FEATURES

The unit is well formed to fit in the palm of your hand. All the buttons have a nice tactile feel to them allowing the user to know when the button has engaged. Another great feature is the back light on the buttons. The joypad for controlling selections on the screen is a little stiff but feels rugged unlike the little joysticks found on the Explorist models or competing GPS devices. What you can not do with the joystick you can do with the touch screen.

The screen is very bright and easy to read indoors. Outside the screen has some glare and appears a little faded but still easy to read. The touch screen is great but has one limitation. It is very difficult to use your fingers in the corners because the screen is counter sunk almost half a centimeter into the case. IF you have small fingers no problem. You can use the stylus that comes in the bottom of the unit if you have hands as small as a young child. The stylus is a whopping 4 cm(1.5 inches). The average user will lose the stylus during their first use of the unit or get a finger cramp in after a few minutes of use. Probably best to pick up a multi-pack of regular sized stylus's and tote them along with the GPS.

Buy a bunch of screen protectors for the Mobile Mapper 6. Most likely you will use the most convenient pointy object to work the screen. Sticks, pens, keys, and so on will be your stylus in the middle of the bush.

The built in camera is a 2MP with 3X digital zoom. It takes decent pictures that you can geocode with collected waypoints or track logs using third party software. You can also record videos. Like most digital cameras the Mobile Mapper 6 works best in well lit conditions. Taking a picture in low light is not worth the memory space. Too bad there wasn't a camera flash built in.

The unit sports a bluetooth radio for wireless communications between devices. This means you can share your photos and other files with other BT enabled pocket PC devices.

Professional Software

The optional Mobile mapper software works well and is easy to use. It was easy to find the areas to add new layers and set there main attributes. The buttons on the mobile mapper are made to be used with this software. Simply hit the log button and chose a layer and away you go. Once you have finished your survey the data is in ESRI SHP format so use with standard GIS software is a breeze.

Personal Software

There are many applications available for the PPC that support street navigation. The user should choose the program based on features they find necessary. Some common features that people tend to like are text to speech, 3D maps, trip computer, external POI, upgradeable maps and so on. Some possible titles you may want to load on the Mobile Mapper 6 are I-Guidance, Tomtom Navigator, On Course Navigator, and more.

Conclusion

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