My new job came with a 700wx and now I'm shopping for toys. GPS is near top of the list.

I have a great Garmin handheld (60cs) GPS that I've been using for about 4 years but now that I've learned the Treo has these options, I'd like to get something for it.

So, from your experience, what's the best route for navigation w/ the Treo? I've seen a couple models that use the SD slot and several that are wireless via BT.

The SD version I can see that you'd obviously lose the use of a memory card. Are there any benefits that outweigh this vs. a BT setup? If I have the SD GPS could I still access the GPS from my laptop vie BT if the need arose?

With the BT version I see the benefit of using a single receiver for either the Treo or my latop depending on the circumstances. The drawbacks being that it requires charging or external power.


And what about software? The Garmin setup I've been using has Garmin's City Select on it and it has been pretty wonderful as far as addresses, business names, etc. go. From what's on the market, what would be comparable? My first instinct would be TomTom but that's just because I know the name. What are the others that are decent?

Well, I will ask you this question as I ask ANYONE that I build a computer for. "How will you be using your device?"

If you can answer that question some of your chopices will become more clear.

As for me, I came from a 6700 to the 700wx. I switched because of the issues that I was having wiht the 6700 that I could no longer deal with. (But that is a different story.) With that said, I bought a BT GPS receiver from Seidio which came with iGuidance GPS software. Which at the time was the software of choice for the 6700.

With my experience, I am glad that I went with the BT GPS reciever for a couple of reasons;

1) I could use the receiver on my laptop.
2) I could install the iGuidance software on the SD card without losing access to the other files on the card.

I have been pretty happy with the set up. As for the charging "drawback" you mention (ref. laptop), well no matter what you do you will have to charge your 700wx anyway so I don't see the difference. And if you have an external BT receiver, well you are going to have to charge that too. So I don't really see the issue here. But maybe that is just me.

As for software, like I mentioned above I am using iGuidance which was the software of choice on the 6700. But I have also had my eye on TomTom. Either one, everybody has their likes and dislikes about each. Since I have never used TomTom, maybe someone could speak up on their experience with it on the 700wx.


Good luck

Well, I got impatient last night and ordered the Garmin GPS 10 BT receiver with software. I found it for $160 which was way better than any other package I've seen. Assuming the mapping software with this is as good as the old City Select it should be a killer deal. I'll post a review soon...