Features:

• Product #: PF080
• Manufacturer: Pharos Science
• Manufacturer Item #: PF080
• UPC: 818948001030

Editor Reviews:

Product Description:
Compatible with most Pocket PCs with a CompactFlash slot, the Pharos Pocket GPS Navigator with CompactFlash includes Pharos' iGPS-360 convertible receiver with a CompactFlash adaptor. Use it directly connected to the CompactFlash Adaptor, or for added flexibility use the CF extension cable for placement and reception. There is no need for an external antenna! With Ostia, Pharos' award-winning navigation software installed on your Pocket PC, you can drive or walk through any city in the US, and locate your current position or quickly find a destination or point of interest. Routes can be calculated and viewed. The automated voice prompts will instruct you when and where to turn. If by chance you go "off-route", the automated voice will give an off-route warning and the system will automatically reroute you to your destination from your current position.

Rating : - Marketing or Mature Product???
It took a lot of research for me to finally find a GPS CF bundle (hardware and software)for a Dell Axim X5. Some how just buying the one Dell pushes was not good enough and here some of what I have learned...

The Pharos units covers the audio input on the top of the X5... why is that important? Well if you are using it in a car and what to use a device to boost the sound of your turn by turn directions (ie. a power PDA car holder) ... Well you would be out of luck.

The product has a lot of kinks, it has trouble with re-routing and over all is a good start but for the same money you can get something that is much better. Look into a Haicom 303...As far as software a lot of it is personal preference - look at the website of the software makers and see if you like the look of the software.

Call Pharos and talk to them... I think you will find that they are more about good marketing, slick name and packaging than a mature product. Like other reviewers I can not see any difference beteen the PF022 and the PFD22 (for Dell) other than something for Dell.

Check 'Buy GPS Now com' for more in depth information about GPS and software products. Amazon has a good start but there is just not enough imformation - like EXACTLY what comes in the box and any thing else (ie cords) that you will need to make it work with your PDA. Since you can not return software once you have installed it - you need all the INFORMATION you can get to pick wisely.