Freedom Keychain GPS 2000

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Freedom Keychain GPS 2000

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Keychain GPS 2000

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Product Description

The Freedom Keychain GPS 2000 is the world’s lightest and most compact pocket GPS receiver.

Total freedom in your pocket. Perfect for adding to your key ring, always there when you need it either in the car or walking out and about. It can be charged in the car or at home. Ideal for connecting to your notebook, PDA or Mobile Phone by state of the art Bluetooth technology.

GPS Specification

Chipset – MTK. with 51 Channels “All-In-View” tracking. Protocol: NMEA 0183/GGA, GSA, GSV, RMC.Baud Rate: 115.200bps. Frequency L1, 1,575.42 Mhz. Tracking Sensitivity: 158 dBm. WASS/EGNOS/MSAS Enabled, Position deviation*: 10 meters 90%. 2D RMS 1-5 meters. Velocity: 0.1 m/sec. Effective temperatures: Storage: -40°C +70°C. Working: -20°C +60°C. Air humidity: 5 – 90%· Cold/Warm/Hot start: 36/33/1 sec.

Bluetooth Specification

Connects to PDAs, SmartPhones, Blackberrys and all suitable Bluetooth enabled devices via Bluetooth Version 2.0 Class II. (CSR BC04.) 10 Meter range, using Serial Port Profile (SPP).

Power

Rechargeable 350mAh Lithium Polymer battery. Working time: up to 9 hrs. Car charger cable and USB charger cable provided for recharging in the home or in the car.

Size and Weight

1.81 x 1.26 x 0.58 ins - 0.77oz.

Contents

Freedom Keychain GPS 2000, 12/24v Car charger cable, USB Home charger cable, Key link, Quick Start Guide and hints manual.

*NOTE Receiver Pairing Code is (0000)

Software Packages

*GPS NAVIGATION SOFTWARE NOT INCLUDED*

Although no GPS navigation software is included with this device, the receiver is compatible with all of the wide selection of software packages now available at low cost for direct download onto the handset, including: TomTom Navigator, The AA, Active Pilot, BlackBerry Maps, CoPilot Live 6, Destinator 6, Gate 5, Google Maps, Mapquest, Memory Map, Navigation Mobile, Navman, Nokia/Smart2Go, Navicor, Route 66, Spot, Telenav, Wayfinder.

TreoCentral Expert Review

TC Review: Freedom Mini Keychain GPS Receiver

Reviewed by Harv Laser

The Mini came brand new, out of the box, with a partial charge on it. How much of a charge, I can't tell you since its LED is solid red when it's being charged, and goes out when fully charged, and is rated at ten hours of use per full charge.

Despite being partially charged out of the box, I connected it to a powered USB port on my laptop. The LED glowed a VERY bright solid red for about an hour, and then went off. Based on this amount of time, I suspect it didn't come out of the box with much of a charge on it. The Mini IS usable, even while it's being charged. This is good, but unlike TeleNav's receiver, the Mini's battery is not user-replaceable.

Although there are two TINY Philips head screws at the top of the back of the Mini, I wasn't about to open it up and see if the battery was soldered in or held in with a clip, and the instructions don't say.

After fully charging it up with its power switch in the off position, I decided to see if it lived up to Freedom's advertised Cold start claims. And it did, as explained below. It acquired a satellite lock FAR faster than any GPS receiver I have ever used. Kudos to Freedom.

Next step was to try it with some GPS software, and as I said, I chose TeleNav, since I've used it a lot lately and it's become my favorite of all those I've used or reviewed on a Treo. Well, I had last used TeleNav with the EMTAC S3, so after fully charging the Mini, and disconnecting it from the USB cable, I flicked on its tiny power slider and watched its blinking LED sequence go into satellite acquisition mode and get a "lock" in under 45 seconds. Indoors. With the drapes closed. Remarkable.

Besides its Lilliputian size, the Mini is ridiculously easy to use, and actually out-performs both the TeleNav / GlobalSat receiver and the EMTAC receiver in the time it takes to acquire a lock on the requisite minimum of three GPS satellites and tell your GPS software where you are and route you to where you want to go.

As mentioned earlier, these modern GPS receivers perform what's known as a Cold start, a Warm start, or a Hot start.

So the $99.95 question is, if all of these receivers use the same SiRF Star III chipset, how is it possible, or what is Freedom doing differently in their tiny receiver's hardware that enables it to acquire a satellite lock and thus, be ready to use after turning it on so much faster than the others?.. is there some different technology in it that makes this possible?..

While all the units use the same basic SiRF Star III chipset, Freedom explained to me that there are differences in their receiver's firmware and quality of components which can have an obvious effect on how well the unit performs. The components in Freedom's Mini are very high quality (especially the antenna) which means when combined with the unique design, it performs exceptionally well.

Freedom Input's new mini keychain GPS receiver is truly a remarkable piece of technology. They advertise it as the smallest GPS receiver there is, and I have no reason to doubt that.

Although the unit is minuscule, its performance is absolutely tremendous. Whether due to its advanced firmware, its antenna, or both, it easily achieved a lock on the requisite number of GPS satellites from a Cold, Warm, or Hot start, faster than any other SiRF Star III receiver I've used. Hang it from your keychain, plop it in your pocket, wear it around your neck, how about as an earring {{grin}}.. Whatever floats your boat.

Freedom ships this wicked little wonder in a complete package with two different chargers. The printed manual isn't exactly lavish, but it competently details the Mini's operation. Let's face it, a device with one moving part (a switch), and one LED that blinks different sequences of colors doesn't take all that long to learn to use.

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Freedom Keychain GPS 2000 is everything its advertised to be

User: Brad Louie, Apr 16, 2008

After unpacking it from the box it took about 5 minutes to set it up with my Treo 650 which has Tom Tom Navigator 5 installed on an SD card. It took less than 35 seconds to acquire a GPS signal, far less than the 3 - 5 minutes it took the Palm GPS receiver that originally came with Tom Tom Navigator. Definately a first rate product!

Excellent product!

User: Michael Rye, Dec 11, 2007

Pros: Quick satellite lock
Cons: None

This is an excellent GPS receiver! It also works with the Treo 700p (yep, the Palm version), which is what Im using!

Small, fast, rugged!

User: Martin P, Nov 28, 2007

Great GPS unit, simple interface, and includes both a USB charger and a cigarette-lighter charger. Works great!

Important info !

User: D.R. Bob, Feb 15, 2008

Pros: Tiny , grabs signal , and it works!
Cons: Instructions.

Just got mine today.....and I almost sent it back!!!!
It just would Not! pair or even show up as a bluetooth device on my Treo 755p.
Then I found out why....
Important!!!!
If you already have a bluetooth GPS reciever paired with your Treo , you must delete that GPS reciever from your bluetooth devices . Before pairing this GPS reciever with your Treo.

After doing that....
It paired right up with my Treo 755p...It got great signal stregnth and fast (much better than my old bluetooth gps reciever)
Im using TOM TOM version 5

and this GPS reciever is tiny..smaller than the remote for my car...
Cool!!! buy one!

Wont Pair with Centro

User: Michael McCurdy, Jun 22, 2008

Still waiting for email back from Freedom Tech Support with any possible solution...

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