{"id":610,"date":"2008-01-08T13:18:12","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T13:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/gps-enabled-devices\/"},"modified":"2008-01-08T13:18:12","modified_gmt":"2008-01-08T13:18:12","slug":"gps-enabled-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/01\/gps-enabled-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"GPS Enabled Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

I seem to be becoming GPS enabled in all walks of life these days. It started with a Garmin eTrex<\/a> that I originally bought to see how fast I could go whilst windsurfing and then started using for geocaching<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I had a TomTom One XL<\/a> for my birthday which has been working well and is good fun in the car and now I’ve recently ordered a Garmin Forerunner 305<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Well, as usual at this time of year loads of people decide it is time to get fit and shed some of that Xmas excess, and I’m one of them so I have started running and mountain-biking in an attempt to regain some of my fitness. I thought if I splashed out on a GPS enabled heart-rate monitor to track my progress then I would have to keep at it in order to justify the expense.<\/p>\n

It hasn’t arrived yet, but I shall write a little report on it here when I’ve had chance to try it out.<\/p>\n

The prices of GPS enabled devices is dropping all the time, already the One XL that I got just a month ago has dropped in price by about 20%. Kind of annoying, but I guess I’ve had a months use out of it and technological gadgets always drop in price pretty quickly. Next on the list of GPS enabled devices will be a handheld with mapping capabilities… Maybe not or a while though!<\/p>\n