Sunday, March 19, 2006

The Pharos Traveler GPS 525, Windows Mobile Handheld

Here's some highlight from the article if you're interested...

Price: Around $600
Size: 4.3 by 2.3 by 0.7 inches
Weight: 4.4 ounces with batteries
Wireless: Wi-FI and Bluetooth

More Features..

The Traveler GPS 525 runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 and has all the usual Windows Mobile Office apps. In addition to the connectivity hardware, you get an SDIO slot, a 512MB Secure Digital Card with maps of the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas (maps for the rest of the U.S. are provided on CD), a USB SD Card adapter for moving maps between the card and your PC (you might want to free up space on the card for music, for example), 65MB of RAM and 128MB of ROM, and a handsome 240-by-320 display with 65,000 colors.

Pharos ships the device with pretty much everything you need for a PDA that's going to double as an in-car navigation system. There's a cigarette-lighter charger, a cradle, and a gooseneck suction mount for the windshield--which I recently learned is illegal in California. We Golden State drivers are supposed to put these things on the dashboard.

To help you make the most of the Wi-Fi, Pharos has preloaded the Windows Mobile version of Skype's Voice over IP software and thrown in an earbud headset, so you can make phone calls. The calls are free to other Skype clients, but you must get a paid Skype plan to reach regular landlines.

Pros and Cons:
Slow Starter - Using the Traveler GPS 525 is different from admiring its specs. For starters, its GPS performance was very uneven.
Missed and Missing Streets
Wi-Fi and Skype - Pharos's Wi-Fi receiver works fine, but again, the software needs work. Skype's software, however, was a joy to use.

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