Garmin iQue M5 – It’s A GPS & PDA In One Package!

If you’re main office is the front seat of your 4-door sedan you might want to consider adding a handy GPS/PDA combo to your arsenal of productivity-related gadgets. Not all of us mobile-office types have the luxury of owning a car with a built-in GPS system, but with something like the Garmin iQue M5, you can have have the benefits of both a PDA to remind you of your next important appointment with a client, and a GPS system to get you there on time without too many unneeded turns and backtracks.

Here’s what Garmin has to say about their iQue M5 GPS & PDA–

The iQue M5 is perfect for today’s mobile professional who wants to get from the boardroom to the hotel without asking for directions. Featuring the latest Microsoft® Pocket PC software, Windows Mobile™ 2003 Second Edition, the iQue M5 supports portrait/landscape screen orientation for easy viewing of documents, videos, and web content. It’s powered by a 416-MHz Intel® PXA 272 microprocessor, and it also provides the user with 64 MB of RAM, 64 MB of ROM and data back-up protection. The embedded Bluetooth® transceiver allows the user to establish a personal-area network with computer systems and Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobile phones, other PDAs, and printers. Check e-mail and view documents—then sync seamlessly with your laptop.

Of course, that’s the manufacturer talking, so while you might want to take it with a healthy dose of skepticism, the iQue M5 does seem to be keeping owners happy, with Amazon’s user reviews giving it a healthy four out of five stars. And while the iQue M5 is more expensive than a standard PDA, the benefit of a handheld GPS system may well make it worth your while, particularly if you spend a whole lot of time with your nose buried in a Thomas Guide…

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