Garmin iQue 3600: How A Palm OS PDA with GPS Predicted The Future

Garmin iQue 3600

We take for granted that we can pull out a phone and get directions to almost anywhere on Earth. But years before Apple and Google gave us the tools to navigate our lives a GPS maker gave us the first pocketable personal digital assistant with an embedded GPS. Featuring dynamic turn-by-turn directions, the Garmin iQue 3600 built an amazingly powerful navigational tool on top of Palm OS. How did it stack up against the competition when it launched in 2003? Can I still get accurate directions from a device released two decades ago? And can I install up-to-date maps to make it even more accurate? Watch to see me put it to the test on today's streets.

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-=- Chapters -=-

00:00 - Intro

00:16 - The First PDA with a GPS

05:40 - Inside the iQue

12:58 - Navigating with the iQue

21:23 - The iQue as a PDA

26:49 - Take the Long Way Home

-=- Links -=

* OpenMapChest - https://www.openmapchest.org/

* Replacing the Battery - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw6cwDAdwjg

* iQue Setup CD-ROM image https://archive.org/details/ique-3600-setup

* PathAway GPS for Palm OS https://pathaway.com/PWPalmOS.php

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