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(Note: I've split this article into two pages due to its length and limitations within my weblog editing environment - plus the fact that updates may be neccessary periodically) While this list may look like it gives an edge to... See more » (Note: I've split this article into two pages due to its length and limitations within my weblog editing environment - plus the fact that updates may be neccessary periodically) While this list may look like it gives an edge to TomTom, the list is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. My suggestion is to be even more subjective than this, but a lot less arbitrary and look at these applications yourself. One can download a copy of Mapopolis 2 with demo maps that expire after 9 days. The interface will not be exactly like the Navcard, but it will be close enough. You'll just have to keep in mind that the detail control and the 3D maps are things that aren't available on the Navcard, and that map file management (which is kind of a pain in Mapopolis 2) is no longer an issue with the NavCard. As for TomTom, unfortunately there is no trial software, which is unfortunate. However, you might actually be able to test a very similar software out by going to your local Circuit City, Best Buy, or Car Audio/GPS shop. These places often carry the Update: As you may have seen in one of the comments below, Doug Kozlowsky has added a couple of important clarifications to my review regarding TomTom Navigator. Specifically he says: "TomTom has a battery display that kicks in when the battery gets low (it alternates with the signal strength display). It turns yellow, then orange, then red as the battery level drops." But more importantly: "Mapopolis has a huge incompatibility with the Treo 650 in that it loads maps into memory to work with. Any map over 12 MB or so crashes the 650. I couldn't use it in LA for example since the LA County map is over that size. Perhaps it is related to what else I had loaded." If this is accurate, while this will probably only be a problem for a few very dense maps like LA, it is still a big problem considering the Treo 650's memory issues. Those memory issues will probably be alleviated some on GSM models as they already have with Sprint models via a firmware update, but 12MB is still a lot to keep free even so. Another Update: There has been a lot of talks in the comments about another version of TomTom coming out, called TomTom 5, which apparently fixes some of the previous limitations (like address book interaction), and adds some tantalizing new possibilities, like access to traffic and other information. This supposedly will be a free upgrade to current TomTom 2004 customers, but I'm not counting on anything until there is an definitive official statement, which there really hasn't been yet. The new TomTom 5 comes with a GPS which contains a newer chipset than the 2004 package, one that theoretically should mean even better reception, faster response, etc. Any additional news I get will be posted as another update. posted Thursday, 24 February 2005 links: digg this del.icio.us technorati See less »

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