Nokia's Navigation Kit for the N800 Internet Tablet works great when used in a car in metropolitan outskirts, but seems to struggle holding a fix when the battery gets low, notes LinuxDevices.com's Henry Kingman after spending a few days with the setup.

“We tried out the GPS device initially in a small, rural town in Northern Nevada,” Kingman writes. “In an open Jeep, it gained a location fix quickly, and kept us entertained with odd, synthesized Britishisms mixed into the directions. 'There, that wasn't really so bad now, was it?' its default 'Christopher' voice might announce, as we neared our destination.”

Kingman praises the setup for “how nicely the little GPS hardware unit matched the N800 in size and shape… making it easy to hold the two at the same time,” but regrets the lack of a daylight-readable LCD and the ruggedness required for outdoor use.

Learn more about this interesting option for the N800 Linux tablet by reading the full mini-review:

 
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