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Navman PiN 570 Portable PC / GPS Navigator | 
 enlarge | Brand: Navman
Category: CE
List Price: $499.99
Buy Used: $109.00
You Save: $390.99 (78%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile for Pocket PC 2003 Premium
CPU Speed: 266
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Modem: None
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9999
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.2 x 0.2
MPN: ICN570
Model: ICN570
UPC: 817186000041
EAN: 0817186000041
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: GPS & Charger ONLY!!! Has scratches. NO BOX NO MANUAL NO SOFTWARE NO CABLES NO STYLUS Maps NOT included
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| Features:
| • | Combines a Pocket PC PDA device with a powerful GPS navigation system | | • | Contains mobile versions of Microsoft Office applications, a music player, games, photo viewing, and more | | • | Features 3D door-to-door maps and voice directions, all at the press of a button | | • | Back-on-track rerouting quickly recalculates your route when you take a wrong turn | | • | Comes with all North American maps, including Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and Guam, on CD-ROM |
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Amazon.com Product Description
If you're on the go a lot, you need a device that can combine personal information management, scheduling, and navigation features into a single, pocketable device. The PiN 570 from Navman is just such a device. It can change the way you work and play. 
Navigate to contacts in your Outlook address book. | 
Fits in the palm of your hand. | Enter a contact, make an appointment, and get voice guidance to that appointment location when you need it. And while you're at it, enjoy the convenience of a Windows Mobile device with mobile versions of your favorite applications, music, games, photos, and more. 
Navigation and PDA features, all in one. | Because the PiN 570 is made by Navman, it's first and foremost a navigation device. The unit's GPS navigation system will guide you with 3-D door-to-door maps and voice directions, all at the press of a button. You can travel directly to your Microsoft Outlook contacts using the PiN 570's integrated 12-channel GPS receiver, which is powered by Navman's SmartST 2005 software. Turn-by-turn voice guidance, back-on-track rerouting, a choice of 2-D or 3-D map perspectives, a points-of-interest database for your map region, and multiple route planning are just some of the features packed into the PiN 570's navigation software. You'll also get the convenience of area avoidance--if traffic is bad, you can tell the unit to automatically change your route and keep you moving. The Navman PiN 570 comes complete with North American maps, including Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and Guam, on CD-ROM, so you can easily download your preferred region to an included SecureDigital (SD) Card. The PiN 570 sports a 3.5-inch landscape LCD with 320 x 240 resolution and support for up to 65,000 colors--plenty of room for detailed map views, as well as for the unit's integrated PDA functions. Get all the functionality you expect from a Windows Mobile 2003 device, including pocket versions of Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel. You can also listen to music and MP3 files, play games, or store and view digital photos. The PiN 570's interface is touchscreen-enabled, so every function is just a few taps away. And because the 570 fits in the palm of your hand, you can move from car to car or set out on foot with powerful features at your fingertips. From your desk to your dashboard, the Navman PiN 570 will navigate you through your day.
What's in the Box
PiN 570 unit, SmartST 2005 3D navigation software with preloaded TeleAtlas Mapping Data, AC charger, DC in-car charger, USB data transfer cable, flexible windshield mount, and leather-feel carry case.
Product Description
From your desk to your dashboard the Navman PiN 570 will navigate you through your day.Navman introduces Personal Interactive Navigation. The PiN 570 is a fully Drive-Away product, with maps of Australia preloaded for ease of use. The map data covers all metropolitan areas, most regional districts and country towns.The PiN 570 arrives with a dedicated navigation button offering direct access to the SmartST feature packed software with 3D maps, voice guidance, touch-screen and easy navigation.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Nice for the price! October 8, 2006
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
This is a decent GPS device and a fine Pocket PC. I'd give it 3.5 stars if possible.
Pros:
1) It's a perfectly decent Pocket PC. I've owned several, and this is no worse than any of them except for CPU speed and RAM. It's perfectly OK and actually pretty decent looking. Its lights (charging, charged, etc.) keep you well informed.
2) The GPS functions work pretty well. The software for the PC is quite good. You can load maps to main memory and/or the SD card (your choice per map). You get a lot of control with reasonable ease of use. The US maps seem pretty good (but not up-to-date with the very latest street changes).
3) It's priced VERY attractively. Consider that you're getting a fully-functional PDA (with MP3 playback, games you can download, etc.) AND a GPS device with a 3.5" color touch-screen. Amazon is a great retailer and has a good price, but I did manage to pay fifty less on sale elsewhere.
4) If you make a "wrong" turn (intentionally or not), it's pretty quick to recalculate the route and give intelligent new instructions.
5) You can switch among 4 screens while navigating: 2D map (and you can zoom in & out and drag to scroll), 3D map, list of directions with current step highlighted, or a "large" screen of what the next major step will be (and how soon). To avoid being distracted while driving, that last screen may be your best friend. You probably don't need the maps much while driving -- just while planning the trip or if you pull over. DON'T DRIVE DISTRACTED!
6) This may annoy some people, but I like that it gives verbal directions about upcoming forks/intersections, even if you only need to continue going straight. It's reassuring.
Cons:
1) The mounting hardware is somewhat awkward. The device needs a pretty good line-of-sight to the satellites, so you really want it close to the windshield (unless you buy an external antenna, which I may).
2) Entering destination addresses is slow because the software tries to anticipate what you're entering as you enter each part. It has to consult its database, so you must wait until it creates a list of possibilities at each step. But you only have to do this occasionally (when you enter locations), so it's not a big deal. It doesn't affect you at driving time.
3) It doesn't speak the names of the streets as it tells you to turn. Some GPS devices (including the one in my wife's Motorola RAZR V3m phone) do. Again, not a huge issue.
4) The screen can get washed out in bright sunlight, especially since you need to have it pretty close to the glass (windshield) for it to have a consistent connection to the satellites. But if you've looked at the map ahead of time, you really don't need the screen that much while driving -- the voice will tell you what to do. Another side effect of having to mount it so close to the glass is that it's farther from your face, so it can be harder to read. But, as I said before, if you get an external antenna, then you can presumably mount the PDA anywhere, so it will be more shaded and closer to your eyes.
Bottom line:
If you're wealthy, get a car with a large, built-in navigation system. If you're semi-wealthy, get a stand-alone, larger-screen, top-of-the line nav system for 3 or 4 times this price. But if you are on a budget and want a nice nav system and a good PDA for one low price, this can't be beat!
PS: I did NOT experience the crashing or power problems that another reviewer mentioned.
Great GPS with PDA functions January 17, 2006
17 out of 22 found this review helpful
I recently bought this item. The GPS functions are great but take a little getting used to. Your can plan a trip and the PIN 570 will tell you where to turn and quite cleaverly if you decide to take a different rout it will re compute the rest of the journey after warning that you have deviated from planned rout. It can be set to avoid toll roads and for varous ather settings.
As well as GPS devive its a regular PDA with adress, phone numbers, games and other utilities that run under Winsows Mobile.
 Adequate -but could have been great June 24, 2006
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
I bought my PiN 570 in London before starting a 6 week trip around the UK. Being a Kiwi, I thought I'd support the Kiwi product.
Out of the box, the unit is well constructed, and has enough weight not to feel like a toy. The interface is a little cluttered, but the unit is a PDA rather than just a personal SATNAV, so you have to expect a little bit of on-screen infrastructure to handle the units other functions.
The unit took quite a long time to get a satellite fix -sometimes more than two minutes. The SATNAV interface is not particularly intuitive -but it can be learned by reading the documentation.
On the unit I bought, there were a couple of hardware/software problems. Pressing the joystick in the wrong direction during navigation caused the system to crash, which nothing (not even switching the unit off) would fix. This was only resolved by rebooting the unit, with the loss of all data stored and the tiresome "tap the screen here" re-initialisation procedure. This problem was a king-sized pain in the rear, as the joystick is used to navigate through some functions and it was easy to jog it in the wrong direction.
The second problem revolved around a power cable that wouldn't stay attached -the slightest knock and it would pop out enough to cause the battery to stop charging. This turned out to be a hairline crack in one of the side clips of the power plug jack. Once the cable was replaced, this problem was solved.
The maps were useful and accurate, but some of the underlying information was not. In Shrewsbury and Edinburgh in particular, Betty wanted to take us the wrong way down one-way streets. In Edinburgh she took us to the centre of the city, then declared that there was no satellite coverage, so we were on our own.
After owning the unit for 6 weeks, I decided that the constant crashing was too risky to take to the States (where warranty on a UK purchased item might be a problem) so I returned the unit. Customer service was great, and I received a full refund almost immediately.
This product could have been, and should have been one of my prized "can't be without it" units in my array of gadgetry. Instead faulty manufacture and poor interface design meant it was returned, and the money went somewhere else.
Unit build quality - 5 Stars
Accessory build quality - 3 Stars (faulty power coupling)
Software nuts-and-bolts programming - 4 Stars
Software stability - 1 Star (constant crashing needing reboot)
Software interface design -2 Stars (if you need to read a manual to make it work, then a better design is needed)
Customer Service - 4 Stars
Navman PiN 570 - You Get What You Pay For!! November 12, 2006
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I've just bought this unit this past week and this is what I've noticed:
1) The price is very reasonable for a pocket navigation system with a built in PDA.
2) Very easy to transfer maps or synchronize with ActivSync.
3) It's very easy to learn, but the process of entering locations is very cumbersome.
4) The maps are very outdated. For example, I entered my sister's house, which is in a major city and was built 30 years ago and the Navman maps cannot find it. Another example: I enter my work address (I work for a public utility which has existed since 1880 and the building was built in the 1930's) and, lo and behold, this address and nearest cross street is not in the maps. One more example (although I can provide many more): I enter the address and/or intersection of a major casino in Reno, NV, which has been in existence for over 30 years, and this is also not included in the maps.
5) Technical support is only available during business hours on weekdays. Not very convenient for those of us who work for a living.
6) The features do not work consistently. I tried pulling up a destination from my contacts listing and the listing does not appear. This feature worked three days ago. After a few days, this feature started working again.
7) I used the navigation system on my trip from the S.F. Bay Area to Reno, NV, a trip of approx. 250 miles each way. The navigation system worked fine on the way to Reno and recalculated fairly quickly when I deviated from the recommended route. Once I got to Reno, the battery was drained (although I had it plugged into my car) and the software crashed, thus losing all the data stored on its internal memory. Fortunately, my maps was stored on a separate memory card. On the way home from Reno, the Navman took almost a full hour to acquire a GPS signal. Once the signal was acquired, the Navman worked as expected.
8) The mount for the Navman is not designed properly. The Navman cannot be held securely in its cradle when the adapter is connected. The pegs where the Navman sits are not wide enough to accomodate the plug.
The bottom line is, you get what you pay for. For the cost of this item, it can easily replace your existing PDA with a somewhat usable navigation system built-in. If you do a lot of driving and need a reliable working navigation system, I don't recommend you get this.
Comparison between PiN 100 and PiN 570 December 6, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I had used PiN 100 for about a year, then accidentally broke it, so bought a PiN 570. After about 10 days' use, here's a comparison between PiN 570 and PiN 100.
1. GPS functionality. PiN 100 worked smoothly right out of box in this respect. But PiN 570 had been giving me quite some headache for about a week until I finally grasped all the tricks after doing a lot of research online and conducting experiments myself.
First trick is that, when the mapping software on PiN 570 complains GPS Device Not Found, go to Settings -> GPS and tap on the "ON" box. Somtimes the GPS is automatically turned off (nobody seems to no why) after you exit your mapping software. Sometimes the GPS is actually off even when the "ON" box is highlighted. So you want to tap on "ON" anyway no matter what it shows, then start your map software again, then the GPS Device would be back after a few seconds.
Second trick is regarding the angle of GPS receiver. When you use PiN 570 in car (in the windshield cradle, in an up-straight position), a common mistake that novice users often make is to unfold the GPS receiver fully to 180 degrees so the GPS receiver points straight up. However, this is a very bad angle for the GPS receiver to detect satellite signals, because a large part of sky is blocked in the car. What you want to do is to unfold the GPS receiver to a smaller angle so that it points forward, to the front of car. That way the GPS receiver under the windshield would have a much easier time receiving satellite signals. PiN 100 didn't have this problem, because its GPS receiver was designed so that you could unfold it to at most 140 degrees or so, hence its GPS receiver naturally points forward, not up straight. In this respect I'd like to say that the PiN 570 GPS receiver design (which allows user to unfold the GPS receiver to 180 degrees) is much worse than that of PiN 100, causing quite some frustrating trouble for novice users when trying to use GPS in car.
Speaking of car windshield cradle, I feel the cradle that comes with PiN 570 is designed much better than the one that came with PiN 100. In the old days when I used PiN 100, it's difficult to keep the Pocket PC in a upstraight position for a long time, because the cradle slips to left or right easily when driving on not-so-even roads. Now with PiN 570, the cradle holds the machine much more stably, never slipping. I am very happy with this improvement.
2. Size and appearance. PiN 570 is quite a bit larger than PiN 100. I used to be able to easily slip PiN 100 in my pants pocket. But with the new PiN 570 I can't do the same. Also, the pure gray appearance of PiN 100 looks more sleaky than the black-and-gray of PiN 570. But that's just my personal taste.
3. Speed. PiN 570 seems faster than PiN 100. When using MS Reader the read e-books, when I try to look up words with Encarta Pocket Dictionary, PiN 100 used to need 5-6 seconds to find a word, while PiN only needs 1-2 seconds, a big improvement that also makes me quite happy.
So overall, after grasping all the GPS tricks, PiN 570 is quite good a purchase. Only problem to me is its size, but I'll put up with it.
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