Newbie advice request...

jeffmac · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 5

OK, <deep breath>, I am technical but I have gone straight to overwhelmed! I would like a bit of assistance on direction as I start to research buying a GPS.

I am looking for a system for business use. I am a sales rep in the US in the SE and the Ohio valley areas. I own an Emap currently, but have found it to be not terribly useful for business usage as it will not plot routes and I find the proprietary storage cards to be highly annoying.

I am not against a hardware only solution or a PDA based solution. I am currently a Palm T3 user and to complicate matters, I am a Mac user rather than a PC person. Please do not take either of these as statements of hardware bigotry, it is just what I am currently using! Laughing

I would like to find something that will plot routes and give audible cues as I am often driving in areas I am not terribly familiar with. I would like something that uses a standard storage format. I would like something that I curse at less than an Atlas!

I am basically looking for three or four good suggestions so I can do some hard research, but at this point I am not even sure where to start!

THanks in advance from a mostly clueless noob!

lbendlin · Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 5:57 am Post subject:

If you want to keep your T3 then you are pretty much stuck with either Mapopolis or TomTom. Both work reasonably well on the T3. And they don't really require a PC for installation.

Maybe you can even connect your emap to the T3 (it's a serial receiver after all) or you think about getting a BlueTooth receiver.
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jeffmac · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 5

Are there significant limitations on the Palm app side? would I be better off looking at something dedicated like the Streetfinder?

lbendlin · Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 2:10 pm Post subject:

The limitation for the Palm is the same as for the streetfinder - it's dedicated... While you are navigating there is nothing else you can do with the Palm (as compared to a Pocket PC).

The advantage of the Palm/Pocket PC is that you have a choice. If you don't like one program or its maps you can switch to something else. With the streetfinder you are stuck. Like it or throw it away...

Personally I am no fan of single purpose devices, but that's a whole different story
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