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johnfowles · 04-02-2008, 06:43 PM

In advance of any comments on my bold new venture I will add a PostScript
I should have said before that the main point of my first blog was the subject increasingly known as "convergence",whereby small electronic devices appear with an increasing capability including still and video cameras, a full media player, music player (mp3s especially), a dictation machine, a mobile/cell phone GPS navigation ability,a waste disposal unit (under the built in kitchen sink of course)
To this end I subsequently identified and was again victorious on ebay whenI found a neat "bluetooth" add on by Navicore that will convert
my new toy into a full GPS device.

and read this Nokia N800 plus GPS review
When I first got it I wasted a few minutes trying to find where I would plug the N800 in to the very small GPS unit, then realised that
being bluetooth it is of course completely wireless!!
The unit I received came complete with a very nice windshield/screen mounting device and a CD with the required North American maps to load presumably into the N800 and being a European organisation I am hoping that I will be able to buy or download a set of maps for the UK so that this GPS will guide us around over there whenever we get the chance to visit England.
I will soon be trying to convert a sample set of DVD files to the more compact MPEG-4/divX format, because I anticipate getting the complete Reno DVD (at least) onto a single 8 Gigabyte SD media card so that I can play the video complete on my N800.
I mentioned the subject of "convergence" which I was reminded of because amongst other things I subscribe to is the wxpnews newsletter
I just rediscovered a note I made about an article in their January 17th email
entitled:-
"Convergence: The New Holy Grail for Consumer Electronics?"
It seems like I am not the only one blogging such news as a google for part of that title revealed
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007...-consumer.html
which only repeated the original article that I also found archived at:-
http://www.wxpnews.com/archives/wxpn...9-20070116.htm
towards the end this article poses the question
"Which brings us, in a round-about sort of way, to the real question of today's editorial: just how far can/should convergence go? Combining devices certainly offers certain conveniences - who wants to carry around separate cell phone, PDA, and MP3 player if you can get it all in one compact package? But, as those who have owned printer/copier/fax machines and other combo devices know, there's also a downside. What happens if one part of your multi-function device dies before the other(s)? Now do you have to throw away a perfectly good MP3 player because the phone quit working?"

04-02-2008, 06:43 PM	#2
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Re: John's BLOG In advance of any comments on my bold new venture I will add a PostScript I should have said before that the main point of my first blog was the subject increasingly known as "convergence",whereby small electronic devices appear with an increasing capability including still and video cameras, a full media player, music player (mp3s especially), a dictation machine, a mobile/cell phone GPS navigation ability,a waste disposal unit (under the built in kitchen sink of course) To this end I subsequently identified and was again victorious on ebay whenI found a neat "bluetooth" add on by Navicore that will convert my new toy into a full GPS device. and read this Nokia N800 plus GPS review When I first got it I wasted a few minutes trying to find where I would plug the N800 in to the very small GPS unit, then realised that being bluetooth it is of course completely wireless!! The unit I received came complete with a very nice windshield/screen mounting device and a CD with the required North American maps to load presumably into the N800 and being a European organisation I am hoping that I will be able to buy or download a set of maps for the UK so that this GPS will guide us around over there whenever we get the chance to visit England. I will soon be trying to convert a sample set of DVD files to the more compact MPEG-4/divX format, because I anticipate getting the complete Reno DVD (at least) onto a single 8 Gigabyte SD media card so that I can play the video complete on my N800. I mentioned the subject of "convergence" which I was reminded of because amongst other things I subscribe to is the wxpnews newsletter I just rediscovered a note I made about an article in their January 17th email entitled:- "Convergence: The New Holy Grail for Consumer Electronics?" It seems like I am not the only one blogging such news as a google for part of that title revealed http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007...-consumer.html which only repeated the original article that I also found archived at:- http://www.wxpnews.com/archives/wxpn...9-20070116.htm towards the end this article poses the question "Which brings us, in a round-about sort of way, to the real question of today's editorial: just how far can/should convergence go? Combining devices certainly offers certain conveniences - who wants to carry around separate cell phone, PDA, and MP3 player if you can get it all in one compact package? But, as those who have owned printer/copier/fax machines and other combo devices know, there's also a downside. What happens if one part of your multi-function device dies before the other(s)? Now do you have to throw away a perfectly good MP3 player because the phone quit working?" __________________ "Sir" John Fowles Bt Honorary Curator Bootleg Museum (where Sir does not signify that I am a fully benighted Knight just a Bt which signifies a humble Baronet -?? read the wiki!) I meant no one no harm Once inside we found a curious moonbeam Doing dances on the floor Last edited by johnfowles; 04-02-2008 at 08:12 PM.