April 25, 2004

By: Mark Stern
Website: http://www.handheld-gps-reviews.com

PHAROS ANNOUNCES THE POCKET GPS NAVIGATOR FOR DELL AXIM X3 POCKET PCs

Pharos Science & Applications Inc., a leading provider of portable navigation and location-based services for mobile devices, today announced availability the Pocket GPS Navigator for the Dell Axim X3.

The Pocket GPS Navigator is the perfect navigation solution for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs. Included in this kit is the iGPS-360 convertible GPS receiver a small, slim, and highly sensitive GPS receiver, the serial cable that connects to the sync-port of the Axim X3, award-winning Ostia navigation software, detailed street-level maps of the entire USA, car charger and PDA Holder.

The innovative iGPS-360 convertible receiver uses Pharos’ integrated GPS receiver and antenna design, and SiRF/Star-IIe/LP chipset and architecture and which tracks 12 GPS satellites simultaneously. This configuration gives the Pharos GPS receiver superior performance, enabling fast GPS signal acquisition and reacquisition, and optimum response in dynamic applications such as fast moving vehicles, as well as in demanding signal acquisition environments such as foliage and urban canyons. Combined with its ultra-compact design, WAAS capability, and its universal connectivity, the iGPS-360 presents users with a cost effective, high performance portable navigation capability for the Dell Axim X3 and virtually any other type of mobile computing device.

Pharos’ new feature-rich Ostia 6.0 navigation software allows Pocket PCs to display maps in day and night modes, store recent destinations, resume map display from Text Directions, zoom-in & zoom/out with a slide scale, and record trips -- all with the touch of a button. In addition, Ostia 6.0 will compute multiple-stop routes with user-defined or optimized path options and show detailed destination information upon arrival. All of these features are accessed from a simplified user menu that makes obtaining information on the go easy.

The Pocket GPS Navigator kit gives drivers everything that more expensive, in-vehicle navigation systems do, at a fraction of the price. Drivers can easily access detailed street-level maps, locate any address or intersection within the mapped area, and search from hundreds of thousands of points of interests across the U.S. For more information, on the latest GPS News see gps for laptop.

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