With the Pharos GPS Phone 600, you get all the features of a cellular phone and PDA with integrated GPS for easy navigation from appointment to appointment. It’s powered by the Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system, providing seamless synchronization with Outlook’s emails, contacts, calendar and tasks. Sync complete emails, open attachments, enter contact details or even add calendar appointments on the move. Other features include Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), a 2-megapixel camera (with GPS location stamping capability), Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), Bluetooth for handsfree communication, digital audio player, quad-band GSM connectivity for global roaming, and up to 5 hours of talk time.
This special bonus package bundles the Pharos 600 with Pharos GPS navigation software (a $99.95 value)–which provides voice guidance as well as real-time traffic, gas price, weather, movie information–and a 2 GB SD card preloaded with maps of the United States and Canada. You also get a free three-month subscription to Pharos Smart Navigator Web-based location services, and a free trial subscription to WorldMate Professional Edition travel services (includes flight schedules, global weather forecasts, currency exchange rate service, world clocks, and many other useful features for frequent fliers and business travelers).
This unlocked cell phone can be used with a GSM network service provider and it provides quad-band connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz). It does not come with a SIM card, and it requires that you provide a SIM card for usage with your selected service provider. This phone comes with a one-year warranty from a third party provider.
Phone Features
The sleek GPS-enabled Pharos 600 smartphone provides comprehensive navigation in real-time via preloaded maps of the US and the Pharos Ostia navigation software (included in this special bundle). Pharos’ award-winning Ostia Smart Navigator includes detailed street-level map coverage for the USA and Canada. It offers real-time GPS tracking, point A-to-point B routing, automatic voice-guided driving directions, turn-by-turn visual and text directions, automatic re-route, address, intersection, and points of interest location search, multi-stop routing, and more. You also get a free trial subscription to Pharos’ web-based Smart Navigator services.
The included Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Smartphone software with Direct Push technology gives you instant access to your emails, calendar, and contacts at anytime. That means wherever and whenever, you’ll be connected. A single main screen summarizes all the important information you need to make it through the day. Here you’ll get message notification, upcoming appointments, dialing functions, tasks, and more all in one spot. Staying productive on the road is made possible by the Microsoft Office Mobile suite, which includes Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile. Meanwhile, the File Explorer application makes it easy to browse the files.
It also supports Windows Media playback right out of the box. With Windows Media Player, you can play streaming and downloaded video and audio content in a variety of formats. You can also keep favorite tunes loaded on a memory card and listen to your music wherever you roam.
The Pharos 600 has a 2.8-inch touchscreen with a 240 x 320-pixel resolution and 65K color depth. At the top of the phone’s face are laser-etched buttons for accessing the Home screen as well as the GPS application, while the bottom offers standard five-way navigational rocker, send/end keys, and two soft keys. The very bottom of the phone includes a slot for MicroSD memory cards and a USB port, and a 2.5mm audio jack is located on the left side of the phone.
The phone can store a virtually unlimited amount of contacts (bound only by available memory), and you can store multiple phone numbers, email and IM addresses, notes, and more for each entry. It also offers a speakerphone, vibrate mode, voice commands, and an EZDial function for easier contact search and dialing.
Other features include:
- Full screen keyboard for text messaging
- SiRFstar III GPS receiver with 20 channels and WASS
- Samsung SC32442 400 MHz processor
- 128 MB ROM, 64 MB RAM
- 54g Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for connecting to home/corporate networks and hotspots while on the go
- Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity with profiles for communication headsets, handsfree kits, dial-up networking, and file transfer
- 2-megapixel camera with flash, white balance settings, and five resolution choices
- GPS location stamping capability for future “navigation by image” function
- Video recording capabilities
- Tri-band FM radio and voice recorder
- Bonus EZdial and Spb Mobile Shell for one-hand operations, world clock, and global weather forecast