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|  | |  | | | DeLorme Earthmate BT-20 GPS [OLD VERSION] | | | | | SKU:
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Out of stock | | | | | | A smart flexible GPS mapping and routing solution offering both Bluetooth™ and USB connectivity. Plugs into your USB laptop PC or UMPC or works wirelessly with your Bluetooth-enabled laptop UMPC PDA or touchscreen phone (Palm OS or Windows Mobile). Included Street Atlas USA® PLUS DVD software delivers voice-guided navigation updated street-level detail for the U.S. and Canada highways and main roads in Mexico. Import and geo-locate your own databases or the 150 million included phone listings. Create driving routes automatically with user controls for road preferences. Locate 4 million places of interest restaurants lodgings attractions truck stops and businesses of all kinds. Download aerial imagery. Add custom detail. Insert photos documents and Web links into your map files. Use MapShare to easily share maps routes and directions via secure Web link. Print a variety of map packages including large-format plots. Package includes 12-volt (lighter jack) and A/C chargers plus a 3-foot USB power cable.Format: WIN 2000XPVISTA Genre: PRODUCTIVITY UPC: 019916005702 Manufacturer No: AE-7977-203 | | | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 2.3 inches | | Product Width: | 7.6 inches | | Product Height: | 5.3 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.66 pounds | | Package Length: | 7.6 inches | | Package Width: | 5.4 inches | | Package Height: | 2.3 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 11 reviews |
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| | System Requirements | | Platform: | Windows Vista / Windows XP | | Media: | DVD-ROM | | Item Quantity: | 1 |
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| | Features | Wireless connectivity for your Bluetooth-enabled laptop PC, PDA, or touch-screen phone with Palm OS or Windows Mobile; also connects to laptop PCs via USBGPS voice navigation with fast satellite acquisitionSlim, compact size - outside dimensions are smaller than a business card3-way power options; lithium-ion battery with A/C charger; 12-volt in-car charger, and 3' USB cable to power device from your laptop PCImport and map your own Excel, ACT! and other database files, creating optimized routes with multiple stops
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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 BT-20: yes. Street Atlas: beware. May 04, 2009
By Anthony
I very much like the DeLorme Earthmate® BT-20, but I can't say the same for the DeLorme Street Atlas USA® 2009 software.
The DeLorme Earthmate® BT-20 works like a charm, both USB connected and Bluetooth connected.
Via Bluetooth, it's a serial port ("virtual COM port") device.
Via USB, I'm using the "DeLorme Serial Emulation Driver for Earthmate® GPS Receivers" with it (http://www.delorme.com/support/supporttemplate.aspx?id=319). Hence, via USB, it's also a serial port ("virtual COM port") device.
It's working very well for me with the DeLorme Street Atlas USA® 2009 software and also with other software that communicates with a GPS device via a serial port.
Vis-a-vis the DeLorme Street Atlas USA® 2009 software, I like the look and feel of the user interface and I don't have any trouble using it. Features and functions wise, it's great. But, for me at least, the map data is useless. In my neck of the woods (Seminole County in central Florida), its map data is egregiously riddled with errors and omissions: many roads are missing, many roads are incorrectly named/labeled, and many points of interest are misplaced. In the DeLorme Forums, there are user comments that the same is true elsewhere around the country.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Provides excellent flexibility Feb 04, 2009
By David E. Manion
I agree with many of the other reviews regarding the awkwardness of the DeLorme software user interface. The software would benefit from a re-write to fix several annoyances that should be easily apparent to both experienced and novice users. Delorme should have users direct the software development team.
On the plus side, the DeLorme software provides excellent utility to portable devices, such as a Palm PDA or Treo. I use my BT-20 with a Palm TX PDA. I export the DeLorme maps to the PDA (through the DeLorme software), connect to the GPS via the Bluetooth link, and have a near-instant moving map position on the display.
I also fly aircraft for fun and use the BT-20 to drive the Flight-Master aviation navigation software on my PDA (Note: The FAA has not approved any portable GPS devices for IFR navigation. Portable GPS devices are however recommended for situational awareness). The value of the BT-20 is that I don't have to have a different GPS for flying and a different device for terrestrial use. This unit, when coupled with my Palm PDA, gives me a great solution for both environments.
The BT-20 also works with my BlackBerry (along with the free Google Mobile Maps application), and could also probably work directly with my notebook through the BlueTooth connection, although I haven't had much need to try that configuration.
It is really convenient to put the BT-20 receiver on the dashboard of the car or plane and have the display on my lap or kneeboard for navigation and situational awareness. Also, when I don't need a GPS, my Palm is still a hand-held computer. I don't have to have separate high-priced devices with me when I drive or fly. The BT-20, and my Palm TX are all that I need for either activity.
If you need or want flexibility, the BT-20 is a great option. 5 stars for the GPS receiver. 2 Stars for the Windows-based software. 5 stars for the accompanying Palm application.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Needs work Aug 20, 2008
By J. Shattuck
"Progman"
I knew going in that this wouldn't be a simple turn on and go anywhere device, but I never guessed how complicated it would turn out to be. The GPS device itself is fine, the bluetooth connected to my IPAQ without any problems, but thats where it ended being easy.
The PC mapping software is very difficult to use, it was a good 30 minutes before I figured out how to even see my own city. The tutorials were useless, and the user interface is useful, but very complex.
Also, the maps themselves are highly primitive, not much more than simple line drawings, I'm still trying to figure out if I can get a better map for it.
I would only recommend this for those who want flexibility of uses for GPS devices, but not for ease of use.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Don't Waste Your Money Sep 26, 2008
By Joshua S. Smith
"Creatively Investing"
I am a real estate investor who specializes in helping people avoid foreclosure. As part of my business I knock on people's door who are in foreclosure. I offer to buy their house before the bank forecloses. I needed a software where I can import my lists into a mapping utility. I was hoping to save hours of time, except that...
IT DOES NOT WORK!!!
In Arizona we are on a modified grid system. For example, 7811 W. Kateri Dr. should be near 78th Ave, right? Not according to Delorme's handy mapping software! Delorme has it located near 53rd Ave. Argh! This isn't isolated to one or two addresses--they're all wrong (except for maybe one or two addresses).
I have wasted hours trying to get it to work. Fortunately, I'm familiar with the area. It would be 10 times worse if I were using it on an out-of-town trip. What a nightmare!
That's just the mapping software. The little GPS tracker has no accuracy. It shows me being off the road, or on the wrong street, or going the wrong direction. It's just as bad.
I'm not being sarcastic. Delorme has been around a long time, but you wouldn't know it after using their software. Unless they can continue to sell their product to naive people, I suspect they won't be around in a few ywars.
Save your money and your time. Learn from my mistake: DON'T BUY THIS SOFTWARE! ! ! !
Interesting GPS hardware, software sucks Jul 17, 2009
By RIK
I was tempted to switch from Microsoft Streets and Trips because Microsoft used to ship with a GPS receiver which due to its poor design broke for me. BT-20 was the only laptop navigation software with a GPS receiver which supported both Bluetooth and USB. However the software just plain sucks.
i) The routing engine is pathetic. It doesn't honor specified road preferences. Neither does it seem to differentiate quickest from shortest. Compared to Street and Trips it consistently chose the suboptimal route, preferring Forest Roads and Unpaved Roads even when told explicitly to avoid them.
ii) Disabling screen saver would have been a very useful option but it doesn't work.
iii) Route recalculation threshold doesn't work either. If I just switch lanes on a highway it thinks I'm "Off Route" and starts recalculating (even with the recalculation threshold set to highest 500ft).
iv) The software doesn't understand the concept of one way lanes and keeps recommending travel in the wrong direction on a one way street.
v) Maps and routes are a lot harder to visualize than Street and Trips
vi) Spoken names feature can't pronounce difficult street names
vii) When GPS is on you can't permanently change zoom level
viii) Finding an address without a zipcode is very slow and with a zipcode requires too many clicks.
ix) Point of Interest list seems poor compared to Street and Trips (which I always thought was old).
x) I have seen initial satellite lock times to be longer than advertised 10 minutes.
Even though I used Street and Trips for years I wasn't particularly a fan of it and kept hoping Microsoft would have a credible competitor in this space but Delorme's software makes me think that Street and Trips guys actually did a decent job.
To Delorme's credit they do have Voice commands (which I haven't tried) and I like their zoom out using the mouse option as well as the overview available when routing using GPS in 2D. Regardless of the good points/intent it should be illegal to sell such buggy software !
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