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| Garmin iQue 3600 GPS Auto Bundle | 
 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 16163
Media: Electronics
Tracks: 32
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 320 X 240
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 8.5 x 5.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 010-00264-11
Model: 010-00264-11
UPC: 753759045418
EAN: 0753759045418
ASIN: B0001DB6LS
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| Customer Reviews:
Never Get Lost Again September 12, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I should have had this gadget years ago. I have no sense of direction and with the ique I no longer get lost. With the price of gas these days I decided to invest in the ique and am I glad I did. It has eleminated 2 of my gadgets and gave me something I didn't have. I use it as my Palm Pilot (it has all the Palm technology). I also use it's voice recorder eleminating the one I was carring and it added the GPS. It also has the ability to be an MP3 Player which I don't use because I have an ipod. But if you have any other type MP3 Player it might be good for that also. I have to admit that with the voice recorder you must speak directly into the speaker and the sound quality is not the best but it works for me. I love the alarm feature. The reason I did not give it 5 stars is because of the battery life. I can see the battery going down as I use the palm pilot. I use my palm for everything so I am constantly turning it on. I am considering getting the charger to keep it plugged in at work.
Pretty good, few gotchas August 15, 2005
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Overall this unit works pretty well. The user interface is a mess - and I am very experienced technology user. It took me several weeks to really get the system to work the way I needed it to.
The maps aren't always quite accurate, and a lot of time the voice guidance runs behind schedule, so it tells you to take an exit just as you pass it, for example.
Other than that, its a nice system that performs as advertised, and also acts as a Palm organizer and MP3 player.
garmin ique 3600 gps pda July 12, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Overall this is a great little pda/gps. there was a small problem with sofware installation, and Garmin tech support was helpful-
The unit almost always quickly locks on to the satellites . I have not had to reset it. When you are off course, Autorouting is a great help, and works very well. The screen detail is excellent. The detailed maps are excellent, but points of interest are outdated by 2 years even though I just bought my new unit one month ago.(i.e.Wendy's old location is now a Chinese restaurant, etc. Fortunately, the major points of interest have not moved.)
You can use the unit for voice guidance while driving (it has a handy tone to alert you to upcoming turn instructions). The built -in speaker is adequate. However, with the auto bundle the speaker is louder, and the unit is being continuously recharged.
Without recharging, when used as a gps the battery life is short- prob. between 1 and 2 hours, so the auto bundle is a necessity.
As a palm pda the unit is fine- the most useful special feature is the ability to use the full size of the screen when you are not entering data.I would have liked to have included software to transfer files directly from pda to sd card.
an excellent assistant July 10, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The GPS is pretty good. I am easy to get lost in a new place. But the GPS is really a good assitant for me to arrive at my destination easily and timely. It's pretty accurate. One shortcoming of it is the sound of reminding is not loud enough to hear when driving.
Very Useful PDA Combo, Highly Recommended, a Few Quirks June 3, 2005
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Have used the Ique 3600 for 9 months or so now, I find it to be an extremely powerful and synergistic combination, and would recommend it to those with PDA experience and/or patience. A PDA is a natural mate with a GPS and Garmin has done a pretty good job in this combination. I do understand the frustration of some of the reviews posted here though, as there are a few quirks which can make the initial experience less than smooth. But if you hang in there to get past the learning curve of futzing with the maps during 3 or 4 downloads and figuring out how to work with the address book and the 'find locations' feature, you will then have a powerful ally in your daily life's travels and travails and will not part with it for a minute.
Recommendations: get as big an SD card as you can, 1Gb or more, and put the whole dang US map on it and forget about tweaking it for every trip, since the download process is pretty painful. Also, leave it in the charger every night, as it needs a charge pretty much once a day. Gotchas: popping it into the car holder will occasionally glitch it due to static on the connectors, requiring a reset. Try to touch the connectors of the car and the PDA while it is still off before popping it in in order to discharge the static.
Update: after about 18 months of daily usage, on the charging cradle every night, the rechargeable battery finally would not hold a charge for longer than 10 minutes of usage. Though it seems the unit is not really designed for a user to replace the battery, I was able to successfully replace the battery with one from laptopsforless using their instructions. It wasnt too hard, and I only scratched up the case exterior a little. Now the battery life is back to normal, i.e. ~3 hours of continuous use with backlight on.
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