Rating: Summary: Great starter GPS Review: If all you want is basic GPS functionality and believe that you will never need customer service from Nexian, consider the Handy GPS. Otherwise, look for a different unit. The OEM version of Rand McNally software that Nexian sells with this unit is from 2001 and full of bugs. Labels print in type faces that are so small they can't be read. Markers are so far off in printed maps from original placement that they are completely worthless. I have been trying to get Nexian to address these issues for months with no response. I can't even use some other mapping software, because the NMEA data from those applications has to be modified in order to work. I tried a couple of other NMEA packages and discovered that I was standing at 2000 feet below sea level in my back yard. Still others wouldn't fire up the GPS at all.
Rating: Summary: Incompatibility and lack of service are major problems Review: If all you want is basic GPS functionality and believe that you will never need customer service from Nexian, consider the Handy GPS. Otherwise, look for a different unit. The OEM version of Rand McNally software that Nexian sells with this unit is from 2001 and full of bugs. Labels print in type faces that are so small they can't be read. Markers are so far off in printed maps from original placement that they are completely worthless. I have been trying to get Nexian to address these issues for months with no response. I can't even use some other mapping software, because the NMEA data from those applications has to be modified in order to work. I tried a couple of other NMEA packages and discovered that I was standing at 2000 feet below sea level in my back yard. Still others wouldn't fire up the GPS at all.
Rating: Summary: Great starter GPS Review: This is a pretty cool product. Its small (no pointy antenna) and the software is very stable...limited but stable. One of the best features is the "bread crumb" where it just traces where you have been. Easy zoom features, easy on the battery, very intuitive. Accuracy is 11m (25m on altitude) so it is right up there with many other high priced stand-alone units.
