When Garmin Combined a GPS with a PDA: The iQue 3600

Today our phones can guide us to almost any place on Earth. But years before Apple and Google became synonymous with mapping there was another device blazing the trail. Featuring dynamic turn-by-turn directions, the Garmin iQue 3600 drew the map that our smartphones follwed by embedding a GPS into a Palm OS PDA. How did it stack up against its GPS and personal digital assistant competitors in 2003? Can I still get accurate directions from a vintage device released two decades ago? And is it possible to bring it up to date with modern maps? Watch to see me put this retro PDA GPS the test on today's streets.

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= Chapters =

00:00 - Intro
00:16 - Introducing The First PDA with a GPS
05:40 - Inside the iQue
12:58 - Navigating with the iQue
21:23 - The iQue as a PDA
26:49 - Take the Long Way Home

= Links -=

* OpenMapChest - https://www.openmapchest.org/
* Replacing the Battery -    • How To Replace Your Garmin iQue 3600a...  
* iQue Setup CD-ROM image - https://archive.org/details/ique-3600...
* PathAway GPS for Palm OS - https://pathaway.com/PWPalmOS.php

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