I’ve always been blessed with a good sense of direction – except that one time as a youngster when I got totally lost in the woods a few blocks from home – and I’ve rarely needed help finding stuff if I get decent instructions on how to get there. Humans, however, don’t all give good directions. Once in Wingate, North Carolina, a well meaning landlord told me how to find the country house I wanted to rent: cross the tracks and take a left after the third white house. All the houses were brick; it was the occupants who were white - hard to discern by someone moving from out of state. Oh, if I’d had one of these Deluo GPS’s sitting on my car seat, beaming information to a Treo 700w in my pocket. But that was then, and this is now.
Years later, I wrote user manuals for GPS units made by a company in Japan. Intended for the U. S. marine market, the thing was almost as big as a cinder block, considered tiny at the time. Now, I’m reading about keychain GPS models, and weighing Deluo’s 1.625 by 2.625 by 0.75-inch, Treo-friendly unit at only 57 grams (1.9 ounces). This is definitely now.
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| Pros |
Small and light weight
Easy pairing and set up processes
Good documentation to guide the new user
Home and car charger cords included
Good software integration with Windows Mobile Contacts database
No on-going fees for use
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| Cons |
Windows Live Search Mobile software omits many places of interest and many of the ones it contains are out of date
Disorganized search results are not user sortable
Not much documentation or instructions for setting up the device on a laptop or with alternative software |
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