Pharos Traveler GPS 525

Pharos Traveler GPS 525. The first Pocket GPS to combine WiFi, Bluetooth and Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 in a small, sleek device. Travel with confidence. Pharos Traveler GPS 525 goes everywhere you do, helping you navigate streets and highways anywhere in the US with confidence. It comes preloaded with the top 50 U.S. metropolitan maps. Pharos Traveler GPS uses GPS satellites and digital street maps to show you where you are, locate points of interest, or set a route to your destination. By combining advanced navigation technology with an integrated wireless Windows Mobile device and VOIP capability, the Pharos Traveler GPS 525 is the first pocket-sized GPS device built expressly for the mobile professional.

On our road tests, we found the GPS 525 fairly simple to use. The only major downside was its small screen, which made it especially hard to tap out letters on the unit's tiny on-screen keyboard. The GPS 525's voice-prompt vocabulary also blurts out cryptic phrases like "in one mile exit highway," or "slight right." Since the Pharos lacks text-to-speech conversion, you'll have to look at the screen to confirm the street name for your turn—something that could have you fumbling for your reading glasses.