Built in GPS: Practical Applications in PDAs

When you're rushing from a late meeting to your child's t-ball game, you need to know exactly where you are going or you could miss him or her getting a hit or catching the ball. You have a PDA - a personal digital (or data) assistant, so shouldn't your "assistant" be able to help you get there? Now it can!

There is a new kind of PDA with GPS embedded which can keep your schedule, allow people to reach you, AND help you navigate to where you are trying to go.

These PDAs with built-in GPS are handheld and come preloaded with maps of your country, text- and voice-driven turn-by-turn directions, and listings of points of interest such as gas stations and stores.

Some things to look for in a PDA with built-in GPS:

- text to voice capabilities so you don't have to always look at the small screen while driving.

- The ability to automatically update your GPS enabled PDA through a computer so you get the latest changes in road maps

- Good service coverage so you are never "almost there" when your map blacks out.

Good luck with your new and improved personal assistant with built-in GPS.