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The MDA Compact III has some other goodies, including an FM radio — extremely rare for a Windows Mobile Pocket PC. There’s a clever user-interface system that we like too, comprising a wheel and tiny trackball rather than a boring old blocky navigation button.

Slate grey is the order of the day for the MDA Compact III, the colour only punctuated on the left and right edges by silver metal strips containing various buttons and on the front by button markings, device logos, and the curious and extremely effective wheel and mini trackball that sit beneath the screen. The overall effect is stylish and understated.

For a handheld with GPS built in, the MDA Compact III is quite small. No taller than many candybar phones (108mm), it’s 58mm wide and 16mm thick, and should feel comfortable in all but the smallest of hands. At 160g it’s not exactly light, but if you’re after a navigation device it’s certainly lighter than carrying both a standalone sat-nav and a phone.
 
This being a T-Mobile handheld, there’s also a button for going directly to the network’s Web’n'Walk service, while another launches the GPS antenna. If you have CoPilot installed on the MDA Compact III, then this button starts the software running.

The MDA Compact III is a fantastic all-rounder. It’s a dedicated navigation PDA with GPS receiver built in for you to add your own Satellite navigation software. It runs on the powerful Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. Keeping up with your emails is simple and you can surf the internet. It has 128MB of internal memory and a microSD card slot for expansion, plus a two mega-pixel digital camera with digital zoom and video capture, Windows Media player, FM radio, Bluetooth and USB cable connectivity.

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Posted on August 21st, 2008 by admin
Filed under: GPS Maps