A few things I learned at palmOne Solutions World, Part 1
by Volker Weber
Since I have worked with two mobile navigation systems over the weekend, I was really eager to talk to lots of people about my own experience, and learn from the experts what they think. Here are some takes:
1. Everybody seems to agree that the Fortuna Clip-On Bluetooth GPS is currently the best device. It runs off a standard Nokia battery (yes, you can swap it yourself) for more than 8 hours straight. I have been told that it gets a quick fix even under very bad conditions and that it generally gets more sat signals than all other devices.
2. My initial judgement that the TomTom Navigator software is the most mature package in the marketplace is shared by almost everybody else. However I also learned that Falk and the people behind DigiMap are very responsive, which makes them good partners to work with.
3. There was lots of talk about the new TomTom Go device (german/english). In Germany it is currently only available through MediaMarkt for 799 EUR. This is the device to get if you are looking for a self contained mobile car navigation system. As this was a palmOne-only event, it was not on display obviously but the navigation people were really excited about it.
4. A Tungsten T3 still has a big honkin' screen. :-)
