Garmin iQue M5 PDA

Garmin iQue M5 PDA

By Dương Quân  Nov 26, 2006 | 3 out of 3 found this Garmin iQue M5 review helpful

Pros: Pro

Cons: Cons

Product Description The iQue M5 is perfect for today's mobile professional who wants to get from the boardroom to the hotel without asking for directions. Featuring the latest Microsoft Pocket PC software, Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, the... iQue M5 supports portrait/landscape screen orientation for easy viewing of documents, videos, and web content. It's powered by a 416-MHz Intel PXA 272 microprocessor, and it also provides the user with 64 MB of RAM, 64 MB of ROM and data back-up protection. The embedded Bluetooth transceiver allows the user to establish a personal-area network with computer systems and Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobile phones, other PDAs, and printers. Check e-mail and view documents - then sync seamlessly with your laptop. The GPS antenna on the iQue M5 folds flush with the back of the unit. Press the antenna release switch, and it simultaneously powers up the iQue M5, acquires satellites, and defaults to the QueMap interface. Once the antenna switch is triggered, the M5 prepares to navigate. The antenna can be adjusted for optimal GPS signal reception in any vehicle or rental car. Featuring a built-in basemap of North and South America and Puerto Rico, the iQue M5 shows major highways, thoroughfares, railways, lakes, rivers, and borders. MapSource City Select CD-ROM is a standard accessory, so users can download detailed street-level map data, look up more than five million points of interest (POIs), and navigate to an address in the U.S. and Canada. World travelers can also add a European or Pacific Rim basemap from the installation CD. International versions of the iQue M5 will feature respective basemaps, mapping software, and language support. The integrated Que applications enable consumers to see where they are on an electronic map, look up a point of interest (POI), and route to it - all the while following voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions. If they miss a turn, the iQue M5 automatically recalculates a new route to get them back on track. Advanced routing features include the ability to specify roadways to avoid and find POIs near the current route. The iQue M5 even offers intuitive POI searches that are based on user habits. Another distinct benefit of Garmin's PDA/GPS integration is the patent-pending capability to attach a "location stamp" to a profile in the user's contact database or appointment calendar and navigate directly to these important business addresses. -------------------------
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------------ Full Specifications Operating System and Software Operating System Microsoft Windows Mobile for Pocket PC 2003 Second Ed. Operating System Version 2003 Second Ed. Operating System Microsoft Pocket PC Included Software Calculator, Notes, Voice Recorder, File Explorer, Pocket Excel, Pocket Internet Explorer, Pocket Word, Solitaire, Windows Media Player, Pocket Outlook, MSN Messenger, Terminal Services Client, Jawbreaker Display Display Size 3.5 in Display Type TFT active matrix Display Resolution 320 x 240 Color Screen Yes Color Depth 16-bit (64K colors) Memory and Proccessor Installed Memory 64 MB Installed ROM 64 MB Processor Class XScale PXA272 Processor Speed 416 MHz Communications Slot Types Provided SD Memory Card Wireless Connectivity IrDA, Bluetooth Interface Provided 1 x USB, 1 x headphones - output - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm , 1 x infrared - IrDA Minimum Requirements System Type PC Power Average Battery Life 7 hours Battery Technology Lithium polymer General Product Info Input Method Touch-screen, Stylus Also known as GARMIN iQue, GARMIN iQue 010-00344-00, Garmin M5, Garmin 010-00344-00, GARMIN iQue M5 Manufacturer Part No. 010-00344-00 UPC 753759047276 Dimension 5 in x 2.8 in x 0.7 in (HxWxD) Read more Less