+DustyWalker Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 (edited) My boss is looking at purchasing some iPaq rx5900 travel companion PDA's for our field staff, and has asked my opinion. I don't know much about them. Does anyone have experience with this unit and /or Tom Tom software? Edited February 2, 2007 by DustyWalker Quote Link to comment
Henissland Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 My boss is looking at purchasing some iPaq rx5900 travel companion PDA's for our field staff, and has asked my opinion. I don't know much about them. Does anyone have experience with this unit and /or Tom Tom software? I use one for work all the time. I love it. I can keep my notes on the Travel Companion, along with calender and everything. It's a PDA and a GPS all in one, now that I have it, I can't live without it!! The battery however is short lived. I don't recommend using it for Geocaching, I'm having a difficult time with it. Does anybody have any suggestions with using the HP Travel Companion with GPS (TomTom)? Quote Link to comment
dogwalkers2 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 It's handy if you use a PDA and for travelling around on roads. The TomTom software is definitely no good for off road use. Get a proper handheld GPS for that. Also, although fairly useful for travelling in a vehicle, TomTom's North America map is out of date. There are some major routes in my area that have changed considerably in the last bunch of years - TomTom still has the old routes, while Garmin's CityNav 2008 has the updated routes. So, in short, if you are looking for PDA funcionality, coupled with a need for a GPS for on-road work, the rx5900 is good. If you want a PDA but will be working off-road - get a PDA plus a handheld GPS. If you only need the GPS, get something else (Nuvi for on-road, handheld for off-road). Quote Link to comment
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