Re: [Paddlewise] GPS Dry Bag Question?

From: Robert Brubaker <bbserve_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 13:42:31 -0600
If you are hoping to use the phone while it is in the bag, I would think
you might have some difficulty opening the clam shell design of the v60,
which I think it has, while all sealed.  If you remove it to place the
call, any water that touches the keypad may instantly short it out.  My
company has lost several cell phones after just a drop or two of water
hit the key pad.  

As far as interfering with the GPS, I don't know if your model has a
built in compass as mine does.  If so you might have a big problem with
that particular function working due to the nearby metal of the cell
phone throwing off the magnetic field.  After some problem with my GPS's
compass I realized the "specially made" pouch for it had a metal
fastener that made the compass always point one direction.  

Bob



>>>   Wade wrote:
The question is, can I place both a GPS and a Cell Phone in the same
bag?  I have the Magellan GPS315 and a Motorola V60 phone and they both
fit very nicely in the bag.  I was just concerned rather the cell phone
would interupt or alter the GPS from transmitting to the satelites.

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