New to backyard astronomy: Celestron SkyScout?

Hi,

After years of wanting to get involved in astronomy as a hobby, I decided to
finally persue it.

Would these be wise investments to get started with?

1. One of those "Celestron Skyscout" GPS thingies that you just point at
something in the sky and it tells you what you are looking at:
(or punch in what you want to look at and it tells you how to get to it).
http://www.celestron.com/skyscout/index.php

2. One of the Starry Night programs.

I figure the program would tell me what is out there, while the Skyscout
will tell me where it is.

In the meantime, I plan on keeping reading, reading, and reading about
scopes and attend some gatherings to get advice. I'm not going to just buy
any scope from a mall or anything like that. When I get to the point of
purchasing a scope, I don't mind spending the extra bucks for quality as
long as I know I'm making a well reseached and informed purchase.

Thanks!


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