HP310 and hx4705 - side by side, first impression

On Feb 21, 6:40*pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Feb 21, 5:35*pm, 5Z wrote:

Has anyone tried the Navigon with SeeYou mobile? *How does it compare
in performance? *The price looks competitive with the 310.

-Tom

As has been pointed out on the Naviter forums the Navigon has 480 X
272 display, the iPAQ 310 is 800 x 480 and although the displays are
small the iPAQ 310 display looks *gorgeous*. The iPAQ 310 is the PNA
to have right now.

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I have two iPAQ 4700 PDAs and an iPAQ 310. Indoors the 310 blows away
the 4700. The 310 uses LED backlight technology and the 4700 uses cold
cathode. The color temperature is higher on the LEDs and the cold
cathodes look yellowish compared to the nice white backlight on the
310.

Outdoors in sunlight (but not directly on the screen) the iPAQ 310 is
easier to see than either of my iPAQ 4700's. A friend who has an iPAQ
310, and iPAQ 211 and an iPAQ 4700 agrees the 310 is a bit more
legible than the 4700 outdoors but says the iPAQ 211 actually just
beats the 310.

With any of these devices with SeeYou Mobile I turn off terrain
mapping, increase default font sizes, increase line widths on maps
etc. to get a display that for me is most readable. Right now the iPAQ
310 takes more messing around to get this right because some of the UI
elements are a little small on such a high resolution screen - Naviter
is working on tweeking many of these things. The current SeeYou Mobile
"release candidate" was intend to gather UI feedback. They've done an
impressive job in getting this running across so many devices.

No common currently available PDA or PNA devices (with current
transreflective displays) are what I'd call visible in direct
sunlight. However with careful mounting. At a few hundred dollars the
iPAQ 310 is essentially disposable, and I'll be happy to junk it next
year if something better comes along. But I'd not be holding my breath
for OLED or other technology that quickly.

For serious installs you will need a K-6 Bluetooth adapter and it is
going to cost about the same as an iPAQ 310 on E-Bay etc. but should
outlast multiple PDAs/PNAs.

If you want to run say a web browser or other utilities on the PNA and
are not a heavy duty geek/hacker give up now and get a PDA. Many PNAs
have only a partial Windows CE install. Many (including the iPAQ 310)
don't have a command shell, some don't have a Windows CE explorer (the
iPAQ 310 does), most don't have a web browser, etc. etc. Naviter's
approach is these are closed boxes that you plug a SD card into and
you get SeeYou Mobile and ConnectMe and that is it. Which will suit
many pilots fine.

Darryl

Grr I meant to say "Outdoors in sunlight (but not directly on the
screen) the iPAQ 310 is *slightly* easier to see than either of my
iPAQ 4700's."

Darryl