Pharos Tool Knows Where Its At

Pharos Tool Knows Where Its At

Written By
Jason Brooks
Jason Brooks
Oct 7, 2002
1 minute read
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Recently, I took for a spin the Pocket GPS Portable Navigator, a GPS-enabling Pocket PC add-on from Pharos Science and Applications. What stood out immediately for me about the Portable Navigator was its CompactFlash connector—a couple of years ago, I tested a Pharos GPS product that hooked up to specific Casio handhelds across the synchronization port.

In fact, a great many makers of handheld device add-ons deliver products locked to a single type of device. In a space with as many design shifts as the PDA business, this seems like a recipe for user frustration and unsold units.

The $250 Portable Navigator comes with regional maps that I could load onto my test Toshiba e740 as needed. With a combo of turn-by-turn directions and voice prompts, the GPS receiver and mapping software made it easy for me to figure out how to reach destinations.

More information about the Portable Navigator can be obtained at www.pharosgps.com.

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