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Old September 2nd 03, 04:56 AM
Phil Verghese
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David Megginson wrote in
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The software and actual weather info is free. You need to buy a Palm
VII (or a Palm V with a wireless modem), and you need a subscription
with palm.net (for the Palm VII):


The Palm VII is discontinued, but you can get them pretty cheap on eBay.
You could also buy a new Palm i705 (about $160 and much smaller than the
VII) which also works with palm.net. I used it on a recent trip with great
results. Yeah the weather can be up to an hour old, but I use the
information to make big routing changes, not to thread my way through the
cells.

http://www.palmone.com/us/products/palmi705

Be sure to check the coverage map:
http://www.palmone.com/us/products/palmi705/map.html. It's pretty spotty
out west, but pretty good in the east.

Phil
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