Pharos Traveler GPS 525
By Kevin C. Tofel 
posted Jan 4th 2006 12:55PM
posted Jan 4th 2006 12:55PM
While everyone else is putting a measly one or two radios in their Windows Mobile 5.0 devices, the folks over at Pharos figure
they can add one more. The Pharos Traveler GPS 525 crams in a small wireless GPS receiver alongside its WiFi and
Bluetooth radios. We figure while you're searching for hotspots out on the town, you'll actually know where you are
thanks to the pre-loaded 50 metropolitan maps on the 512MB SD card (included). Also included is Skype in case you
forget that glam new cellphone. Hey, if that's not good enough, how about the ability to navigate directly to your
Outlook contacts via integration with the addresses? Watch for the QVGA screen-equipped Pharos around the $600-mark.
with a 300MHz processor... it may not be able to fully utilize SKYPE. Man, I was looking forward to something like this... too bad the CPU is too weak.
That is totally a rebadged HTC G500 Pocket PC.
Woah baby. Something like THIS is what I've been waiting for. Now if they could just shrink down the thing to JAM levels I'll be buying.
I just picked up a Pharos GPS 525 yesterday. This is (literally) the 22nd PDA I've owned since I started my obsession back in 1997. This thing is simply amazing. the WM5 installation does laps around WM5 on my Dell Axim x50v. The brightness is incredible. Pharos has packed in pretty much every component you'd need (dash mount, window mount, car power adapter, home power adapter, 512MB SD card with reader, earbuds, Ostia software, lanyard). Best feature of all: the connector is a standard USB mini connector! No need to buy a bunch of proprietary cradles, etc.
Lastly, this is definitely an HTC creation. Its size and functionality is amazing.