Combines a Pocket PC PDA device with a powerful GPS navigation system
Contains mobile versions of Microsoft Office applications, a music player, games, photo viewing, and more
Features 3D door-to-door maps and voice directions, all at the press of a button
Back-on-track rerouting quickly recalculates your route when you take a wrong turn
Comes with all North American maps, including Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and Guam, on CD-ROM
This review is from: Navman PiN 570 3.5-Inch Portable GPS NavigatorThis is a decent GPS device and a fine Pocket PC. I'd give it 3.5 stars if possible.Pros:1) It's a perfectly decent Pocket PC. I've owned several, and this is no worse than any of them except for CPU speed and RAM. It's perfectly OK and actually pretty decent looking. Its lights (charging, charged, etc.) keep you well informed.2) The GPS functions work pretty well. The software for the PC is quite good. You can load maps to main memory and/or the SD card (your choice per map). You get a lot of control with reasonable ease of use. The US maps seem pretty good (but not up-to-date with the very latest street changes).3) It's priced VERY attractively. Consider that you're getting a fully-functional PDA (with MP3 playback, games you can download, etc.) AND a GPS device with a 3.5" color touch-screen. Amazon is a great retailer and has a good price, but I did manage to pay fifty less on sale elsewhere.4) If you make a "wrong" turn (intentionally or not), it's pretty quick to recalculate the route and give intelligent new instructions.5) You can switch among 4 screens while navigating: 2D map (and you can zoom in & out and drag to scroll), 3D map, list of directions with current step highlighted, or a "large" screen of what the next major step will be (and how soon). To avoid being distracted while driving, that last screen may be your best friend. You probably don't need the maps much while driving -- just while planning the trip or if you pull over. DON'T DRIVE DISTRACTED!6) This may annoy some people, but I like that it gives verbal directions about upcoming forks/intersections, even if you only need to continue going straight. It's reassuring.Cons:1) The mounting hardware is somewhat awkward. The device needs a pretty good line-of-sight to the satellites, so you really want it close to the windshield (unless you buy an external antenna, which I may).2) Entering destination addresses is slow because the software tries to anticipate what you're entering as you enter each part. It has to consult its database, so you must wait until it creates a list of possibilities at each step. But you only have to do this occasionally (when you enter locations), so it's not a big deal. It doesn't affect you at driving time.3) It doesn't speak the names of the streets as it tells you to turn. Some GPS devices (including the one in my wife's Motorola RAZR V3m phone) do. Again, not a huge issue.4) The screen can get washed out in bright sunlight, especially since you need to have it pretty close to the glass (windshield) for it to have a consistent connection to the satellites. But if you've looked at the map ahead of time, you really don't need the screen that much while driving -- the voice will tell you what to do. Another side effect of having to mount it so close to the glass is that it's farther from your face, so it can be harder to read. But, as I said before, if you get an external antenna, then you can presumably mount the PDA anywhere, so it will be more shaded and closer to your eyes.Bottom line:If you're wealthy, get a car with a large, built-in navigation system. If you're semi-wealthy, get a stand-alone, larger-screen, top-of-the line nav system for 3 or 4 times this price. But if you are on a budget and want a nice nav system and a good PDA for one low price, this can't be beat!PS: I did NOT experience the crashing or power problems that another reviewer mentioned....
This review is from: Navman PiN 570 3.5-Inch Portable GPS NavigatorI had used PiN 100 for about a year, then accidentally broke it, so bought a PiN 570. After about 10 days' use, here's a comparison between PiN 570 and PiN 100.1. GPS functionality. PiN 100 worked smoothly right out of box in this respect. But PiN 570 had been giving me quite some headache for about a week until I finally grasped all the tricks after doing a lot of research online and conducting experiments myself. First trick is that, when the mapping software on PiN 570 complains GPS Device Not Found, go to Settings - GPS and tap on the "ON" box. Somtimes the GPS is automatically turned off (nobody seems to no why) after you exit your mapping software. Sometimes the GPS is actually off even when the "ON" box is highlighted. So you want to tap on "ON" anyway no matter what it shows, then start your map software again, then the GPS Device would be back after a few seconds. Second trick is regarding the angle of GPS receiver....
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