Windows Phone Thoughts: Pocket Co-Pilot GPS Hell?

Rick writes to us with a tale of woe about his Pocket Co-Pilot GPS sleeve:

"Thought I would report a miserable experience with the Pocket Co-Pilot GPS sleeve for the IPAQ. First I would like to say that Travroute has been excellent to deal with, but the product simply does not work for many users. Craig at Travroute has said they have had many users who cannot get the units to work. I have had patches and even a replacement unit and it still doesn't work. Apparently the units have worked for some users while other users have very slow satellite acquisition times. After trying from November till March I finally gave up and sent the package back for a refund. Assuming I get my refund promptly I have no complaint about Travroute as they have tried to get the product to work. Apparently the manufacturer had not solved a lot of problems before distributing the product. I had hoped that this would be the ideal GPS solution as it was self contained and has a compact flash slot built in. I wonder how other systems are doing out in the real world."

Any owners of this product have more luck than Rick? It seemed like a great concept when I first saw it...