I love the Axim
I just purchased GPS for the Dell Axim. I looked at many options for the Dell. Tech TV reviewed one GPS made by Pharos. Voice commands and good display. I did some searches for good prices and availablility. I found the Pharos specifically for the Axim sold by Tiger Direct. It was $219, which was the lowest price I have seen for Pocket PC GPS at the time. The cool thing about this GPS for me is that I will be using this in the car and that is what it is made for. It connects to the serial port, leaving both the CF and SD slots open for memory. The maps will take up some memory. About 16mb per region. I have a 128 SD card and I was able to copy all of South California and Las Vegas. The Pharos GPS unit came with an antenna/receiver and the software. The reciever mounts on your dash against the windshield making use of a suction cup (velcro could have been better). The receiver has two connctions, one to the bottom of the Axim and one to the lighter jack in the automobile. The cool suprise that I saw was the Axim is being charged while using this GPS reciever. This meant I only needed one lighter plug to power my GPS/Axim. Things that you will realize, is that this is not a portable GPS. You won't be able to go hiking with this GPS unit.

The operation was pretty smooth. I did have some complaints. First is loading of the files that you are going need your journey. This takes some time is you are going to do it though the sync cable. You are better off transfering to CF or CD. I put this in my car and with the PDA mounting with the included vent mount. It took 3 or so minutes to aquire the satelites but I am attributing the problem to the marine layer here at the beach. It could also give you a little more warning before turns. It will give you step by step directions to destinations. It can calculate new routes. I could see it being a pain on long trips since you have to load maps ahead of time. I mapped a tripfrom LA to Las Vegas and I have to preload by hand 5 maps. This is a fun toy and the software is pretty good compared to most Pocket PC software. Tiger direct also sells the CF version of this GPS for $199.