Mobile Crossing WP200 Way Point Pocket PC and GPS Navigation System

Average customer rating:

Nice pocket Pc

Only 4 months, the BT-GPS went dead

Really Good Product But PDA/GPS Technology Has Not Yet Mature

Good for the price

Wonderful little gadget!

Mobile Crossing WP200 Way Point Pocket PC and GPS Navigation System

Manufacturer: Mobile Crossing
ProductGroup: CE
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Product Features:

Ultra-thin GPS navigator for vehicle or handheld use (transfers easily from car to car)

Combines satellite-guided vehicle navigation with Bluetooth-enabled Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC

Includes complete Navteq Onboard national maps and databases with millions of points of interest

Offers visual and voice navigation commands, weather and traffic alerts, and 1-button functionality

Easy-to-read 3.5-inch screen; measures 3.1 x 5.3 x 0.63 inches (W x H x D); 90-day warranty

ASIN: B000AYOK1Q

Product Description

Mobile Crossing WayPoint is a new kind of PDA that integrates highly effective satellite guided vehicle navigation with a high-performance Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC. In addition to moving maps and spoken directions, our navigation device doubles as a fully functional Pocket PC. Now with Traffic and Weather Built-in! If it is important to you that your GPS system works well in your car as well as your pocket, the WayPoint 205 is an excellent choice. The WayPoint is lightweight, thin and runs for over 3 hours on battery power. It retains all the features of the expensive in-car navigation systems, yet, can be moved easily from car to car, and due to an onboard lithium ion battery, can work as a hiking and marine GPS as well. Navteq Maps and Points of Interests (POI) provides millions of points of interest covering all the best places to visit. With pre-installed maps, you can quickly drive or bike to your destination. 3.5 Transflective TFT Module with Touch Panel Using NVIDIA MQ1188 Video Controller Resolution - 320X240 (64K Color) Audio - Built-in Speaker & Microphone AC97 Codec 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack Wireless - IrDA 115 Kbps / Bluetooth Module Option (Uses CF slot) National Edition mapping software includes all of continental USA and parts of Canada Extension Interfaces Compact Flash (Type II) / Secure Digital / MMC / Client USB via shared 22 pin connector / RS232 (115 Kbps) via 22 pin Unit Size - 5.3 (L) x 3.1 (W) x. 63 (H)

Amazon.com Product Description

The Mobile Crossing WP205 Way Point Pocket PC and GPS Navigation System integrates highly effective, satellite guided vehicle navigation with a high- performance Bluetooth-enabled Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC. If you're on the go a lot, you need a way to combine personal information management, scheduling and navigation features into a single, pocketable system.

The Mobile Crossing WP205 navigation system works as well in your car as it does in your pocket.

The 3.5-inch LCD touchscreen with voice guidance helps you keep your eyes on the road. View larger.

Charging the WP205 is a breeze with the included USB charging cradle.

The handy, included car mount simplifies on-the-road navigation.

With the Mobile Crossing WP205, you can wirelessly upload a contact from your PC, make an appointment, and get voice guidance to that appointment location when you need it. It's that easy! And while you're at it, enjoy the convenience of a Windows Mobile device with mobile versions of your favorite applications, a music player, games, photo viewing, and more. Featuring a complete set of national maps and points of interest, and a SiRF-powered GPS chip, the Mobile Crossing WP205 will also provide you with the fastest and most accurate navigation service available.

If it's important to you that your GPS system works as well in your car as in your pocket, the Mobile Crossing WP205 is an excellent choice. Featuring a lightweight, thin design, it runs for over three hours on battery power. Although it retains all the features of much more expensive in-car navigation systems, the Mobile Crossing WP205 can be moved easily from car to car and can even be used as a hiking and marine GPS in a pinch.

Featuring Navteq Onboard maps and data bases, the Mobile Crossing WP105 gives you millions of points of interests across the country, as well as the highest-quality maps available for a GPS navigation unit. With loud and clear, naturally spoken and pleasantly human voice directions, you'll be guided with turn- by-turn directions as you navigate to your destination.

The Mobile Crossing WP205 takes navigation another step by including a complete set of Windows Mobile 2003 Premium Edition applications, including Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, and Outlook- compatible organizer applications. This means that no matter where you are, your full set of contacts and important information, along with the world's most widely used set of software applications, are a touch -screen away, giving you the ultimate in navigation experience and convenience.

Among the navigation system's many unique quick-access features include:

The "heart" button, which gives you fast access to your favorite places and a one-button command to take you home in the middle of the night
The detour button that automatically takes you around the traffic
An information button that gives you information such as exact speed and location
The navigation button for easy access to traffic and weather information
An easy-to-use thumb wheel for zooming in and out of the map

With the Mobile Crossing WP205's built-in address book, you'll have quick routing information to your favorite contacts, and a convenient voice memo feature that lets you easily record voice memos while you're driving. An automatic day/night mode makes the viewing of the 3.5-inch touch-screen stress-free. This feature reduces harsh glare when driving during the night and provides maximum visibility when navigating daytime traffic.

When you purchase Mobile Crossing WP205, you'll also get a free one-year subscription to TrafficWatch, a feature that enables your system to receive delayed and real time traffic information in both visual and audio format. Also included is a one-year subscription to Weather Underground, a location-based service that offers delayed and real time weather satellite imagery. Note that some features of these services require a mobile Internet connection delivered by your cellular phone service provider.

What's in the Box
WayPoint Pocket PC, travel adapter (USB and charging), main battery, stylus, USB desktop cradle/charging stand, USB cable, AC adapter, companion / documentation CD, getting started DVD, plastic dust cover installed in the SD slot, CompactFlash Bluetooth card pre-installed in PDA, Bluetooth GPS Receiver, Bluetooth GPS charging cable/adapter, split charger cable, powered vehicle mount, vehicle mount T-slot docking plate, windshield suction cup with gooseneck, 12-volt cigarette lighter plug cable, PDA vehicle charging adapter, audio cord (3.5-millimeter to 3.5-millimeter), Waypoint users manual, additional software instructions, warranty card, product registration card with warranty sheet, Quick start guide, support sheet, and EULA booklet (end users license agreement).

Customer Reviews:

Nice pocket Pc.......2007-08-31

This is a good value for the money. I bought mine about a month ago and so far I have no complaints.

Only 4 months, the BT-GPS went dead.......2007-05-08

I've got the WP205 with a Bluetooth GPS. The GPS couldn't communicate with the PDA after used only for 4 months. During use, the PDA got freezed frequently. Sometimes, even the SD card couldn't be read. It only support an SD card up to 1G. Also be reminded that you got only 90 days warranties, not one year.

Really Good Product But PDA/GPS Technology Has Not Yet Mature.......2007-04-30

The version that I got is Waypoint 205 (aka Waypoint 200 national edition). In my opinion, this PDA + GPS (or rather GPS + PDA) is probably the best in its class. However, its price range may put it on a not so competitive edge against other similar products. The reason I gave it only 3 stars is not because of the way the product was built but because I don't think that the PDA + GPS combined technology has matured to the point that makes this product useful for every one. In fact, if you are not a techie, you might find your experience in configuring this product for your own use frustrating.

As a PDA ...
It runs Windows CE and allows you to sync with Outlook via ActiveSync. Note that this unit comes with a fully featured Bluetooth adaptor but IT DOES NOT COME WITH A WIRELESS ADAPTOR (unlike most other PDAs/Pocket PCs priced half as much). So if you want to browse the internet at a cafe/airport/hotpoint, you will need to buy a wireless compactflash. Since the Bluetooth connection is indepensible (that is how this PDA talks to its GPS reciever), you probably would want to shop for one compactflash card that supports both Bluetooth & wireless connections. There are very few manufacturers that make an adaptor for both of these wireless technologies. And when you do find one (see Ambicon), it may not work well. So chances are you will need to buy another wireless compactflash and takes it with you whereever you go. This is not an actractive option, is it?

As a handheld GPS ...
This is what the product is marketed for (i.e., mainly as a hand held GPS). Its navigational accuracy is quite good. In addition, it comes with a well thought out auto gadget set that you will find it indispensible when you use the unit inside a car. It does a pretty good job of finding routes and will quickly detects that you've missed a turn and re-computes a new route/detour without requiring any manual interaction. Since it comes with a Bluetooth GPS receiver, the receiver can be mounted remotely from the unit to allow for better sattelite reception.

You can also record your GPS positions. This feature makes unit suitable for off-road use. But with limitted battery power, I don't exactly know how useful this feature can be.

The Waypoint 200 has several critical weaknesses that are common to nearly all products in its class. Basically, it is a complex computer with complex navigational software running on very limitted harware resources. These problems make this type of product better suited for techies and not for every one.

1. As mentioned above, this unit does not come with a wireless connection

2. Plan to spend many frustrating hours if you want to run ActiveSync on this unit via the Bluetooth connection. Mobile Crossing has a web page especially for this feature. But it was not of much help. There is an expert review on the web that specifically mentions his frustrating experience in this area as well with this product as well. It took him 30 minutes to figure out how to use this features. Well, it took me about 1 day to get this feature to work.

3. The unit is not reliable. You will need to frequently soft resetting your unit. In some cases, soft resetting won't solve the problems. For example, you may find the unit automatically turns off the backlight whever you tap on the screen and soft resetting does not solve this problem. In these cases, you may need to take the battery out and perform a hard reset. This kind of reset will erase all software you've downloaded and your own customed configurations. Basically, you should always back up the data on your PDA to a PC/Laptop. The unit is just not reliable enough to function standalone.

4. Unlike the GPS unit that comes with your car, the Bluetooth GPS will take about 1 minute to sync with the sattelites if you only turn it on sporadically. This 1 minute wait can be taxing on your patience

5. Becareful if you decide to use the business locations that come with the detailed maps. They are accurate most of the time. But a good fraction of the times, it will direct you to go to a place that is a few miles away from the actual business address. Because of this problem, a could be very useful feature is of limitted utility. If you don't want to get lost, I recommend that you always look up the destination address and use that for navigation.

6. The unit is really practical for 1 or at most 2 region maps loaded. Any more than that will make the unit extremely unresponsive. Loading the maps of 3 or more regions may even crash your Waypoint. Furthermore, you really have to be a techie and have a lot of patience to go through the map downloading instructions. The national edition allows you to have access to all US region maps. But it does not come with all of these maps. All US maps will fit into a 1GB compactflash card. You can buy this card from Mobile Crossing or you can build the card yourself. In either case, here is another card that you will need to carry with you whenever you travel.

7. At the time of this writing, Mobile Crossing map availability is limitted US, Canada, and UK. iQUE product has significantly more maps of other countries

8. According to Mobile Crossing, the battery is especially made for the product. If you need extra battery for your PDA, Mobile Crossing will direct you to their outlet. The battery alone costs about $60. I have not been able to find any other alternative.

Mobile Crossing tech support is better most other companies. It is probably because they are a small company whose products (though quite good in their classes) have not been widely adopted. I have contacted their tech support a few times, and in most cases, they can diagnose the issues quickly. I would not be surprise that a significant portion of the cost of product goes to tech support.

The GPS/PDA combined product is a such a good concept. It fits the use profile of most of us. We only need to use the navigation feature once a week or when we travel. For the rest of the time, we can use the unit as a fully featured PDA. But because of limitted computational power, memory, and reliability of the software, one needs to think twice before buying this product.

If your need is just for your own local area/state/region, the regional release of this product is probably what you want. You won't need to configure your unit since it is shipped with the map for your region (i.e., it is ready for use out of the box). However, if you need to use more than one regions (as most of these units are national editions), you will need to ask yourself the following two questions:

Are you a techie?
Do you derive pleasure from figuring out how things work?

If you answer no to either question, your need for a mobile hand help GPS must be extremely great before buying this product or any other product in the same class. You might want to consider buying a PDA unit and a separate navigational unit. It is still a few years away before there is one PDA/GPS product that overcome most of the weaknesses aforementioned.

Good for the price.......2007-01-26

I gave it four stars mainly because the software does not have an easy way to do multi-stop routing. Since I am a real estate agent that is important to me, but may not be for other users.

It does a very good job of leading you to your destination, however, it may not pick the best route. I live and work in Seattle, and nearly all of my routing is on city streets. As with most map software, it picks the most direct route, which may have you trying to cross busy streets at intersections without a traffic light. On the other hannd, if you decide to take a different route as you are driving, it continually updates and re-routes as you make changes. It says to you "re-routing", and then tells you the next turn to make - even if you really deviated from the route and got on the freeway - it gave me the correct ramp to take within seconds.

The product ships with everything you need - it is extremely well thought out, although the gooseneck suction mount is kind of cumbersome and takes up a lot of space in your window. I decided to modify the set-up. Since the Bluetooth GPS receiver holds an 8 hour charge, I decided to forego the power hookup on the mount, and use the provided velcro to stick it on my dash which has a better view of the sky for the satelites. I then removed the receiver bracket from the gooseneck to make it cleaner. I have a Ford Explorer, and it has cup holders in the center console - the cupholders are fitted with flexible plastic inserts to make them easy to clean. I tried fitting the suction cup in the cupholder, and the location was perfect - close enought to see well, and fiddle with while stoped at a light or pulled over. The suction cup would not hold in the plastic cup liner, so I pulled it off and used Marine Goo glue to glue it in the cup holder liner. What is really nice is that I can just lift the whole thing out and either take it in the house or put it in the center console or glove compartment - that way it is out of the way when not in use, and thieves can't see you have the system.

The unit comes with Microsoft ActiveSync for linking with your PC, and you can download maps and software from the internet and transfer them to the WayPoint. Activesync also allows you to download and synchronize your Outlook contacts and schedules. It allows you to specify a contact category to sync which is how I do a work-around for multi-stop routing. I cut and paste addresses from the MLS to Outlook contacts and name them a specific category and number them in the order I want to see them. As it turns out, the quickest way to set up a route is to choose the "Find Contact" option, and since I number them, they come up in order in the contact list. Then I just click on the number when I am leaving for the next stop. When finished, delete them from Outlook, and when syncing, they get erased from the Waypoint.

It is also a full featured PDA with a Blue Tooth transceiver, so there is no limit to the accessories you can add; such as a cell-phone with internet access, and many other things. The screen is bright, and it works well as a PDA. When you compare this package to a Nuvee, I think it blows it away, and all for $299.

Wonderful little gadget!.......2006-10-20

I've been hooked on navigating GPS systems since 2004: first, my girlfriend's new TSX, with its touch screen interface and soothing [female] voice guidance; in 2005, I bought a BMW with a different sort of GPS. It wasn't touch screen, and though I became dexterous at twisting and pushing the knob, others scoffed slightly at its apparent inefficiency. Luckily, the sexy female voice (christened 'Claire' by a friend) and excellent directions made up for it.

Why do I bring these classy, integrated, $2000 GPS systems as a comparison metric for a little PDA that can supposedly navigate you, and more? I'll try to be quick at another story. I moved for work, about 4 hours from my parents. Getting home consists of 235 miles of interstate driving or 165 miles of highway, with some city areas...or a combination thereof. After a year of my GPS system always saying to go the long route (almost purely interstate) until I just drove up the other way for a bit, I developed a half/half route that maximized interstates, mimimized stoplight areas, and ultimately was much quicker than either of the other ways. The crux of what I'm getting at here, you see, is that the Waypoint 205 found the route that I spent a year figuring out, the first time I asked it to show me the best/fastest way home! Ok, so it's an odd story, but the point is twofold: not only is this little device small and portable and usable in multiple cars (or backpacking trips, or geocaching, or checking your distange from the pin (golf!) ), but its algorithms and techniques for figuring out how to get you any point A to any point B (built in systems only get you from point (here) to point B) are superb for such a little guy!

Add a better address/landmark storing system, a logger to show you where you've been, and a fully functional PDA on top of that (with whatever software you want, a la a golf program for the GPS receiver), and you've got yourself a sweet package here.

There are some wires, there are two main pieces (the PDA, and GPS receiver), and there is an optional windshield suction mount thingy. But everything you need is in the box, and this baby great! Show me another GPS unit that tells you what road you're approaching next when you're not navigating. That's not that special, but sort of useful if you want to learn a new area (I lost my sense of direction with my first GPS units... "I don't need directions, just give me an address!" mantras).

Those that argue a map is cheaper an more effective, I respectfully disagree! Buying a map or printing directions everywhere costs money, and leaves you thumbing through pages, inevitably while you are driving! I think it is entirely safer (this is from experience going from map driving, to gps navigating, back to map driving, then back again to gps navigating) to be able to glance over at a real time map that lists the upcoming turns or where you are going, with a voice echoing the instructions, rather than taking both your eyes and your hands off the road and the steering wheel, respectively. Don't forget to turn on your interior lamps! Oh, that takes effort too. So sure, I'm a tech gadget enthusiast. I am also an advocate for both efficiency and safety. Five stars that are well deserved!

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When you're looking for the ultimate in movie and music reproduction, unlock the full potential of an audio/video receiver and expand your home entertainment with Onkyo's TX-NR801. The 100-watts-per-channel x 7 TX-NR801 is a THX Select AV receiver offering compatibility with all major home theater surround sound processing formats, plus Onkyo's unique Net-Tune distributed audio technology for the seamless integration of high-quality audio with a home computer network. Other features include 192 kHz/24-bit audio DACs for superior sound quality, HDTV-capable component-video switching, and Onkyo's Powered Zone 2 capability, making it the centerpiece for an exceptional multiroom home entertainment system.

Onkyo's exclusive Net-Tune capability uses a standard TCP/IP Ethernet connection to unite the receiver with MP3 and Windows Media Audio (WMA) files stored on a home PC, or to access Internet radio streams via a networked broadband Internet connection. This system also allows for up to 11 other Net-Tune clients to connect to the same network, all delivering simultaneous and independent access to music stored on a central PC. The receiver's onscreen display shows song title, artist, album, genre, and playlist information, making the entire family's music collection easy to store and access, without the clutter of CDs and their cases. Not even a CD jukebox can hold so much music, and deliver it so quickly and easily.

The unit's rear-panel Ethernet connection lets you stream your MP3, WAV, and WMA audio files from your computer, in addition to being your passport to the music of the world via Internet radio. Further, the TX-NR801 incorporates high-grade parts that provide smooth and seamless listening from the latest-generation digital surround formats. The receiver offers onboard processing for THX Surround EX 7.1, Dolby Digital EX and Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS-ES, and DTS Neo:6. For analog sources, Onkyo's Pure Audio function allows all digital processing to be completely bypassed to preserve the purity of analog audio signals.

HDTV-capable 50 MHz component-video switching and Y/C separation for composite to S-video conversion are included to maintain optimum video signal integrity. You get a total of 7 digital inputs, including one on the front panel and 2 digital outputs, as well as full 7.1-channel pre-outs for use with additional external amplification.

There's also an array of multizone features, such as Onkyo's Powered Zone 2, which can drive a set of stereo speakers in another room using the receiver's rear surround-channel amplifiers, or using an external power amplifier. An onscreen display provides control of all settings as well as access to networked digital-media playlists. A backlit preprogrammed learning remote with Mode-Key LEDs simplifies system control and integration.

What's in the Box
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Customer Reviews:

Excellent Receiver.......2004-02-05

I run the Onkyo with:
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The Amplifier was necessary to drive my passive subwoofer. Buy an active woofer if you don't own an amp.

The NetTune system works great. You need a Windows PC on your network to use this feature. Sound quality is great.

Video quality through witched components also very good.

In brief -.......2004-01-26

- an excellent receiver. Quality construction, excellent sound. The Net-Tune features work well with a minimum of setup fuss. The unit is probably a little pricier per feature than some other units, but the trade-off in sound quality and ease-of-use is worth it.

Highly recommended...

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