Entered CNET Catalog: 12/06/2005
SKU: 010-00480-20
Manufacturer: Garmin International
Manufacturer description
The iQue M4 is Garmin's first iQue to come pre-loaded with City Navigator North America NT covering the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. There's no need for downloads from your PC. The iQue M4 uses Garmin's familiar StreetPilot interface that greets users with two recognizable options: "Where to? " and "View map". It also includes the same features found in Garmin's other high-end street navigators including intuitive navigation with automatic route calculation; voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions; 2D or 3D map view; and automatic rerouting if a motorist strays off course. With the iQue M4's larger navigational icons, users can select icons with their finger rather than a stylus. After using the touchscreen to enter information about the destination - such as the name or street address - the driver will be given detailed, turn-by-turn, voice-prompted directions. Destinations may also be selected through the points of interest (POIs) database, which includes nearly six million POIs such as restaurants, fuel, banks, and hotels. This street-smart navigator can remind you of an appointment, show the location on the Map Page, and route you right to the front door. With its POI Loader software, Garmin has also made it possible for customers to augment pre-loaded maps with custom POIs such as school zones and safety cameras. The built-in Windows Media Player lets users browse music by artist, album, song, and genre. MP3s can be loaded onto an SD card or internal memory for music on the go. The iQue M4 boasts a new SiRF high-sensitivity receiver for improved GPS performance, 64 megabytes of RAM, and SD/SDIO expansion slot for memory, wireless networking, and more. The iQue M4 also features Microsoft's Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition operating system, which includes Pocket Office applications and supports portrait/landscape screen orientation for easy viewing of multimedia content.User opinions
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User Rating: 
7/10
Great Buy.. wish it can be use as mobile also
Pros: great features, stunning looks
Cons: its not a mobile.
Thininking of buying M4, dont think twice grab it, its worth money spent am using this in India, we have a detail map problem here, but M4 works well, its just some times it give calculation error while calculating routes and you got to wait for atleast 3 minutes it acquire satellite, last 3 months its doing well without any hanging problem, the suction cradle is great and if you have a google earth plus you can also transfer kml files to see the route on google,
Happy surfing
Wadhwa Ajay
www.paulindia.com
User Rating: 
8/10
It's a Real Good GPS But not good for internet browsing
Pros: Real Good screen and 3D clarity, accurate
Cons: No good interface to connect to the internet, although it has irDA it is hard to go wireless or WI-FI, a bit expensive
User Rating: 8/10
Some flaws, but the best out there
Pros: size, full featured, accuracy
Cons: flaky software, integration
easy to set up contacts and save locations.
can select a location for an appointment and route to it in advance; but when reminder pops up the only options are snooze or dismiss and no 'open' or 'goto'; so you have to break out the stylus and open it in the calendar.
fast reroutes, though occasional errors (wrong on 1-way street, says turn when road naturally curves, etc).
'fastest route' sometimes forces use of freeways although the 'shortest route' is faster.
screen is too reflective and washes out in sun.
still; got a good deal on it and can't live without it. better than a car only system.
User Rating: 7/10
Compact, but lacks accuracy
Pros: size, 3d map, address book
Cons: no wireless, no phone, weak maps, low accuracy, weak speaker, poor bright sun use
User Rating: 8/10
This is an excellent GPA / PDA for business traveler!!
Pros: Mapping, routing, 3D mapping, GPS accuracy
Cons: No built-in wifi, price, no foreign language support on s/w
