The Treo 800w‘s GPS system is pretty nice. Not only is a custom mapping program integrated with both contacts and point-of-interest searching right in the Today screen, but the hardware is also quite advance and very quick at acquiring your position. The video below illustrates how the GPS works in a number of different programs. Unfortunately, the GPS does not work very well in 3rd party programs like CoPilot Live 7 and TomTom 6. TomTom …
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Palm Treo 800w
Originally published on Pocketnow on July 14, 2008. More Reviews articles from the Pocketnow archive.
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