Garmin iQue 3600 Handheld

Pros: Options galore, works well, PDA and GPS are strong, removes auto traveling stress, convenience
Cons: Expensive, no email, just a decent battery

You might have been able to guess what was coming next in the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) that ...

Pros: Oh my...!
Cons: Not at this price!

The Garmin iQue 3600 is quite different compared to a lot of PDA's on the market. Garmin is a very respectable brand that makes GPS systems, and so the Garmin iQue 3600 is their introduction into the PDA/GPS convergence. I managed to see ...

Pros: Huge screen, great GPS with voice prompts, great organizer, SD card, voice recorder.
Cons: Poor quality speaker, moderate battery life, no Palm 4-way navigation button (this has a 2-way).

The iQue 3600 is Garmin's venture into the PDA world. It combines the convenience of a PDA and GPS into one neat little gadget. The technical details, per Garmin, are as follows: * 200 MHz processor powering Palm OS 5 * Garmin GPS and mapping s ...

Pros: Fantastic integration between the PDA and GPS. Tons of features!
Cons: Not much in the way of negatives, read the review.

It was the bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, down by 3 and the bases are loaded. Up steps Garmin and hits a home run! I mean it. This PDA/GPS combination is the neatest thing since sliced bread! Its list of features is as impressive as is its execution of th ...

Pros: Performances as good (if not better than the 2610), excellent PDA performance, Price, SIZE!
Cons: Needs additional accessories (memory cards, mounting unit) to be fully functional in vehicle.

The Garmin iQue 3600 is the world's first integrated PDA/GPS combo system. I purchased it as a Christmas gift to myself this year. After looking and looking for the "perfect GPS unit" for my vehicle, I was introduced to the iQue. I drive a Mini Cooper ...

Pros: Quality product, easy to use, color, audible alerts, hi-res screen, organizer/GPS receiver and software.
Cons: Price, battery life.

With hi-res color screen, sound, Palm OS 5, 200 MHz ARM CPU and 32MB of RAM, Garmin iQue 3600 can be named the Ferrari of Palm OS-based PDAs... With the Ferrari price tag though. Palm OS 5-based organizer: It is very easy to use, even for those ...

Pros: Palm's OS, all-in-one unit, easy to use and GPS works well.
Cons: Expensive, accessories are required, needs more memory.

After pouring over many different Palms, (T2, T3) and various Pocket PCs, I decided to try the Garmin IQue 3600 PDA using Palm 5.1 OS. I originally was looking to purchase a separate GPS system for the PDA but after looking at the alternatives I decided ...

Pros: small great PDA and GPS in one unit
Cons: Not for hikers You'll need an SD card

I have had mine for a few days and already don't know how I lived without it. I had a GPS before and while it could find an address and show it's location I still had to plot my own route. The Garmin gives turn by turn directions on screen and spoke ...

Pros: A shirt pocket sized wonder and it only weighs 5 ounces.
Cons: Battery life for some applications is short.

One can only imagine the brainstorming sessions that must have occured in the hallowed halls of Garmin Inc, near Kansas City. "Do we keep it pocket sized, or supply a large and bulky rechargable battery so that full brightness can be used indefinitely" ...

Pros: Excellent Product, Very compact, User friendly
Cons: No hard copy of an Instruction Manual provided-only a CD-Rom

I just received my Garmin IQue 3600 PDA/GPS and have played with it for about two days. I made the purchase from FotoConnection, a merchant that I can fully recommend.(see my review re: Foto Connection) The product is great. In addition to being an excel ...

Pros: Great ideas, but it's of no use if it won't hold my data!
Cons: Shouldn't have released this unit until the bugs were worked out.

When I first saw the previews of the Ique online, I was really excited to see all of the features. I waited patiently for a few months and finally got one of the first units shipped out in early August. Everything seemed fine for the first day, but afte ...

Pros: Convenience. You will never get lost again.
Cons: Battery life isn't great. Relatively expensive. Acquiring sattelites can take some time.

The Garmin iQue 3600 is not my first PDA. I've had quite a few. This one is by far the best, as it is packed with incredible features. The ability to have something that fits in your hand that will get you within a couple of feet of where you are trying ...

Pros: looks great, screen resolution fantastic,handy navigation software.
Cons: communication with mapsource too elementary, no live tracking with laptop.

paying 1200 AUS dollars means a steep climb for us aussies but, well worth the expense. ergonomically excellent and the screen resolution is top notch. i would have liked to see more integration with mapsource though. the waypoint transfer between the unit and mapsource could have been worked out prior to release. i also find the fact that the unit cannot live track with your laptop a bit on the elementary side of technology for the climate but, all in all a great piece of kit and a good buy for thoise techno junkies out there.

Pros: Small, nice color display
Cons: Unreliable

Since I travel for a living, I thought the Garmin iQue 3600 would be the answer to my navigation problems. It was small enough to carry in my computer bag and it also might be handy as a PDA. Feeling I could finally justify paying over $500 out of my own pocket, I purchased one.

When it arrived I tried it out and it navigated me across town very well. I could barely wait until the next week for my trip to Denver.

I loaned it to my wife to drive across state that weekend. She reported that it never did find any satellites.

I took it to Denver and it was "seeking satellites" during the whole trip even thought it was a sunny and cloudless day. Thank God for Mapquest.

It was a very expensive PDA that worked great for playing games, but I returned the device for a full refund.

I'm hopefull that they will come out with a reliable unit in the future.

Pros: good user interface. Fast. Great mapping software. Great color display.
Cons: resets without warning. Ultimately failed. Incomplete manual. Several Garmin calls needed to get fully functional.

I received a Garmin iQue 3600 for Christmas. While it worked, the performance as great. The voice direction software works superb, even recalculating a route when a wrong turn was made.

As a PDA, it works well. I downloaded and installed palm software without problem.

After 10 days of great operation, the GPS portion of the unit failed to acquire satellites. It is going back to Costco today for full refund. I've mail ordered another from Costco. I hope the second units lasts more than 10 days.

Pros: Great concept. Neat device.
Cons: Faulty. Wait until it's debugged.

This was the neatest gadget that I'd seen in a while. I loved playing with it when I got it. Then the unit started locking up. Later it failed to hold a charge. Finally, the GPS stopped working and failed to acquire satellites. The unit is at Garmin for repair. For the money it cost, I'm really disappointed that it didn't give me a month of service. I hope that they can make it right.

I have noticed that some other "not so glorious" reports on this device have disappeared from this site.