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Summary: did not bother with a proper instruction manual
Review: After millions spent on the design you would figure they would throw in an instruction book that is more detailed and that would walk you thru this contraption. For instance there are pages on how to record a voice, yet there are no pages on how to get this thing to give you voice prompts as you drive. once you get it to work though it is very cool stuff.
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Summary: Only thing missing is a phone.
Review: WOW!
I have the Garmin Street Pilot (Non-color), and this Ique is a complete upgrade. It does everything that my Palm M505 did, except for vibrate during an alarm. I can't wait to put my street pilot up for sell on ebay.The GPS is updated quickly, but it does suck the juice quickly during GPS mode. I highly recomend the car kit. It is more heavy than my palm, but it's size is not that much larger. Going through the menus is simple. I'm just holding out for a better case to become available. For my job the ideal case has a metal tap on the back that clicks into a clip that stays on my belt. That way the palm can rock back and forth as I get in/out of my car. Vaja made the best one for my M505.
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Summary: Works Well With a Few Caveats
Review: After a couple days of a difficult installation, I got it to work. And it does work well. It's a real bargain compared to $$$$$ systems and it's portable so you can take it from car to car. However, if you live in a major city be prepared to purge your entire contact database and devote the device to being just a GPS only. The maps take ALOT of memory. Be prepared to spend another $$$$ on memory expansion. All that being said, I am happy with the device as I didn't need the PDA functions anyways.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: The alarm clock on the date application does not work. The gps receiver is too weak. It takes too long to lock in to satellites. I took a three-mile trip on busy streets testing the system. I got home before the iQue locked in on my position. The map data is out of date. I have used other mapping software for 3 years and am almost always able to find an address. The addresses I found 3 years ago aren't available on the software included with the iQue 3600 The battery life is in adequate. Based on my experience, it only last for 30 minutes using the GPS. The interface is too complex. The ique won't pull out of the cradle without making a disturbing click. It won't life straight up or out. The only way to get it out is to lean it forward then pull.
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Summary: The iQue will easily replace the GPS V or StreetPilot
Review: This is a very nice unit, although a tad bit too large to carry in your shirt pocket. Considering that the PDA has Palm OS 5 and a routing GPSr it's small. The iQue is much faster than the GPS V that it replaced for me which I like alot. The GPS V was sometimes so slow to calculate routes that I would have to pull over until it routed. The best part is that you can run Topo, POI, Streets simultaneous and it works seamlessly. The find feature is excellent. An expansion card is a must, get the 256mb card. I put Street and Topo of the entire California, Nevada and Arizona on the card.
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Summary: Great PDA, Powerless GPS!
Review: Think twice before investing in the iQue. While it is a top line PDA, albeit expensive, it is virtually worthless as a GPS. While it has all the requisite software necessary and is nicely integrated and functional with lots of bells and whistles, the lack of sufficient battery power makes it almost useless. Unless you are in a car or near an electrical outlet where you can plug it in, the one hour or so of battery time when using both the GPS and PDA are severe limits. And if you try to do anything but drive and have it direct you, you will be sorely disappointed. For example, I have a large library of waypoints with no way to download them into the iQue. Garmin says I have just have to learn to live with entering them by hand. Another example: if you want to create a route with multiple turns that does not involve a road or highway, forget it. The iQue can only handle two points when drawning "offroad" or straight lines. For me, an avid boater, that doesn't work. The examples of routine functions on a GPS not available on the iQue go on and on. What really ticks me off is that Garmin advertises the iQue as a general purpose GPS. And in several communications with Garmin about future software upgrades, they just say "tough luck--buy another Garmin that better suits your purpose" when I have suggested ways to improve the software. I say that is an arrogant attitude worthy of Microsoft or ESRI and will eventually drive away their customer base. I have used a Garmin eTrex Legend regularly for several years. I can run it all day for a couple of days on the same batteries, if using "battery save" mode. It is a great unit! However, finding I cannot even get a mornings worth of use out of an iQue and the lack of GPS functions makes it a very expensive mistake. I now realize that I probably should have bought the color GPSMAP 76S model instead. It can actually be used in the field or on the water.
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Summary: Been Waiting A Long Time
Review: I had waited since March for this product to be released and I finally received it a couple days after it's release. I mainly bought it to use as a navigation unit for the car, but since Garmin hasn't released the automobile navigation kit yet, it isn't practical for that use now, as there is no way to mount it. I was also intrigued at having a PDA built in. I fell more in love with it when I finally received it, as I had owned a black and white GPS before, but never a PDA. I haven't been able to use it very much though, as my battery never fully charged and I have had to send the unit back to Garmin for repair, and have not received it back yet. That was extremely dissapointing, waiting 6 months for it to be released and then sending it back 5 days after getting it. If you have never had a PDA, make sure to go to the Garmin web site and download the instruction manual, as it does not come with the unit (only the GPS-specific instructions are included). I was totally lost on how to do any PDA applications without the manual. If you plan on using the detailed street-level mapping for any trips of more than a hundred or so miles, an SD card will be recommended. The unit comes with 128MB of RAM, which seems like a lot, until downloading the maps and finding out that half of the RAM is already being used by other applications. I would recommend a couple of cards if you travel extensively, as it would require over 1GB to map the whole US at street level. If a street level map is not available in the unit's memory, or on a card, for your destination, the unit will not be able to find the address, and therefore will not be able to issue driving instructions to the destination. I was originally going to buy a PDA and buy an add-on GPS to it until I saw this unit at Garmin. I am dissapointed that I had to send it back so soon, however I am sure I will love it eventually, as I enjoyed just messing around with it, before sending it back.
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Summary: Very Impresive
Review: This is a very slick PDA. I especially like the display. It's very bright and sharp, even in the very bright Florida Keys sun. For people who are not used to the Palm OS, there will be quite a learning curve. I have heard of some frustrated GPS users. This unit does not work like any other Garmin GPS. I already had a Palm V, so I was used to the OS. The Garmin applications are very tightly integrated with the address book, calendar, etc. They work seamlessly. If you're thinking of spending $$$ on a GPS, I would recommend this unit over a straight GPS. You definately get a lot more bang for your buck.
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Summary: Very good, but not Garmin's best GPS
Review: I have been awaiting the release of this unit for a long time. I even sold my Streetpilot III to buy this so that I could integrate my PDA with GPS. You have heard all the positives, here are my list of negatives: 1. The biggest disappointment is that there are a LOT of addresses that cannot be found by a simple search. I have not been able to find some very popular roads. Yet, when you zoom in on that road manually, there it is, name and all. That is bad, bad, bad. That MUST be fixed on this unit. With my job, there are many times I go to an address or street I have never been to before, so I cannot manually go there by the map. I need the unit to find it for me and send me there. 2.You have to use your fingernail to open the GPS antenna. The hole is too small to even use my pinky to open it. 3. The stylus is very hard to remove. I have to pry it out with my fingernails, as well. 4. In many instances, you have to save a POI or address that you enter as a waypoint before you can route to it. On the Streetpilot III, the GoTo feature routed right to it from the search menu. If you need a PDA and GPS in one unit, this one will work for you. If you need a really good GPS, though, I would recommend that you wait for the new Streetpilot coming out in late summer 2003. The iQue is missing too much information to be effective as a standalone GPS. There are still more positives than negatives for this unit, though. Just be aware of the shortfalls before you fork over that green!
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Summary: Nice PDA/GPS integration
Review: The new iQue 3600 from Garmin is truly amazing. For a very attractive price, you get a powerful Palm OS 5-based PDA that sports a screaming 200 MHz Motorola DragonBall MXL ARM 9 processor, 32MB of memory (some of which is reserved for system operations), and a nice 320x480 high-color screen, the highest resolution I've seen on a palmtop. The iQue 3600 weighs in at a little over 5 ounces with the built-in LiIon battery, and it's only slightly bigger than a Zire 71, and feels good in either hand. So you can use it as a fast Palm PDA, but the true beauty of the iQue is its built-in GPS function. When you are out in the open -- GPS won't work indoors or in a dense forest since the satellite signal can't get to you -- the iQue picks up both GPS and WAAS signals (WAAS is a system that supplements GPS, the way I understand it) and, in less than a minute, tell you your early coordinates. Coupled with a mapping program (a very basic one is included), the iQue will tell you where on earth you are, accurate to about 10 feet! For a first-time GPS user like me, the result simply blows me away. Obviously if you don't travel a lot, or live in a big city like New York, GPS is of very little use. But for the road warrior as well as fancy gadget lover (I'm the latter), this is a must-have. Both the GPS and the bright, large color screen suck battery juice like a puppy in Houston, so battery is weak on the iQue, about the only gripe one would have about this wonderfully implemented product. With GPS on continuously and screen set to mid-level brightness and running a mapping program off the secure digital card, you'll run out in about an hour! That's not a typo or exaggeration. If you can do without sophisticated map software and turn off backlight, you can probably manage for about 3-4 hours. If you don't use GPS -- but you got this really for the GPS, didn't you? -- using the Palm part for an hour a day will last you about 3 days with backlight on. Which is not totally bad compared to Pocket PCs, hehehe... In short, the iQue does exceptionally well what it was designed to do. Granted GPS as a whole can be improved, but Garmin has done an admirable job with a well designed, well made product and the price should tempt every GPS user out there.
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