Pocket GPS Hardware Reviews

Click here to read the review	In-Car Powered GPS Receivers basically consist of a GPS Receiver, which looks similar to a PC mouse, which is powered by the car battery via a car accessory plug. This plug will not only power the GPS Receiver, but the PDA too using a Y-Splitter that is sold with the GPS Receiver. In-Car Powered GPS Receivers are great if you have a Pocket PC or Palm and primarily want to have a GPS in-car. However if you want to take a receiver out of the car and use for walking or hiking, the In-Car Powered GPS Receivers are not really practical, and you should look at a PDA GPS Sleeve/CF Card GPS Receiver, or a Handheld GPS Receiver.

Click here to read the review	PDA GPS Sleeves and CF (Compact Flash) GPS Receivers are great for both in-car usage for street routing applications, or for out of car use like for walking or hiking. These systems are usually compact, but do run on the power provided by your Pocket PC or Palm, so if you know that your average battery power for your PDA is say 5 hours, in most cases you will only see around 2-3 hours use with GPS Receiver. There are ways of getting around power problems by taking a battery extender with you on walks, and we have reviewed some in our GPS Accessories section of our reviews.

Click here to read the review	Bluetooth GPS Receivers are new and first came out in Fall 2002. These have their own battery source, so unlike the GPS Sleeves and CF GPS Cards do not drain the Pocket PC or Palm's internal battery. These are great for in-car street routing, giving you a wireless setup, and are also good for when you are out walking or hiking. The only thing you need to make sure is that you do have a Bluetooth connected PDA. If you're unsure if your PDA support Bluetooth check out our GPS Hardware Comparisons page and look at the relevant table for your PDA.

Click here to read the review	Handheld GPS Receivers are for the more of a die hard GPS user. Handhelds come with their own backlit screens, some with colour, but most are grayscale. Some handheld GPS Receivers come with built in compasses, barometers, waypoint, track and map screens. You can connect most Handheld GPS Receivers up to a Pocket PC or Palm with cables from PC-Mobile and their battery usage is much better than PDA's, giving you around 15 hours usage. This makes Handheld GPS Receivers very practical and good for walking/hiking, but not so good on their own for mapping when compared with Pocket PC GPS maps.

Click here to read the review	Aviation Reviews include articles and reviews of hardware and software for in the cockpit whether it's tailored aviation products like TeleType Aviation, WinPilot AVR or NavGPS, or just systems that can help and aid flying a plane or helicopter. This section also includes any reader reviews submitted on in-cockpit setups, or experiences with GPS and flying.


Other Hardware Related Information

Click here to read the review	Sometimes it's hard to determine what Handheld GPS Receivers have what features. They all look alike and have very similar features, the only thing sometimes to tie them apart is one or two features. With this in mind we've pulled together a huge comparison of GPS Receivers showing the full specifications of each receiver making it easy to tell which receiver has which features in a single resource.

Click here to read the review	One important aspect of all GPS Hardware is the Time To First Fix or TTFF. When using GPS Software it all hinges on how good the TTFF is and also how good the re-acquisition is of the GPS Receiver. Many GPS Receivers share the same chipsets from the same manufacturers, but some GPS Hardware are better in acquiring TTFF's. We have created a TTFF table where all GPS Hardware we review is listed within this table. This helps understand which hardware is good and which hardware should be avoided.

Click here to read the review	Have you ever been in a situation where you have a PDA but don't know which GPS will work with it ? You're not alone! We've created a complete review page to discuss this. We detail what PDA's have which storage cards which play a big factor in GPS connectivity. We also show you which GPS hardware will work with which Pocket PC's and if you have a handheld GPS receiver, no worry there as we also list a whole host of cables that are available from different sources to connect a handheld GPS receiver to your PDA.