QStarz BT-Q1000P was just announced last month and we were lucky sufficient to receive a sample product for review. The BT-Q1000P is first off a dual operate device: It can be a bluetooth GPS receiver to pair with your PDA or smartphone or you can use it as a standalone travel recorder. BT-Q1000P is already available for pickup from Amazon for $100 and it seems to receive good reviews from other users on the Net.

When we first picked up that bluetooth GPS receiver we charged it and put it in our vehicle. That’s all. We decided nag about the software later. We pretty much forgot about it for the rest of the day and were happily surprised to see it still blinking away about 12 hours later. That is actually normal - for it says it can last up to 32 hours on a restricted charge.

The software installed without any problems on our Windows XP machine and successfully started Google Earth and showed our recorded track

very precisely. You configure QStarz BT-Q1000P with that software considering the hardware only has two buttons. One to switch it amoung off, log, and log + navigation mode, and another button to record your instant position. The software lets you configure the tracking by duration, distance, or speed, and you can even set the frequency of each one to record a waypoint.

As far as hardware, the ‘P’ at the end of the BT-Q1000P says it is the ‘platinum’ version which means it can record up to 200,000 waypoints instead of 100,000. It uses a 51 channel MTK GPS receiver chipset which got a satellite position fix in less than half a minute during our review.

BT-Q1000P has a high-friction padding on the bottom so it sits on your dash without the need for a mount which was a nice touch.

Now that we’re done with that bluetooth GPS receiver there’s a good change we’ll give it away to a Navigadget reader Keep reading.

Original post by Dave Rubert