.softmagic.ca/product.asp?pf_id=FA746AA%23ABA

- http://www.canadacomputers.com are bound to have it at some point, since they have the hw6515 and are expanding their handhelds

accessories

http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=1841&t_mode=des - $75US usb cable, screen protector, car charger, case

http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=1243&t_mode=des - silicon case (available with above)

or their travel charge kit + charge/sync cable + screen protector/case deal

http://www.pocketpctechs.com/main.asp?unit=HP_Compaq_iPAQ_hw6900-587&area=accessories - headphone adaptor

loox t830

- http://www.solopalmari.com/content/view/1741/143/1/2/ , http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/campaigns/pocket_loox_t/index.html - since it has usb host mode and an autofocus 2mpix camera and slays the hw6950 in just about every other way

http://support.fujitsu-siemens.de/forum/viewforum.php?f=25 - fujitsu-siemens evidently ineffective support forums

http://www.expansys.ca/forumthread.asp?code=130765&thread=5 - let's see if expansys can help

misc

http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/08/04/689069.aspx - nice article on power usage on PDAs

data access

Of course, I must be a fool for wanting such a device, since in Canada, after Fido pulled their $50/month unlimited data plan, data access via GPRS is stupidly expensive (something like $20 to send a high resolution image).

development

http://dcg.ethz.ch/theses/ws0405/gps_ipaq_report.pdf - nice doc on creating GPS apps using Jeode

gpl java J2SE vm - http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~dat/java/project/jvm/index_en.html

using swt with ibm's j9 - http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=604997&tstart=0