Customer Reviews
Decent PDA/GPS For a very decent price 
2007-11-21
I like the Navman, for the price, and the features you get. I did find, like the other writer did, that it can take some time to acquire the GPS signal, sometimes. Usually, when it does have a delay, it's like 2 to three minutes. I've never experienced anything close to an hour.
It can be somewhat cumbersome to enter addresses, but, overall, I think it's a great little gadget.
Also, to the writer who stated that the pegs are in the wrong place on the cradle for the unit? Those pegs are actually adjustable, so you can slide them to where you need them.
buy a GPS with SIRF star III chip 2007-09-28
Pros:
- It was the cheapest PocketPC with GPS in the market when I bought it a year ago.
Cons:
- no built-in Wi-Fi. Need to buy a SDIO Wi-Fi card for internet access.
- the GPS signal reception is very poor.
- The navigation software Navman SmartST doesn't have TTS (Text-To-Speech). For example, it only announces "turn right in 0.1 mile" rather than "turn right on Main Street in 0.1 mile."
I would recommend a GPS with SIRF star III chip for much better signal reception.
You get what you pay for 
2007-09-08
Inexpensive PDA with a bonus - a NAV system.
One big inconvenience: The PDA (yup, Windows based) crashes every time the calendar pops up a reminder for an appointment. Tech supports response: re-boot.
Also, the maps are not the most accurate to the street address level. There are several occasions where the NAV system could leave me a block or two from the true destination. We're talking major city & suburbs, here, not rural.
Lastly, the addresses are clumsy to input. They require a zipcode or township in many cases. It will allow you to choose a destination from your contact list, but that never does well. If the address is not entered EXACTLY as the Navman expects it, you will have to re-enter it in the format Navman wants.
For example,
123 N. Main St.
Suite 200
Anytown, USA 12345
It won't recognize N. Main St.
You will have to change it to Main and it will give you choices, one of which will be N Main St. You have to choose the item & confirm.
Then you will have to re-enter the house number & confirm twice.
Cleverly, it offers an opportunity to save the 'revised' address, in my case, without the suite number which is important, and ALL IN CAPS. That shouldn't be a problem, but it then replaces the correct address in Outlook with the incomplete/improper Navman address.
This process could be made much simpler. I hope they put some thought into that.
Again, you get what you pay for.
Useful on Road or in Office 
2007-05-21
I liked Navman pocket PC with GPS. It is simple to use and has enough features for those looking for a pocket pc to store email, contacts and some files. Also good companion while on Road (I named this gadget with my wife name - showing directions while moving)
2 bad things about this product; 1. Maps are old, not sure how to get latest maps. 2. I am still not able to connect to my wireless router (comcast broadband) for internet access.
Goes with me everywhere! 2007-05-19
I love this thing. OK - my wife hates that I love it but she doesn't want to give me directions half the time anyway. So she argues with the way it routes sometimes - which can be amusing.
It was an excellent deal for the money at around $200 discounted. The only feature it is lacking is WiFi which I bought an SDIO card from e-bay for. Of course browsing on a PDA is not as great a feature as it seems and when I am using the SDIO card, I don't have my 2GB SD card - oh yeah, you need a larger card to load more than a few states at once. When traveling, it would be nice to have a USB travel charger to connect it to my laptop for power as the included wall wart + cable is a bit annoying to carry around and running out to the car to charge is also a pain.
Not sure about the reviewer complaining about the mount - it is actually a lot better than I would expect but some cleaning of the windshield helps to make it stick better. I haven't had problems with the maps being outdated either although I believe they are [...].
My wife does like to play games on it - mainly the puzzle type so sometimes we fight over it. Support was a bit slow but in the end came through for me.
A few times in the beginning it would crash on long trips but it hasn't crashed in a while - I tell it to backup every now and then just in case. I would not recommend this to a non-technical person looking for a GPS to stay in the car as there are larger, more expensive models for this but for someone looking for a PDA with GPS capability, it is a win-win for less than a cost of either in most cases.
Navman is great 
2007-01-23
From your desk to your dashboard the Navman PiN 570 will navigate you through your day.Navman introduces Personal Interactive Navigation. The PiN 570 is a fully Drive-Away product, with maps of Australia preloaded for ease of use. The map data covers all metropolitan areas, most regional districts and country towns.The PiN 570 arrives with a dedicated navigation button offering direct access to the SmartST feature packed software with 3D maps, voice guidance, touch-screen and easy navigation.
quick shippment, user unfriendly, lost reception from time to time 2007-01-10
i don't recommend this product
It is Ok for that price 2007-01-09
It is not bad, but needs some improvements. Good things about it are 3D display and price. Using 3D you can see the road ahead in advance. It is very useful when you drive in the dark.
It is slow to get signal whenever it starts. Also It is not as accurate as other GPS. When I enter some address numbers it cannot recognize them and set the destination to the city.
Another wish item is the cable used to charge and to communicate with a computer. It is bulky and not easy to use. Usually PDAs have their own cradle, but this does not. That means the socket for the cable in this device can be damaged if you are not careful. I had that kind of experience with my previous cellphone and I needed to buy new one.
Comparison between PiN 100 and PiN 570 2006-12-06
I had used PiN 100 for about a year, then accidentally broke it, so bought a PiN 570. After about 10 days' use, here's a comparison between PiN 570 and PiN 100.
1. GPS functionality. PiN 100 worked smoothly right out of box in this respect. But PiN 570 had been giving me quite some headache for about a week until I finally grasped all the tricks after doing a lot of research online and conducting experiments myself.
First trick is that, when the mapping software on PiN 570 complains GPS Device Not Found, go to Settings -> GPS and tap on the "ON" box. Somtimes the GPS is automatically turned off (nobody seems to no why) after you exit your mapping software. Sometimes the GPS is actually off even when the "ON" box is highlighted. So you want to tap on "ON" anyway no matter what it shows, then start your map software again, then the GPS Device would be back after a few seconds.
Second trick is regarding the angle of GPS receiver. When you use PiN 570 in car (in the windshield cradle, in an up-straight position), a common mistake that novice users often make is to unfold the GPS receiver fully to 180 degrees so the GPS receiver points straight up. However, this is a very bad angle for the GPS receiver to detect satellite signals, because a large part of sky is blocked in the car. What you want to do is to unfold the GPS receiver to a smaller angle so that it points forward, to the front of car. That way the GPS receiver under the windshield would have a much easier time receiving satellite signals. PiN 100 didn't have this problem, because its GPS receiver was designed so that you could unfold it to at most 140 degrees or so, hence its GPS receiver naturally points forward, not up straight. In this respect I'd like to say that the PiN 570 GPS receiver design (which allows user to unfold the GPS receiver to 180 degrees) is much worse than that of PiN 100, causing quite some frustrating trouble for novice users when trying to use GPS in car.
Speaking of car windshield cradle, I feel the cradle that comes with PiN 570 is designed much better than the one that came with PiN 100. In the old days when I used PiN 100, it's difficult to keep the Pocket PC in a upstraight position for a long time, because the cradle slips to left or right easily when driving on not-so-even roads. Now with PiN 570, the cradle holds the machine much more stably, never slipping. I am very happy with this improvement.
2. Size and appearance. PiN 570 is quite a bit larger than PiN 100. I used to be able to easily slip PiN 100 in my pants pocket. But with the new PiN 570 I can't do the same. Also, the pure gray appearance of PiN 100 looks more sleaky than the black-and-gray of PiN 570. But that's just my personal taste.
3. Speed. PiN 570 seems faster than PiN 100. When using MS Reader the read e-books, when I try to look up words with Encarta Pocket Dictionary, PiN 100 used to need 5-6 seconds to find a word, while PiN only needs 1-2 seconds, a big improvement that also makes me quite happy.
So overall, after grasping all the GPS tricks, PiN 570 is quite good a purchase. Only problem to me is its size, but I'll put up with it.
Navman PiN 570 - You Get What You Pay For!! 2006-11-12
I've just bought this unit this past week and this is what I've noticed:
1) The price is very reasonable for a pocket navigation system with a built in PDA.
2) Very easy to transfer maps or synchronize with ActivSync.
3) It's very easy to learn, but the process of entering locations is very cumbersome.
4) The maps are very outdated. For example, I entered my sister's house, which is in a major city and was built 30 years ago and the Navman maps cannot find it. Another example: I enter my work address (I work for a public utility which has existed since 1880 and the building was built in the 1930's) and, lo and behold, this address and nearest cross street is not in the maps. One more example (although I can provide many more): I enter the address and/or intersection of a major casino in Reno, NV, which has been in existence for over 30 years, and this is also not included in the maps.
5) Technical support is only available during business hours on weekdays. Not very convenient for those of us who work for a living.
6) The features do not work consistently. I tried pulling up a destination from my contacts listing and the listing does not appear. This feature worked three days ago. After a few days, this feature started working again.
7) I used the navigation system on my trip from the S.F. Bay Area to Reno, NV, a trip of approx. 250 miles each way. The navigation system worked fine on the way to Reno and recalculated fairly quickly when I deviated from the recommended route. Once I got to Reno, the battery was drained (although I had it plugged into my car) and the software crashed, thus losing all the data stored on its internal memory. Fortunately, my maps was stored on a separate memory card. On the way home from Reno, the Navman took almost a full hour to acquire a GPS signal. Once the signal was acquired, the Navman worked as expected.
8) The mount for the Navman is not designed properly. The Navman cannot be held securely in its cradle when the adapter is connected. The pegs where the Navman sits are not wide enough to accomodate the plug.
The bottom line is, you get what you pay for. For the cost of this item, it can easily replace your existing PDA with a somewhat usable navigation system built-in. If you do a lot of driving and need a reliable working navigation system, I don't recommend you get this.
