From my own exposure to GPS devices, I have found that they either really do well and provide you with the needed information when you need it, or they totally fail on you at the most critical times. So how does the Garmin iQue M5 stack up? You will have to read on to find out.

Garmin’s first GPS-enabled handheld, a Palm OS model, debuted back in 2003. Its first Pocket PC, the iQue M5 was released earlier this year.

While this device is more expensive than a typical GPS receiver, it offers something those other devices don’t have: a full-featured handheld.

Obviously, the most important feature of the M5 is its built-in GPS receiver.

Garmin iQue M5The Global Positioning System is a collection of satellites in Earth orbit. Each one of these is constantly broadcasting a very precise time signal. A GPS receiver on the ground picks up these signals. Because radio waves don’t travel instantly from the satellite to the receiver, it’s possible to determine the distance between the two. When this is done with several satellites, the receiver’s position on the Earth can be determined quite accurately. [Read the rest]