Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Navman PiN: Another Pocket PC With a GPS Flap
Posted by Pat Logsdon in "HARDWARE" @ 10:00 PM
"GPS is not a common feature for a handheld, yet, but for some types of users it can be indispensable. Unfortunately, Navman's first foray into the GPS-handheld market is quite dispensable, as its otherwise decent design is crippled by one show-stopping problem. The PiN (Personal Interactive Navigation) is pleasantly small at 111 x 68.5 x 15.2 mm and 147 grams. The casing is a not-unattractive two-tone gray plastic, and the GPS patch antenna flips up from the back or locks down with a clip."
Before I crank up the invective, it may be helpful to note that this device looks exactly the same as the Mitac Mio Digiwalker 168, which will be reviewed here shortly. That said, InfoSync's review is full of fun words like "crippled", "painful", "inaccurate", "unsafe", "abysmal" and "worst". This contrasts with Anthony Carauna's review in Pocket PC Magazine, in which the device is called "very capable". What do you think? Would you buy a device with built-in GPS?
Before I crank up the invective, it may be helpful to note that this device looks exactly the same as the Mitac Mio Digiwalker 168, which will be reviewed here shortly. That said, InfoSync's review is full of fun words like "crippled", "painful", "inaccurate", "unsafe", "abysmal" and "worst". This contrasts with Anthony Carauna's review in Pocket PC Magazine, in which the device is called "very capable". What do you think? Would you buy a device with built-in GPS?
