Pharos Drive 135 All in One GPS Navigation Unit with 3.5" Color Screen, MP3 Player, and 2 GB SDd with US and Canada Street Maps
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Manufacturer: Pharos
Model: PDR135
Binding: Electronics
Publisher: Pharos
Label: Pharos
Modem: None
Features for Pharos Drive 135 All in One GPS Navigation Unit with 3.5" Color Screen, MP3 Player, and 2 GB SDd with US and Canada Street Maps:
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Customer Reviews
A little out dated 
2008-09-04
Item recieved has software and maps from 2005, and is a little slow. It also doesn't pick the fastest routes like advertised due to, in my opinion old software.
worst product I ever used! 
2007-12-05
It is the worst product I ever used. I bought it in Dec 2006. I used it for just several times during the following half an year. Both its software and hardware suck! Its map and directions have too many errors. Not clear voice reminder to turn. Display is very confusing. And it dies from time to time. I have to reset it for many times when I was driving on the highway. In May 2007, I found its all maps disappear automatically. I have to send it back to reinstall. I got it back after a long time. Then I used it again in Nov 2007. I found that it does not have all the maps. It has the map around my home, but no map around my destination. Anyway, I used it for half of the trip, but when I was on the highway, its screen became black, no display, no any voices. I cannot turn it on/off. I cannot reset it again. It is totally dead!!!!!!!!!! I guess I used it for less than one year, totally less than 30 hours, but now it is totally dead! I even hate to waste time on sending it back to fix it! I decide to buy a garmin gps instead. Never buy any product from this company.
Good Value! 
2007-11-18
I am very happy with this product! Not as nice as some more expensive, but if you need a solid gps for in car use, this is the one!
Don't do it. 2007-09-01
I bought it brand new and I will tell you, this thing is piece of junk. It's the equivalent of that 8 Ball toy you shake for your fortune.
Trust me, pass onto another GPS.
The pure seething aggravation you feel for this thing will outweigh the money you save. I can't even in good conscious put it for up sale, because I know the person will ask me for their money back by the next day.
The manufacture's website is total joke. With non-existent customer service. Save for another month and buy a TomTom.
It freezes and the map has issues 
2007-05-26
This gps freeze a lot. The softwares has bug. Its has a low CPU 266 mhz which mean it take more time to do things which other gps with a cpu 400+ mhz does instantly. This GPS you will have to do a lot of resetting as a normal use.
Good for the price 
2007-01-24
The Drive GPS 135 is a powerful portable GPS navigation system offering built in maps, voice prompts and turn-by-turn driving directions. Maps are displayed on a brilliant 3.5" touch screen color display and GPS positions are calculated by the highly sensitive SiRF star III chipset. For added entertainment when driving long distances, the 135 also comes equipped with a photo viewer and an MP3 player. The unit is built with travel in mind given its thin design, making it easy for mobile professionals to carry in a briefcase when on business trips. The 135 comes with everything you need to power the unit and display it in your vehicle.
Hopeful, but let down by poor quality 2007-01-19
Had a very difficult timer getting this unit to work. 9 out of 10 times it would lock up just trying to power it on and calibrate the touch screen. Once calibrated, it would lock up every 3-5 days of use requiring a power off and then try cycling it several times till it woudl finally calibrate and be used. unacceptable to have it crap out and require that I stop the car and fiddle with it to get it operating again so i could complete my journey. prolly just a defective unit, but the POI data was horrid as well so back it went. Even at $130 from Dell, not worth the hassle. Got authorization from Dell to return it even though they say all returns must occur within 21 days.
Major Flaw 2007-01-14
I had this unit for about a month before I decided that I had enough. Unless you use (charge) the unit every day, the battery dies and you will have to recalibrate the touch screen every time you use the unit. This one characteristic negates any positive this unit may exhibit.
This GPS is not good 2007-01-10
I have used this gps for about 1 month. As far as now, I have big trouble with this product.Maybe I am just not smart enough to use it.There are several problems.
First: sometimes it will spend a lot of time to lock on the satellite signal, > 1 min.
Second: the processor is really slow. very hard to tolerate.
Third: the database of Point of Interest is too small, I even cannot find a nearby Walmart through this gps.
Fourth: the voice system is bad.
I am not able to use any other service from this gps other than the "follow me up" function.
I DO NOT recommend anybody to buy this product.
Accurate GPS Unit for a good price 2006-12-29
I have been using this for 1 month now and it has gotten me everywhere I asked it to. Although a little on the slow side (266mhz) it is very accurate and comes with extra features that I personally don't use. The retail price at $300 is a little high, but I would not hesitate to buy this unit for under 200. Also its GPS signal is very strong, I can even get it inside my apt complex.
