I have a queston about a PDA

[thebutterflyeffect]

I dont know much about PDA's for geocaching I wanted to know if this one is good for geocaching!

Its a Pharos

Traveler GPS 525: A Windows Mobile 5 Pocket GPS with WiFi and Bluetooth


Pharos Traveler GPS 525 is the ultimate travel companion. It goes everywhere you do, helping you navigate streets and highways anywhere in the US with confidence.

Featuring Ostia, Pharos’ award-winning GPS software and location-based services and preloaded with the top 50 U.S. metropolitan maps, the Traveler GPS 525 uses GPS satellites and digital street maps to show you where you are, locate points of interest such as hotels, banks, restaurants or WiFi hotspots, or locate an address in your Outlook Contacts. Select your destination, and Pharos Traveler GPS 525 will calculate the most efficient route and provide clear guidance with voice, text and graphic prompts.

When you are on the go, use the built-in WiFi to download maps from the Pharos Smart Maps server, or make a VoIP call from a WiFi hotspot. Use Bluetooth to connect the Traveler GPS 525 with your Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to access Pharos Smart Traffic, a real-time traffic information service, or Smart Finder, a web-based point of interest service that includes millions of locations.

By combining advanced navigation technology with an integrated wireless Windows Mobile device and VoIP capability, the Pharos Traveler GPS 525 is the ultimate pocket-sized GPS device, built expressly for the mobile professional

thanks
mandy
the butterfly effect

[GizmoGuy411]

Link to the company website: http://www.pharosgps.com/products/all-in-one/PTL525.htm

Looks very interesting!

• I'm impressed that it has the SiRFstarIII receiver, which is the same chip that my Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx has which picks up sat signals indoors!

• Their specs don't mention battery life. That would be very important for geocaching. I know with my cell phone and laptop, that WiFi and Bluetooth drain the battery fast.

• I could not find any waterproof rating. Another important factor for geocachers.

I'm disappointed just that Garmin did not make this first!

Please buy one so we can all see it! LOL

[thebutterflyeffect]

well I ordered it today maybe I will meet you at the geobash!! I might let you see it!! LOL

[GizmoGuy411]

You may have to do a "show and tell" with all the features it has! Of course now you are obliged to find out the battery life. Not sure how you would go about testing the waterproofness however!

[thebutterflyeffect]

since I spent so much for it I DONT think i will be testing that out if we go near water I will take the old garmin out I mainly got it to help out on our travels to texas every summer the garmin wasn't giving us the stuff we wanted I hope Ilike !! if not I don't know what I will do with it we bought it off of dell cause we get an employee discount!!

[thebutterflyeffect]

I just got the PDA in the mail it is AWSOME!!! I cant believe all the stuff that came with it ... carcharger, wall charger, window mount, dash mount, ear phones a leather case to hold it, an extra stylis, sd card reader sbcables and lots of programs man it is great!! can't wait to show-and-tell!!!

[GizmoGuy411]

Did you send in your $30 rebate?

http://www.pharosgps.com/rebates/

[thebutterflyeffect]

therebate expired on the 31st we got ours ordered on the 9th ofjune thanks though!!

[GizmoGuy411]

Actually I was teasing. I did notice the expiration date. Which brings me to a story.

Last Spring I called Garmin to inquire about availability of an update to my mapping software. The tech suggested that I wait until the fall, as he expected a new version to be available that should have upgrade pricing.

I waited. The software however was scrapped, and a newly named software took it's place, with no upgrade price from the old named software.

I elected to pass.

Fast forward to a couple months ago. I buy the new 60CSx. Now I am interested again in the new software. I go online and discover that a month after I checked in the fall, they instituted a upgrade pricing policy that applied to me.

The punch line? Of course the upgrade policy had just ended two days before I discovered it.

To add to the aggravation, Garmin had never emailed me about anything regarding the software, even though I am signed up to get notifications for just about everything.

Now I come to find out that the mapping software that my new 60CSx requires to do internal routing is different anyway.

It was a great to see that your unit comes with mapping software and other goodies at no extra charge. To buy the most equivalent Garmin GPSr, with software and accessories, would have cost you considerably more! I hope the competition changes that!

[thebutterflyeffect]

man I hope i got a good deal!!!

[thebutterflyeffect]

Well I just saw a commercial for the new garmin pda gps it called either newbie or newvie it dosent look vey big about the size of a playing card I wonder how much thats going for??

[thebutterflyeffect]

Well I just saw a commercial for the new garmin pda gps it called either newbie or newvie it dosent look vey big about the size of a playing card I wonder how much thats going for??

it is on there site its NUVI
http://www.garmin.com/products/nuvi360/

[GizmoGuy411]

Naw.. the NUVI is more like Garmin's answer to compete against the "Tom Tom" they advertise on TV. Although it has batteries, it is really intended for cars, not outdoor use.

"Case: Not waterproof or IPX0"

Also note:
"Battery life: 4 to 8 hours depending on usage"

[thebutterflyeffect]

well took out new gps and soon ralized you cant put waypoints into it I guess I misunderstood the description of it maybe I can buy a program for that!!!???? Were going to use it for travel anyways so you know if they sell programs to use it that way??