Evaluation:  
Conclusion: Decent PDA/GPS For a very decent price
Review: I like the Navman, for the price, and the features you get. I did find, like the other writer did, that it can take some time to acquire the GPS signal, sometimes. Usually, when it does have a delay, it's like 2 to three minutes. I've never experienced anything close to an hour.
It can be somewhat cumbersome to enter addresses, but, overall, I think it's a great little gadget.
Also, to the writer who stated that the pegs are in the wrong place on the cradle for the unit? Those pegs are actually adjustable, so you can slide them to where you need them.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: buy a GPS with SIRF star III chip
Review: Pros:
- It was the cheapest PocketPC with GPS in the market when I bought it a year ago.
Cons:
- no built-in Wi-Fi. Need to buy a SDIO Wi-Fi card for internet access.
- the GPS signal reception is very poor.
- The navigation software Navman SmartST doesn't have TTS (Text-To-Speech). For example, it only announces "turn right in 0.1 mile" rather than "turn right on Main Street in 0.1 mile."
I would recommend a GPS with SIRF star III chip for much better signal reception.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: You get what you pay for
Review: Inexpensive PDA with a bonus - a NAV system.
One big inconvenience: The PDA (yup, Windows based) crashes every time the calendar pops up a reminder for an appointment. Tech supports response: re-boot.
Also, the maps are not the most accurate to the street address level. There are several occasions where the NAV system could leave me a block or two from the true destination. We're talking major city & suburbs, here, not rural.
Lastly, the addresses are clumsy to input. They require a zipcode or township in many cases. It will allow you to choose a destination from your contact list, but that never does well. If the address is not entered EXACTLY as the Navman expects it, you will have to re-enter it in the format Navman wants.
For example,
123 N. Main St.
Suite 200
Anytown, USA 12345
It won't recognize N. Main St.
You will have to change it to Main and it will give you choices, one of which will be N Main St. You have to choose the item & confirm.
Then you will have to re-enter the house number & confirm twice.
Cleverly, it offers an opportunity to save the 'revised' address, in my case, without the suite number which is important, and ALL IN CAPS. That shouldn't be a problem, but it then replaces the correct address in Outlook with the incomplete/improper Navman address.
This process could be made much simpler. I hope they put some thought into that.
Again, you get what you pay for.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Useful on Road or in Office
Review: I liked Navman pocket PC with GPS. It is simple to use and has enough features for those looking for a pocket pc to store email, contacts and some files. Also good companion while on Road (I named this gadget with my wife name - showing directions while moving)
2 bad things about this product; 1. Maps are old, not sure how to get latest maps. 2. I am still not able to connect to my wireless router (comcast broadband) for internet access.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Goes with me everywhere!
Review: I love this thing. OK - my wife hates that I love it but she doesn't want to give me directions half the time anyway. So she argues with the way it routes sometimes - which can be amusing.
It was an excellent deal for the money at around $200 discounted. The only feature it is lacking is WiFi which I bought an SDIO card from e-bay for. Of course browsing on a PDA is not as great a feature as it seems and when I am using the SDIO card, I don't have my 2GB SD card - oh yeah, you need a larger card to load more than a few states at once. When traveling, it would be nice to have a USB travel charger to connect it to my laptop for power as the included wall wart + cable is a bit annoying to carry around and running out to the car to charge is also a pain.
Not sure about the reviewer complaining about the mount - it is actually a lot better than I would expect but some cleaning of the windshield helps to make it stick better. I haven't had problems with the maps being outdated either although I believe they are [...].
My wife does like to play games on it - mainly the puzzle type so sometimes we fight over it. Support was a bit slow but in the end came through for me.
A few times in the beginning it would crash on long trips but it hasn't crashed in a while - I tell it to backup every now and then just in case. I would not recommend this to a non-technical person looking for a GPS to stay in the car as there are larger, more expensive models for this but for someone looking for a PDA with GPS capability, it is a win-win for less than a cost of either in most cases.
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