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Garmin iQue M4


Pre-Loaded Maps in a Pocket PC

The iQue M4 is Garmin’s first iQue to come pre-loaded with City Navigator North America NT covering the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. There’s no need for downloads from your PC.

The iQue M4 uses Garmin’s familiar StreetPilot interface that greets users with two recognizable options: “Where to?” and “View map.” It also includes the same features found in Garmin's other high-end street navigators including intuitive navigation with automatic route calculation; voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions; 2D or 3D map view; and automatic rerouting if a motorist strays off course.

With the iQue M4's larger navigational icons, users can select icons with their finger rather than a stylus. After using the touchscreen to enter information about the destination—such as the name or street address—the driver will be given detailed, turn-by-turn, voice-prompted directions. Destinations may also be selected through the points of interest (POIs) database, which includes nearly six million POIs such as restaurants, fuel, banks, and hotels. This street-smart navigator can remind you of an appointment, show the location on the Map Page, and route you right to the front door. With its POI Loader software, Garmin has also made it possible for customers to augment pre-loaded maps with custom POIs such as school zones and safety cameras.

The built-in Windows Media® Player lets users browse music by artist, album, song, and genre. MP3s can be loaded onto an SD card or internal memory for music on the go.

The iQue M4 boasts a new SiRF® high-sensitivity receiver for improved GPS performance, 64 megabytes of RAM, and SD/SDIO expansion slot for memory, wireless networking, and more. The iQue M4 also features Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition operating system, which includes Pocket Office applications and supports portrait/landscape screen orientation for easy viewing of multimedia content.

Garmin part number: 010-00480-20

Estimated Retail Price:
$699.99 U.S.D. (for domestic US market only)



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iQue M4 Features: Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition for Pocket PC
Preloaded with City Navigator North America NT covering the U.S., Canada & Puerto Rico—ready to use out of the box
High-sensitivity integrated GPS receiver by SiRF
SD/MMC memory card expansion slot for use with other MapSource street mapping products
SDIO compatible for optional WiFi, Bluetooth, camera or other peripherals
Includes Microsoft Pocket Outlook®, Internet Explorer, Word and Excel; Windows Media® Player, MSN® Messenger Service, Calculator and ActiveSync®
WAAS enabled; includes MCX-type connector for optional external GPS antenna connection
Integrated flip-up GPS patch antenna can be positioned for optimal reception
Unit size: 2.83”W x 5.04”H x .75”D (72.0 x 128.0 x 19 mm)
Display: 3.5” diagonal, (89 mm), 240 x 320 pixel, QVGA transflective TFT display, 64K colors
Unit weight: 5.9 oz (166 g)
Processor: 312 MHz Intel® PXA 271 XScale® processor
Internal 1250 mAh lithium-polymer rechargeable battery; Enhanced battery life delivering 5-7 hours of continuous PDA/GPS use
Internal memory: 64MB RAM, 32MB ROM (safe storage and detailed maps available on additional memory)
Built-in speaker for voice-guidance commands, MP3 player, and message playback
Voice recorder for making memos, quick notes, and messages on the fly
Headphone and external GPS antenna connections
Interfaces: USB and infrared (IrDA)
Easily route to Outlook contacts and Calendar appointments
Search postal codes for European countries
Save routes and track logs
Enter a series of destinations, and the unit will automatically sort them to provide an efficient route
Specify areas and road segments to avoid when calculating routes
Detour around construction and traffic on demand



Customer Reviews

Average rating:

Battery not user replaceble

The garmin products have a serious design flaw because they don't have a user replaceble battery.

Many users will find that they need to replace their batteries in about 15 months. Each time you charge or plug in your garmin, the battery gradually loses it's ability to store power. Even if you rarely use a unit, lithum batteries will gradually lose their ability to charge over time. If you have leave a unit in a hot car, this can degrade the battery life sooner.

Garmin will replace the battery. They charge around $50 for that service on newer units. You have to send the unit in to Garmin and you likely pay around $20 in insurance and shipping to get it to Garmin. Then you will be without your GPS unit for around 10 to 14 days while you are waiting to have the battery replaced and the unit returned.

It's frustrating to have to spend a total of $70 and go without a unit for 2 weeks simply to have the battery replaced. And that is the cost for a fairly new unit. Some user posts say that on older GPS units Garmin charges up to $275 to replace the battery. (see http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=56803)

Not having a user replaceable battery is also a problem when you are using the unit while away from an electrical outlet. Garmin will say that units will run 8 hours on battery power. That is overly optimistic. On a brand new battery, if I am using the GPS a lot, I might get 2 or 3 hours of usage on it before the battery goes dead (and that is accomplished by using a lot of power saving options such as having the screen turning off quickly, lower brightness on the screen, etc). If you run out of battery power you are lost because you can't put a new battery in to keep the unit going.

Even if you never use your unit outside of the car, not having a user replaceable battery can affect the usefulness of the unit. Some users report that when the battery is low on charge the GPS has longer delays in locking in on satellites. In some forums users have reported having to wait up to 30 minutes for a unit with a bad battery to find satellites when the unit is plugged in.

I tried figuring out how to replace the battery myself and eventually gave up. You have to pull the unit apart, lift up circuit boards, and wires, lift up the LCD screen, avoid damaging wires or circuits. When you eventually get to the battery, it appears to be glued in somehow and is hard to remove. I called Garmin about changing the battery myself and they told me if I did that I might damage the circuits and then it would cost around $175 to fix the unit if something goes wrong when a user tries to change the battery and problems occur. It's shouldn't be so difficult to replace batteries.

I really like garmin's software (I have purchased 2 units) but I don't think I'll buy another unit if Garmin doesn't make it easier to change batteries. This is a common need everyone will have if they plan to use their GPS more than a year. Perhaps if enough people contact Garmin and voice concern about not being able to replace the batteries they will make future GPS units have user replaceable batteries.

If you buy a Garmin GPS that doesn't have a replaceble battery, then just plan on being without your unit for about 2 weeks, every 15 months and spending around $70 to take care of battery replacements.


Garmin iQue M4 GPS-Enabled Pocket PC

Most flexible GPS I could find, can do road, nautical or topo maps plus it's a pocket pc. Found it easy to use, accurate, and it's portable. This is the second unit I've purchased.


Ique M4

These product was a good job for me. Was nice to shop


iQueM4 Problems

The preloaded maps work great. I have had terrible problems with the plug and play street maps however. Avoid them.

Also, customer service won't help you unless you have registered your device. Do it online as soon as you get the device.


overall, good product

I bought this product for 2 weeks and I enjoy using it.
The GPS function is great except that it takes about 30 seconds to search for signals at the beginning of each trip. The PDA function is satisfactory. The only weakness is that the built-in memory is slightly small. But I guess it is the standard. The things to improve this product are
1. it should come with a carrying case,
2. it should have a "built-in" wireless internet card, and
3. it should support Skype.

Overall. the product is good and deserves the price.


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