Garmin International this week unveiled the iQue 3600, a Palm OS PDA with built-in Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities, at the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The iQue 3600 runs Palm OS 5 and has a 150MHZ processor and 32MB of memory, the highest amount of memory ever put in a Palm OS device. It also features an SD card slot, a 3.8-inch 230x480-pixel display that supports over 60,000 colors, an MP3 player and a voice recorder. GPS features include location awareness (10 feet or less with WAAS), address look-up, auto routing, turn-by-turn navigation with voice guidance, off-route recalculation and a contact locator, which connects the Palm Address Book and Date Book to the GPS electronic map to give the user the ability to navigate directly to a specific address within the user's contact database. The device measures 5.0 x 2.8 x 0.8-inches and weighs 5.2 ounces.
In addtion to the standard Palm OS applications, including Address Book, Calculator, Date Book, Expense, Mail, Memo Pad and To Do List, the iQue 3600 also bundles the Palm Reader eBook application. The iQue 3600 is slated to offer trial versions of several third-party applications, including those from Astraware, DataViz, Infinity Softworks, LinksPoint, SplashData and Vindigo. Third-party developers can add location awareness to their applications using Garmin's application programmer interface. Garmin is also working with Handango to create a private-label software storefront for users.
