Garmin PDA Reviews

"You can add GPS and mapping capabilities to almost any Palm or Pocket PC handheld, but the Palm OS-based Garmin IQue 3200 is one of the few PDAs designed with GPS in mind...Garmin's IQue PDAs use a custom version of the Palm Desktop...If you want to store lots of maps on your IQue 3200, get a high-capacity SD Card...In our informal testing, the IQue 3200's battery life did not seem unusually short..." read more »

"Despite being only 312 MHz, the M3's processor is quite suitable for GPS applications...The relatively low processor speed does mean that the M3 is somewhat less suited to high-end activities such as video, action games, and other uses that require a lot of bit-sorting...The QueNav application that's built into the M3 has strengths and weaknesses...Altogether, the M3 is about as good of a "pure" navigational system as you can get out of the box, though it has room to be improved..." read more »

"Excellent GPS capabilities, good software bundle...No Wi-Fi or Bluetooth...There aren't many Palm-based PDAs with built-in GPS (global positioning system) receivers, so Garmin is going after that niche with the new iQue 3000...The iQue 3000 is powered by a 200MHz ARM processor and features 32MB of RAM and 32MB of ROM for internal memory...Garmin includes a DVD with the iQue 3000 that contains detailed street information for most of North America, as well as..." read more »

"Add-on GPS units were among the earliest and sexiest accessories for PDAs...Now Garmin, one of the most respected names in the GPS industry, has entered the PDA market with an intriguing convergent device, the Garmin iQue 3600 ($590 street...While the Palm OS 5.0?based iQue 3600 isn't inexpensive compared with many conventional PDAs, it's cheaper than buying a PDA and a GPS add-on...The iQue 3600 has 32MB of RAM for map data and other Palm applications...If you're going to use the iQue in your car for long trips, it's probably a good idea to buy the optional 12-volt car power adapter ($30 direct..." read more »

"Excellent satnav abilitie A pleasure to use...Lack of wireless capabilities...The interface features big buttons, so even the ham-fisted can type addresses...If satnav is your main priority then this little fella is more than eager to serve......" read more »

"It was the first company to release a PDA with an integrated GPS receiver, though this was Palm based and the M5 is its first based on Windows Mobile 2003 (Second Edition...The M5 took some time for me to get used to, at least on the software side, but once I got my head round it I was in the main, very impressed...While most people will use the M5 exclusively in the car, it does have a pedestrian mode, enabling you to use on a walkabout...Also good to see is that unlike Mio and Acer, Garmin has included a cradle in the box...Specs wise things aren?t too bad for a PDA..." read more »

"It looks great, if you ask me, although it's a little bit pricey at $1100...From the specs I couldn't see anything significant in the 296 that's missing in the iQue...The device runs PalmOS and the iQue 3600 page claims that all GPS-related functions are available to third-party software..." read more »