Holux gpslim 236 bluetooth gps receiver review

The Holux gpslim 236 is a pretty compact bluetooth gps receiver, It measures 46.3 by 67 by 19 mm, isn’t that small?  It is also very light that you can put in your pocket and forget it. It uses a sirf star III chipset hence you can be guaranteed of it’s extreme sensitivity.  It picks up signals right from the middle of my living room, an attribute of the sirf 3 gps chipset.

Looking at the holux gpslim236, It has three lights on the top, a red one that flashes to indicate a gps fix, a blue one for bluetooth and the third yellowish light that signals low battery warning.  it has an on-off switch on the side as well as a socket for an external antennae , something I doubt you will ever need due to the sensitivity of the gps receiver. It also comes with a removeable 850mAh rechargeable lithium-ion battery that provides up to 10 hours working operation.

Something worth mentioning is that the holux gpslim 236 can also be used as a wired gps mouse for non bluetooth pda devices but you will need a special optional usb cable.In otherwords it is a 2 in 1 device. It is charged using a standard mini usb cable.  the package inludes a cigarette car charger as well as an ac charger. The only downside is that if you need to use it as a wired mouse then you have to purchase an optional usb cable specifically for that, I guess I am asking too much if I expected to provide such a cable as standard

The cheapest place I found to get this receiver is on Ebay