Pharos Rolls Out Windows Mobile GPS Unit

By Digital Trends Staff January 3, 2006

GPS company Pharos today took the wrappings off a new Windows Mobile device which is GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled. The Pharos Traveler GPS 525, priced at $599.95, is available now.

The Pharos Traveler GPS 525, which is about the size of a mobile phone, runs off of the Windows Mobile 5 operating system. Besides its incorporation of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, this pocket navigation device has built-in GPS capacity which makes use of a 512MB SD card preloaded with maps of the top 50 U.S. metropolitan areas. This is all on top of standard Windows Mobile related features such as syncing with Microsoft Outlook.

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