Portable GPS: receiver and laptop/palm or selft contained unit

I own two handheld Garmin GPS's and think they are the finest in the
world. I also have a Palm OS PDA which I use constantly for work and
home. That said, I was really excited when Garmin announced its Palm
OS PDA/GPS.

My father bought one and to be honest, I was underwhelmed. For a PDA,
it is really big and will not fit into my shirt pocket at all and few
of my pants pockets comfortably. The other diappointment was the GPS
software. I have always found Garmin software to be very intuitive,
until the PDA. I just found it difficult to operate, even with
coaching. Of course, all of what I have written is only my subjective
opinion.

My father's advice (regarding buying a PDA/GPS), and I think it is
good advice, was to wait for the next generation.

Blue skies

John Pelchat

All I know is that they are going to come out with a new improved version of
the Palm based handheld they now offer. I am sure it will be color.
Supposedly due in this fall.



"Kai Glaesner" wrote in message
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Dude,

I am trying to wait for the new Garmin PDA due out this fall. I wanted
the
tablet pc version, but for the money, I believe I will get a regular
laptop
plus the Garmin PDA.

What's that, the "Garmin PDA"? Can you provide links to infomation about
this? Given the quality and ease of use most of the garmin stuff has, this
sounds like a good one.

Regards

Kai