iPaq h54540 and a Mac

[Jack Rodgers]

I have used my new iPaq for a week now and am quite happy with it. I 
bought the HP keyboard, which is a fun thing to open and close, so that 
I can leave my Powerbook at home yet still be able to surf and write 
and plan. The iPaq takes up about 1/6th or so the space of the 
Powerbook and fits nicely in a small gadget bag.

I was driving around in the rain today watching the little red arrow 
(me) move along the map. I created a destination and in a few seconds 
it had plotted a suggested way of getting there. I deliberately 
deviated and watched as it plotted a new course to follow And again. 
And again.

And it spoke to me. Turn Left in 600 feet. Kinda hard to do since I 
would have to cross 3 lanes of high speed traffic.

The Navman unit ships with a unit to mount on your windshield via 
suction cup. The maps seem to be about 5-10 years old with some 
restaurants and roads missing. Maybe there is an update somewhere.

I like the iPaq better than any Palm style pda I have used. It's maps 
are way superior to the ones on the Palm OS platform. It syncs more 
reliably and changes in the calendar, etc. are synced just as soon as 
they are made.

Some times lugging a Powerbook or iBook is not convenient, so a pda is 
the best answer. I bought Filemaker Mobile andso I can take a number of 
my databases with me but cannot modify the databases on the iPaq.

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