Going with the premise that constant travelers are always keen to reduce what they have to pack by one less thing, Deluo have developed the crossover USB powered optical mouse with an in-built GPS receiver. The Deluo GPSMouse will provide location awareness for any software running on the laptop or any Internet location based services. For convenience it comes with a rectractable USB for easy stowing in a laptop carry bag.

The Atmel ATR0635 (ANTARIS 4) compares well with other GPS receivers even matching the well regarded and widely used SiRF StarIII for tracking and acquisition sensitivity. The unit should operate quite well even in weak GPS signal areas such as city centers.

The Deluo DPSMouse is very reasonably priced laptop GPS enabler and is available on Amazon with the option to bundle it with Microsoft Streets and Trips mapping and navigation software.
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Garmins GPS 18 is designed to turn a laptop PC into a GPS navigation device. Included with the GPS receiver are nRoute and MapSource City Navigator software packages which will provide turn-by-turn navigation directions through a laptop. Set up includes installing the navigation and map data software and connecting the GPS 18 receiver to the USB (or serial) port. City Navigator is available with a North America or Europe DVD depending on the location. Destinations can be looked up by entering addresses or points of interest (POI).

The GPS receiver is an accurate 12 channel, WAAS enabled receiver with an integrated magnetic base less than three inches in diameter.

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