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 | Title : Magellan GPS Companion for the Palm m500
Author : Magellan
Release Date : 20020521
Binding : Electronics
Regular Price : $229.99
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Before I got this GPS, thought the Magellan Companion was a great idea. The unit itself can run for 12 hours on 2 AAA batteries, the software is loaded on my Palm, I can use it to charge my Palm using the power adapter and I can store the maps on SD memory card on my Palm.
I received the unit and it was light, pretty well built and snapped on to the M505 very nicely. The Nav Companion software for the Palm was also pretty good. However, the Rand McNally mapping software, which is a seperate application was another story. When I first loaded the software on my computer, it looked very promising. It took a lot more space that I had anticipated, but since it had details map of the US as well as thousands of POI, it was that big of an issue.
The trouble began when I try to download a map to my Palm, it kept telling me that the current map area was too large. Then I discovered that I had to zoom in to leve 7 before it allow me to export to my Palm. Well, at level 7 of the Los Angeles area is almost 10MB. I went ahead and download the map to my memory card.
Even worst, when I actually connected my Palm to the GPS and turned it on, it took almost 5 minutes before I got a lock. During my driving trip, I came to the edge of the map that I downloaded and I got a message that I have reach the end of the map and that the GPS will turn off. I could still use the Nav Companion software to track my coordinates, but no map.
So in conclusion, I think it's a good product, but the mapping software needs some major improvements. At least my MAP 330 has a basemap.
(by Alan Kwan)
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