While on the subject of electronic stuff I must mention this little marvel at the link below. I bought two of them since they were so inexpensive. The DELL tablet I'm preparing to use as a navigator (at least some of the time) doesn't have a built-in GPS, although the newest model of the Venue 8 Pro, (Model 5855 I believe) releaased this last January DOES have one and it's probably excellent. But my DV8P didn't come with one so I started looking at GPS options. True Flight sends one with the software - it's the typical magnetic base puck-type with a cord terminating in a micro-USB plug that either plugs directly into DELL's single micro-USB port, or into the OTG dongle that you have plugged into the DELL's port. I had ordered two of these little thumb-drive-sized GPS's by the time True Flight's GPS arrived so I just returned it. I found them on eBay. There's a bunch of technical information regarding their heritage and capabilities that only someone like Jeff Scott could appreciate - all I know is when I plugged it into a USB port it instantly knew where it was. Under a solid roof it was showing a variable array between 9 and 13 satellites. If I understood what I was reading on their website, these little things pick up (I think) seven different GPS systems. Ours, Europe's, Russia's, Japan's and at least two more. I didn't know there were so many. But there's a lot I don't know.
The DELL can use a BT GPS and Flight Cheetah supports that function, but I like the direct connection of it plugged into the OTG power supply dongle. It gets signals, somehow, wherever I take it. I haven't yet found a place sufficient to interfere with GPS reception. I thought GPS signals were fragile. If the behavior of these little devices is any indication, GPS signals will go through anything. For $14!! http://goo.gl/mvhcjF ____________________________________________________________ StyleBistro Her Dress Dropped Jaws At The Met Gala http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/572feed7cbf796ed51d9cst03vuc