inputs.text: great bang buck work little - gpsmile 52 device surface seems mediocre best hardware gem easily par pnas costing twice much no bells whistles bluetooth integration subscriptionbased traffic updates etc machine includes venerable sirfstar iii receiver battery actually lives advertised capacity solid highquality overall feel really handicaps unit outofthebox provided smart2go map suite software isnt bad directions reasonably good though gps directions never completely relied upon no matter good expensive unit information display map screen nice complete however maps terribly lacking detail street names squeezed road illustration using small font almost unreadable gpsmile attached windshield ditto compass think nice complete information display also blocks much screen left position cursor unless zoom way makes street names even harder read barely tell streets left youve already passed software also takes unusually long time calculate routes zoom function annoying far many zoom levels oversensitive slider recipe frustration hardware issues much less problematic screen looks little washedout \\light\\ colors screen worked around bit tinkering backlight setting gps coldstart acquisition time lie ive waited 2 mins get lock though seems common issue not limited gpsmile thats said earlier unit surprisingly wellmade considering price obvious holux sell cheap paid bottom dollar gps software rather cutting corners device theyre also apparently saving money \\tech support\\ possibly worst ever no response several emails sent regarding map updates youre supposed get one years worth free though youre smart wont needing anyway keep reading using gpsmile stock software awhile one starts feel like got paid ie one cheapest pnas market stumble across gpspassion dot com learn unlock unit suddenly everything changes simply swapping files gpsmiles sd card get guts device behave like kind strippeddown pda enable try virtually navigation program thats designed run wince 42 device probably dozen route66 destinator 6 seem popular choices though handsdown favorite igo 2006 essentially program comes mio devices well others sum dont want unlock gpsmile youre going get pay want spend minutes upgrade quality navigation software like igo r66 youll suddenly find quality pna worth twice amount paid wouldnt surprised see device building somewhat cult following long good luck enjoy