PalmOne: Directions on the Go

by Palm

Product Features

• Easy-to-use, complete on-device navigation
• Interactive maps and points of interest
• Door-to-door, turn-by-turn driving directions
• Choose cities from CD-ROM or Web site
• No need for a PC connection or wireless signal

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00063E98K
• Item model number: P10992U
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 20, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,542 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

The easiest to use, door to door directions finder available for your PDA or smart phone. Get point to point driving directions within major US metros. Instantly calculate turn by turn text or graphic directions right on your device, no connectivity required. Free unlimited access to download additional metros and updates. Mobile Software Card and Getting Started Manual included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THIS!, December 7, 2004

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Abra Carroll Nardo (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PalmOne: Directions on the Go (CD-ROM)

OK, this seemed like such a great addition to my Palm. I'm in a new city I don't know very well, and I travel all over, all of the time. First of all, this cost $40 when I bought it, which is way too much. The interface is really bad. It loads slowly, the maps are hard to read. You have to buy an extra SD card to use the maps that you download from their site (and their site really isn't that intuitive). The extra card cost me another $30. So I blew $70 to make this work, and it just doesn't! The maps end at the city limits, so if I have to head just a little into the suburbs, I'm out of luck. But HERE'S the kicker. The maps are wrong! They are routinely off by about 3-4 blocks, and not in one consistent direction! My apartment is about 4 blocks off to the East. My friend's house is 3 blocks off to the South. If I want to use this to get directions... VERY SLOWLY LOADED directions, I am not even sure I'm going to end up in the correct location, and I see that as a BIG problem! Don't waste your money. You're better off searching at home with Streets and Trips or Mapquest and printing these directions out the old fashioned way!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Should allow for negative rating, July 11, 2005

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HiFidelity (Virginia) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: PalmOne: Directions on the Go (CD-ROM)

What a worthless purchase. I do a lot of travelling and thought this would be great. Sounded wonderful, even sold on the palmone website. Boy was I ever mistaken. Wish I would've gotten the reviews before wasting my money. You can't read the maps, maps are only for a few cities, and the interface is less than user friendly. I finally went with Earthcomber, but when that didn't have directions (just the map and POI, but its all free) I got Mapopolis, which is wonderful. If you want Directions on the Go, rethink it, I suggest Mapopolis. Same price (also a free trial version of ANY map in the US for 9 days) and also has contiguous maps of the entire US with direction capability and POI's!!!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Warning: Buy at your own risk!!!, February 11, 2005

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Prime User "Consumer" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: PalmOne: Directions on the Go (CD-ROM)

I wouldn't even rate this a '1' because I feel so gipped out of the $35 I spent. I bought this product as a gift for my boyfriend through Amazon a while back-- before there were any reviews about this product. I have to agree with all of the previous reviews. Unless you live in a major metropolitan area, this product is completely useless. I thought that this would be a good alternative for him instead of going to Mapquest on his phone. Now, he just winds up using mapquest anyways. If you need directions to and from the city, 'Directions on the Go' works fine, but if you need to travel from the city to the suburbs or vice versa, you're out of luck.

He never even uses this product anymore... Poor gift choice on my part.