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

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