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Old 07-18-2009, 06:05 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by DaleDe View Post
Actually this device is basically hardware and OS only. It requires the installation of user-installed applications even for GPS support.
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Dale, I believe it has some sort of GPS software installed. But (presumably because the installed software sucks :-), they tell us that we can install any other non-hardware dependent GPS application. I think at the end it's just a really badly worded disclaimer, telling us they provide no software support.

Which also means, that mobipocket may be installed. At least this is how I read it.

To address Harry's text size point, I noted above that they do not state the display's resolution (maybe for exactly this reason.)

On the other hand, 5" LCD displays are fairly common, and cheap, so maybe they are at least 480x272, if not 640x480, which would be sufficient improvement over the 24x320, which many Garmin devices employ.

Again, I thought it's so cheap, that someone might be interested (they should ask about the resolution first.) It's also thinner than most, thus more like an e-book.

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