Shirley,

Shopping for a handheld GPS.


Well, a few questions to narrow the field:

1. What's your budget?
2. Do you want color?
3. Do you want land navigation, too?
4. Do you own a PocketPC PDA?

Many people tend to look only at the Garmin line of products. However,
Lowrance has a very attractive range, too, and both Jay Honeck and
Aviation Consumer like the AvMap EKP.

Depending on what you need, the choice is more or less between

1. Small, cellphone form factor, light, ultraportable - the Lowrance
Airmap 500 and the new line of Garmins fill that bill

2. Big display greyscale unit. The Lowrance Airmap 1000 and the Garmin
196 do that - at different prices.

3. Big screen color display. Airmap 2000, Garmin 296 and newer, AvMap.

If you answer 4. in the positive, you might want to use your PocketPC
with some software - might provide more options, but adds the "hassle"
factor of PCs.

if you need car nav, too, the Airmap 2000 seems to be the most
cost-effective solution.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)