Garmin's iQue M5 GPS Pocket PC

They've already gone down the Palm path, now Garmin is taking a walk on the Windows Mobile side with a new Pocket PC with built-in GPS. The iQue M5 runs on Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, a 416MHz processor, 3.5-inch LCD touchscreen, 64MB of RAM, 64MB of ROM, an SDIO expansion card slot, built-in Bluetooth, and comes pre-installed with a basemap of North and South America. Nice, but are you ready for some sticker shock? Your little friend is going to set you back a proper $749.99 (though some places have it listed for pre-sale at $699.99).

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM]

Got a small pic here...
http://www.mobileslash.com/content/news/garmin-announces-their-fi.shtml

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM]

Yeah, the main issue seems to be the price so far but you know that GPSCITY.com and GPSNOW.com will both have them much cheaper than $699...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM]

Now combine that with a phone and camera. THAT would be the geek equivalent of a swiss army knife for MacGuyver.

Palm sucks.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM]

Whats in a name anyways... Windows Mobile 2003 = M + 2 + 0 + 0 + 3 = M5. Points for creativity!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM]

Yep, I picked it up this weekend and the only other things it's missing ,(besides the phone and camera) IMO, is built-in Wi-Fi. So far, I likey!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM]

I'm pretty happy with mine

http://www.robert.to/reviews/garminM5.htm

As usual, I can't get BT PAN to work, but I've never, ever, been able to get that work with any device and any computer!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM]

Well,so far so good. I got mine a week ago working
fine. Finding the right case is a process...
enjoy it!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM]

I've had mine for 3 days. GPS works great, and this unit is really easy to use. Only bad thing is that it locked up in my car and I lost all of my information. Maps were still on my SD card but unit was unable to read them until I brought it home and re-sinked.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM]

Can you download ACT software for client contacting on the pc portion of this...I bought it for my husband for his 10th anniversary and I'm not sure whether he can put the software he needs on this thing...email me please if you know. Thanks so much