HP iPAQ 300 Travel Companion

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://tinyurl.com/3cmlg4' target='_blank'>http://tinyurl.com/3cmlg4</a><br /><br /></div><a href="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/ppct/2007/ipaq300-highres.jpg"><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/ppct/2007/ipaq300-lowres.jpg" /></a><br />[click image above for high-resolution photo]<br /><br />This device isn't running Windows Mobile, but it is running Windows CE 5.0, so I'll include it for the sake of completeness. In a nutshell, this is one bad-ass GPS: a 600 mhz Centrality Titan CPU (anything named Titan just has to be cool), a 4.3 inch 16-bit touch screen at 800 x 480 resolution, 128 MB of RAM, up to 2 GB of Flash ROM, a 1700 mAh battery, an SDHC slot for expansion, speakers, 3.5mm headphone jack, and a miniUB port for charging. That screen resolution is impressive - I want a portable media player with that resolution, forget about the GPS part. ;-) The HP iPAQ 300 Travel Companion weighs in at 6.6 ounces and is 3.4 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches in size. It's going to cost $449 USD. <a href="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/ppct/2007/iPAQ_300_datasheet_Final.pdf">Check out the complete spec sheet</a> if you want more details.

[Rob Alexander]

Okay, this is kind of weird. On the web site, it says, "Before you go, you can customize your itinerary on your PC and download it to your iPAQ 310 Travel Companion; then it will guide you turn by turn to your destinations."

This makes it sound like it's not a fully independent GPS and that you'll have to first plan your trip on your PC to get it to navigate anywhere. Please tell me no one is stupid enough to design a GPS device that works that way. :twak:

[Jason Dunn]

This makes it sound like it's not a fully independent GPS and that you'll have to first plan your trip on your PC to get it to navigate anywhere.

I can't say for sure, but I somehow doubt that - I suspect they're just saying you can create complex multi-stop trips on the PC if you want. But who knows? I'm no GPS expert. :-)

[ADBrown]

This makes it sound like it's not a fully independent GPS and that you'll have to first plan your trip on your PC to get it to navigate anywhere.

I can't say for sure, but I somehow doubt that - I suspect they're just saying you can create complex multi-stop trips on the PC if you want. But who knows? I'm no GPS expert. :-)

I would guess that it's done that way for convenience, so that you're not fussing around trying to create a route on the device, which can be sometimes a real hassle, even if you're not the one driving.

[Rob Alexander]

Perhaps that is what it means, then. Sheesh, I hope so 'cause that would just be beyond stupid. But if it's as you guys think and it's just an option to plan out a trip on your computer to save the trouble of entering on the touch screen (but you can still fully navigate with the touch screen), then that would be a feature worth having.

[Jaybot]

I can say with more than relative certainty that it will definitely have a fully functional GPS system with the latest GPS software on it ;)