http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/ Engadget Comments for Proporta's Freedom key ring GPS receiver stays out of sight, keeps you located http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/
I also really feel like the M-1200 is smaller overall. It's a little longer maybe (not much), but it's not as wide, and from the pictures, it looks like the freedom is fatter too.]]>Sep 19th 2007 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/And if you use in your auto how it can see clearly the satellites when the keys are plugged?
To be so small it can be useful but the key fob job isn't a key (not a pun) factor.

]]>Sep 19th 2007 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/
It is sold for over 2 months as the Freedom Keychain Bluetooth Sirf3 GPS Receiver over here:

http://www.gpsshop.nl/product/44158/freedom-keychain-bluetooth-sirf-iii-gps-receiver.html

]]>Sep 20th 2007 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Better if it was just part of whatever it is that's going to receive the bluetooth signals. Who wants yet another thing you need to charge? How often do you go to places that you need driving directions? Are you going to charge your keychain every night or week for that one time a month when you might need driving directions?

@Andrew:
"Haha, you say that as a joke, but in the last 2 days that I've had my Holux M-1200 on my keychain, I've had at least 5 people ask me if I can use it to find my keys when they are lost after I told them it was a GPS."

Your keys are located somewhere on 123 Main St...
]]>Sep 19th 2007 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/Sep 19th 2007 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/You choose!]]>Sep 19th 2007 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/19/proportas-freedom-key-ring-gps-receiver-stays-out-of-sight-kee/I wonder what the range of this thing's bluetooth actually is.
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I got this for $99 with free shipping and it works great. I was going to get the holex but it is a lot longer and actually less comfortable in my pocket (my wife has the holex and in terms of what they actually do performance is exactly the same).

I did have an N95 with GPS built in but the problem with that was it ate the battery in the phone really quickly. I swapped my N95 for a BlackBerry Curve when I changed jobs but did miss the GPS (you can use it for a lot more then just getting you from one point to another, check out a program called intelligolf for an example ;) ).

Anyway its a cool little receiver and a life saver for someone like me who gets lost on their way to the bathroom :)
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