Magellan GPS Companion Springboard Module for Handspring Visor Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought the Nexian Handy GPS as a Christmas gift. It was an embarassing dud. It failed to lock to any satellite. The manual did not provide help. I then went to the web site for Nexian. It was down... for 3 days during Christmas.
I tried suggestions provided by Amazon users. That failed. I asked the recipient of my gift to go ahead and take their trip and see if it was just a location issue. No, it failed to work at any point in a 1200 mile journey. I returned it and bought this Magellan.
It gets 5 *'s. First, it worked. Second, it has so many utilities to let you know how many satellites it sync'd with, their individual signal strengths, their constellation. Not sure whether they have a help desk, but their web site was up whenever I needed it.
If you're comparison shopping, this one beats the competition in both functionality and (in my experience) reliability.

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Product Description:
Magellan's GPS Companion is a 12-channel global positioning systemreceiver that attaches to the Handspring Visor handheld through the Visor'sSpringboard expansion port. The GPS Companion provides GPS navigationinformation and detailed street maps of the entire United States. Theinformation transferred is in standard NMEA 2.1 format and will work with manyPalm OS GPS and mapping software applications.
The Map Companion CD-ROM contains detailed nationwide street map coverage,divided into over 20,000 county and city files. With these detailed street maps,the GPS Companion can plot your location and enable you to navigate nearbyroads, intersections, and selected points of interest.
The CD-ROM also contains NAV Companion software, which provides you withcomprehensive navigation information, including an analog speedometer, a digitalcompass, and waypoint and route management capabilities. The GPS informationscreens on your Visor will show your speed, heading, and distance to the nextwaypoint.
The GPS Companion is powered by two AAA batteries for up to 10 hours ofcontinuous use. Information from the Map Companion CD-ROM can be downloaded tothe Handspring Visor from either a Windows or Macintosh platform.

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