In-Car Dedicated GPS System Reviews

Click here to read the review	The Garmin iQue 3600 is a good combined navigation product. However I was disappointed as I have been really spoiled with the Street Pilot III Deluxe and I was half expecting a Street Pilot III Deluxe in a smaller form factor in PDA style, and with the mapping errors and the power save screen turning off (only on battery mode - not with the automotive kit), really was not what I received. Garmin have with all intense purposes made this an affordable version of their well known top of the range Street Pilot III Deluxe, and I think with a little work in bug fixes (several that have just been posted to Garmin's website), will make this a great product. Platforms Supported

Click here to read the review	The Garmin Street Pilot III Deluxe is an integrated standalone Street Routing solution for the car. It comes supplied with full maps with City Navigator allowing you to download these to the supplied 128mb Storage Card. The Street Pilot III Deluxe is certainly an affordable system when you compare it to the dedicated in-car systems that cannot be removed and placed in another car.

Click here to read the review	In May 2003 we reviewed the Garmin Street Pilot III deluxe. This is a great removable in-car Satellite Navigation product, but Garmin has recently improved upon this by not only bringing out one product, but two new products. These are notably the Garmin Street Pilot 2610 and Garmin Street Pilot 2650 and a third (Street Pilot 2620 which incorporates a pre-installed hard drive with maps!). This review covers the 2610, 2620 and 2650 and the main differences between these models. This review although it caters for both the new user to the Garmin Street Pilot's and also to existing users who may want to think about upgrading from their GPS V or Street Pilot III/Deluxe.

Click here to read the review	AvMap is a navigation company established in 1994 based in Italy. AVMap is a division of C-Map, a name that will be very familiar if you know anything about marine navigation. AvMap started in the Aeronautical navigation field and has recently branched out in to the street navigation market with the GeoSat2, and GeoSat2C.

Click here to read the review	We announced on 13th September 2004 that Navman have three new products coming out and we have now production iCN 650 in our hands. This review covers the iCN 650 which is an enhancement over the iCN 630 V2 and the original iCN 630 in a number of ways. First like its new brother the iCN635 it incorporates the new 2004 V3 software. This includes a number of new features like Topographical maps as one. The iCN 650 also has another bonus in that it has complete Western European maps pre-loaded.

Click here to read the review	NAVMAN iCN-510 REVIEW We announced on 13th September 2004 that Navman have three new products coming out. The Navman iCN635, iCN650 and the iCN510 (the latter of which we will be previewing here). All three products comes complete with the new Navman V3 software which includes new features like:- Topographical maps Itinerary (multiple stops en-route) Base Roads of Europe

Click here to read the review	NAVMAN iCN-510 PREVIEW We announced on 13th September 2004 that Navman have three new products coming out. The Navman iCN635, iCN650 and the iCN510 (the latter of which we will be previewing here). All three products comes complete with the new Navman V3 software which includes new features like:- Topographical maps Itinerary (multiple stops en-route) Base Roads of Europe

Click here to read the review	Earlier in the year we reviewed both the SmartST Pro V2 - Pocket PC and Navman's SmartST - Palm. Navman also announced the PiN 100 back in April 2004 but it took a little while to surface and for a review sample to arrive. Tim Buxton (one of our moderators) has already written a review for the PiN 100 and here I will extend on his review with a full blown look at the PiN 100 and SmartST Pro V2. This review here will concentrate on both the PiN 100 and the SmartST Pro V2 software. Platforms Supported

Click here to read the review	Tim Buxton (Moderator) was recently loaned a Navman PiN to take to the PocketGPSWorld.com meeting at Tangmere earlier in the summer. Tim thought he should write a mini review on his experiences with the Navman PiN. The PiN is essentially a Mitac Mio 168 DigiWalker with Navman SmartST V2 software. Very briefly it is a WM2003 Pocket PC with Intel PXA-255 300MHZ processor, a 3.5 inch 64K colour screen, 64Mb RAM and 32Mb flash RAM. It also has an SDIO slot which will take an MMC or an SD card. It has all the usual PPC applications associated with this sort of device, such as Word, Excel and IE.

Click here to read the review	We have already reviewed the new OnCourse Navigator here. The following article expands on that review, focusing on the bundle that is on offer at the OnCourseNavigator.Com site – the software, the maps, and the PDA. As a bonus some of the maps are pre-installed on a SD card that's stuck into the Mitac Mio 168.

Click here to read the review	TomTom are very well known in the Pocket PC market, and have recently brought out a Palm version in 2004 and now their dedicated Satellite Navigation system for June. Although TomTom are usually leading the market they have been a bit late off the mark with Navman beating them to the post nearly a year ago with the iCN630, TomTom have now responded with their own portable in-car navigation system.

Click here to read the review	We have already reviewed the European version of TomTom GO back in June 2004. The following article attempts to expand on that review, and to show some of the US specific aspects of the GO. The US version of the GO we are reviewing here came with a 1GB SD card that's filled to the last megabyte. All of the Mainland US, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and Puerto Rico maps are included. The continental US coverage includes the Major Roads network (for coast-to-coast routing) as well as six large chunks of multi-state maps.

Click here to read the review	TomTom are releasing a new version of software for the increasingly popular GO GPS Navigation system. This contains quite a few new features, amongst them are travel vias, avoid roads and some other useful additions. The most important (as far as we at PocketGPSWorld.com are concerned) is the implementation of customisable POIs. This means that the popular PocketGPSWorld.com Speed (sorry safety) Camera database can now be used. Ah (I hear you say) but what about the 3rd party warning add-ins? Well you don't need them any more TomTom GO now has a built in POI proximity warning system.

Click here to read the review	San Jose Navigation Incorporated is a GPS company and turnkey solution manufacturer specializing in mobile and marine GPS recievers and antennas. SA Nav are located in Taiwan. SA Nav among many products, manufacture a low profile GPS/GSM antenna which can be used in AVL applications. The antenna sports high performance with a high-gain low noise filter, a low profile, waterproof and suction cup mounting. The AU-3S-GSM is ideal for AVL or fleet management use. Ideal for applications that requires both durability and compactness in size, allowing for covert installation and a ruggedized construction.