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15 of 15 customers found the following review helpful:
 Great upgrade from IQUE 3600, 2006-04-25
I had an IQUE 3600 for more than a year and that was great for the GPS use. Rarely used it for the Palm. The M5 is almost identical GPS-wise and the city map got upgraded to V7. Easily found Starbucks on Sun morning in a unfamiliar town. PocketPC is more familiar than Palm because of the WinXP similiar interface. There are a lots of games and other productivity software available for the PocketPC! The IQUE 3600 had some problems when attaching to the cradle mount at times ... the M5 doesn't because of the newer design. Comes with a suction mount for the auto so don't buy it separately. The supplied auto mount also can be mated with a 3rd party adapter to be powered by 110vac instead of 12vdc like in your hotel room when traveling (actually, I used a GameBoy advance AC Adapter and & car kit for $10 and that works fine). Used my 1GB SD card from the IQUE 3600 and it works like a charm. 700MB used for the 1/4 NE part of the US from the Mississipi to Atlantic, from Canada to Tenn. A 2GB card would be more than enough for the 1/2 Eastern US and with loads of room left over for other data.
7 of 38 customers found the following review helpful:
 Pure Junk, 2006-03-19
This may be a fine Pocket PC but if you are looking for a GPS find a different solution.
I purchased a Jeep with a GPS installed in it. I put the GPS CD in the CD player and I had working maps in seconds, was able, zoom, pan and plot routes as soon as it was turned on. It never pauses to find it's current location. It has the location instantly.
This GPS does not have the map software installed. You have to install it and after installing you have to type in a 25 character code to unlock the maps. Why are they protecting maps? I can get all the free maps I want at Yahoo or Mapquest. Stop wasting consumer time and energy with dumb codes to protect nothing.
After I got the maps in, the thing just sits on my desk telling me it is acquiring satellites and never tells me where I am, never shows a map. This is the most useless item I have ever seen. How in the world do you sell a $450.00 GPS system that has no maps included, and has a GPS that does not work.
Stay away from this item unless you like jerking around for a week with poorly written software.
14 of 14 customers found the following review helpful:
Recommended>>One of the best, 2006-03-14
The Garmin iQue M5 is one of the best GPS/Windows Mobile combinations I know. I really appreciate the fact that this device is oriented around the GPS first and pocket pc functionality. One button provides instant details on GPS connectivity. There's also the ability to keep the GPS running when the device is in system timeout. Garmin includes QueMap navigational software which is really handy even when I'm simultaneously operating other GPS related software. I get about 4 hours of use on my battery. This would be the perfect device if it had the new SiRF III chipset, WiFi, a little more memory and a bit more screen brightness.
20 of 20 customers found the following review helpful:
One awesome PDA, 2006-01-20
As a longtime palm user I was a little reluctant to move into the Windows Mobile world, but my old dependable M130 was dying, so I started looking for a new PDA. I travel a ton for business and was fascinated by the GPS in the M5. I was also interested in the WiFi capabilites (with a WiFi Card, I bought a Spectec....it's great, and small enough you won't break it off) of Windows version of the PDA....I read all the reviews and almost didn't buy it, but if you look at the reviews ... the later ones are much better, obviously Garmin has been working on the bugs.
Pros:
The GPS is top notch, accurate to about 10ft in the car, when mounted on the windshield. The mount that comes with the unit is fine, you don;t need another one. Just make sure the windows is CLEAN....If not it will fall off. Windex it first. You'll also want to move it around some until you find a spot where you can easily get it in and out of the cradle. It will take a few trys until you find the perfect spot in the car.
The Windows mobile has abilities my old palm would only dream of, I sync it with lotus notes via intellisync and it works great.
It's a tough bugger, I had it a month and dropped it in a parking lot, put a nice gouge in it and it's still going.
Battery lasts a long time with steady use, Wifi in the airport, etc.....doesn't do so well with the GPS though, only about 40 minutes.
The ETA display is right on, handy when you are calling your next appointment to confirm. If it says you'll be there at 2pm....short of a major traffic jam, you pull in at 2pm.
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Cons
The mapping sofware that came with mine is about 2 years out of date. I can tell by a few road projects that have been done locally and are not yet in the mapsource software. Garmin does allow you a free update, which I ordered. I would think that will help. The points of interest are about the same. Even after the free update, from what I can tell the software update only costs about $50
The routing is a bit odd, when you select fastest or shortest routing it will do exactly that, even if it makes no sense. For example, on a local road near my house there is a highway that was expanded and moved, it will actually take you off the new road, down the old road and back to the new road because it cuts off a corner. playing with the settings helps, but you will still see it do some odd things. Honestly It always gets me there, just sometimes not the simplest way.
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Bottom line is this work just about as well as any in car I've used, and is a solid PDA as well.
With a 1GB card I added the entire Northeast, FL, TX and AZ. It took about 450MB of the card.
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8 of 12 customers found the following review helpful:
If you work with it it can be fun, 2005-10-30
I see people complain about the mount in the car. If you work with it it will stay. Just exstend it all the way and the little flap deal for the suction needs to be as far out as you can. then aply the suction to the window and press the tap. Mine did fall a couple of times but if you take the device out it is alot easier. once i did the ubove it as of yet has not fallen.
Otherwise i find no cons for the M5 i got to mess with it before i purcased it. That was a plus being able to mess with the displays. I have owned a couple other Garmin products and this one is so far the best.
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