smorg

One of the projects I am currently working on for work is to find a GPS system we can standardize on for our roaming sales force. We have around 50 remote users who travel all day, every day to every podunk village in the US.

In the past few weeks i have tested several devices (will post about them later I guess), but today i received an HP iPaq 6500 phone/pda/gps from Cingular. Don’t get me started on Cingular, but anyway, yeah, i got the device and am going to be testing it for a few days minimum.

First impressions:
No mapping software included. Costs $129 more! VERY crappy.
Nice bright screen…but square, which is unusual for a PPC device.
Screen cover is a good idea I guess..we’ll see after a few days.
Nice little keyboard with a backlight button and caps lock (!)
No wifi! Sheesh.
Decent software bundle included aside from no mapping stuff.
And finally, for me the worst thing: No auto mounting hardware! Not even a car charger! Do they not realize that people use these in their cars?

Le sigh.

more later.
:)