Manufacturer: Rand McNally Model#: 0-528-52183 Weight: 1.96lbs Height: 3.25"     Width: 7.75" Length: 9.25" Average Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars	Retail Price: $179.99 Online Sale Price:
Features: Global positioning system (GPS) receiver for your Palm III series organizer Includes StreetFinder software GPS tracks your progress on Rand McNally maps Downloads maps from your PC or Mac Lightweight and portable, clips easily to your organizer

User Submitted Rand McNally 0-528-52183-7 StreetFinder Deluxe GPS Navigation System Reviews (cont...)

The software is nearly useless, a major disappointment. I've tried a number of palm GPS apps (the device is NMEA compliant and works well with all of them), and would rank streetfinder as the worst, for all the reasons mentioned in other reviews, and for others (a 3 CD package intended for use with laptops!).

My favorite palm GPS app is solus pro 2.0, which uses compact vector maps you generate online on the delorme.com website, and can use bulky, unscalable, bitmap maps (and directions) generated using delorme street atlas USA on a non-internet-connected PC.

In summary, if I had it to do over again, I'd get a standalone GPS with a serial cable, and would buy delorme street atlas and solus pro 2.0. That way I could upgrade out of the palm III form factor if I wanted to. I am happy enough with it to have replaced my III with a IIIxe so I'd have enough room for maps.

Date: 2000-09-04
Not worth the money
Don't buy it! I was first attracted by its fancy look and product description. But I'm totally disappointed at the quality of it after the first use. First, the StreetFinder Deluxe 2000 PC software is like a Windows 3.1 application, hard to use and almost without any documentation. Second, StreetFinder connects to the Internet to get the route direction and draws it on the map. Wierdly enough, each time I ask for the direction from my place (Arlington, VA) to downtown DC, it returns me several connected straight lines that don't fall on any existing roads, which makes it a "mission impossible". Third, If the destination is more than 50 miles away, the route info will exceed the memory of my PalmIIIe (2MB). Fourth, I used it only once, but didn't follow its direction. The GPS system lost its mind totally, not even being able to resume even after I came back to its recommended route. I returned it 2 days after I purchased it. If you get money to burn and want to pay more for less, buy it.

Date: 2000-09-01
Pretty good tool
I was a little surprised that there weren't any written (hard-copy) directions included with the product, but it wasn't too bad to figure out.

I've got a Palm III (2MB Memory) and my main concern was how much space the maps would take up. My first test was on a visit to a friend's place in a suburb of Minneapolis, and it worked VERY WELL (map size was about 300k). The map and instructions downloaded easily onto my Palm, and the user interface on the Palm software (to zoom, move etc on the map) is designed pretty well.

Bottom line: I would recommend the product to anyone who asks me.

Date: 2000-08-26
Fatal Alert ! CRASH and BURN
been working on this GPS for about 2 full days, it did work for about 15 mins halfway into the first day but then crashed with a fatal alert blitter.c.line 4867 unimplemented then demands a reset. tried everything, including updated verisons of palm 3.5, hotsync, and streetfinder2000 patch I am able to get it to crash much quicker now (before it took 25 mins of looking for a gps connection before it would crash) the program crashes anytime you zoom, move the screen, or try to use the GPS I do like the nice neat compact design that snaps to the palm, but this does not do me anygood if it wont work.

Date: 2000-06-25
Disappointed with GPS Streetfinder
Although it looked very promising, I found this product disappointing to say the least. The instructions are virtually non-existent. You are on your own when it comes to figuring out to make it work (I'm very good at this stuff, and I haven't been able to get it going. Also, if your Palm Pilot IIIe is relatively full of data, you'll never have enough memory to run this program. It might work alot better with a Palm Pilot IIIxe. Rand McNally should know better. This is like putting out an atlas without legends or an index.