The Best Handheld GPS Units 2025

1. GARMIN iQue 3200 - Handheld - Palm OS 5.2 - 3" color TFT (320 x 320)

The iQue 3200 joins the award-winning iQue 3600 as the only Palm Powered personal digital assistants (PDAs) that offer fully integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. These products combine the portability of a PDA and the utility of an automotive navigation system in a sleek, lightweight design. The iQue 3200 is designed for business users who want an affordable device that can manage their personal information and deliver personal navigation in a single unit. Beyond organization and navigation, the iQue 3200 boasts a bright display, long battery life, and Secure Digital Input/Output (SDIO) capabilities for added functionality - at an attractive price.

What's Included: GARMIN iQue 3200 Docking cradle Power adapter Vehicle mounting kit, cigarette lighter adapter, stylus

2. GARMIN iQue M5 - Handheld - Windows Mobile 2003 SE - 3.5" color TFT (320 x 240) - Bluetooth

The iQue M5 is perfect for today's mobile professional who wants to get from the boardroom to the hotel without asking for directions. Featuring the latest Microsoft Pocket PC software, Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, the iQue M5 supports portrait/landscape screen orientation for easy viewing of documents, videos, and web content. It's powered by a 416-MHz Intel PXA 272 microprocessor, and it also provides the user with 64 MB of RAM, 64 MB of ROM and data back-up protection. The embedded Bluetooth transceiver allows the user to establish a personal-area network with computer systems and Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobile phones, other PDAs, and printers. Check e-mail and view documents - then sync seamlessly with your laptop. The GPS antenna on the iQue M5 folds flush with the back of the unit. Press the antenna release switch, and it simultaneously powers up the iQue M5, acquires satellites, and defaults to the QueMap interface. Once the antenna switch is triggered, the M5 prepares to navigate. The antenna can be adjusted for optimal GPS signal reception in any vehicle or rental car. Featuring a built-in basemap of North and South America and Puerto Rico, the iQue M5 shows major highways, thoroughfares, railways, lakes, rivers, and borders. MapSource City Select CD-ROM is a standard accessory, so users can download detailed street-level map data, look up more than five million points of interest (POIs), and navigate to an address in the U.S. and Canada. World travelers can also add a European or Pacific Rim basemap from the installation CD. International versions of the iQue M5 will feature respective basemaps, mapping software, and language support. The integrated Que applications enable consumers to see where they are on an electronic map, look up a point of interest (POI), and route to it - all the while following voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions. If they miss a turn, the iQue M5 automatically recalculates a new route to get them back on track. Advanced routing features include the ability to specify roadways to avoid and find POIs near the current route. The iQue M5 even offers intuitive POI searches that are based on user habits. Another distinct benefit of Garmin's PDA/GPS integration is the patent-pending capability to attach a "location stamp" to a profile in the user's contact database or appointment calendar and navigate directly to these important business addresses.

Garmin iQue M5 GPS handheld Battery Chemistry: Lithium Polymer (Li-Polymer) Storage Capacity: 15 MB Screen Resolution: 240 x 320 Standard Memory: 64 MB Storage Capacity: 15 MB Screen Resolution: 240 x 320 Standard Memory: 64 MB Color Supported: 65536 Colors Processor Speed: 416 MHz Screen Size: 3.5"

3. GARMIN iQue M3 - Handheld - Windows Mobile 2003 SE - 3.5" color TFT (240 x 320)

The iQue M3 is a user-friendly automotive GPS navigator in a sleek, lightweight Pocket PC design. The attractively priced iQue M3 features larger, more-intuitive icons that make it easier for consumers to select navigation applications using their index finger, rather than a stylus. No other unit on today's market combines straightforward in-car navigation with Pocket PC applications like the iQue M3. This powerful time-saving tool is ideal for anyone who wants to simplify their life with one integrated device for their automobile, home, or office. The iQue M3 features Microsoft's Windows Mobile 2003 Professional Edition software package, Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, which supports portrait/landscape screen orientation for easy viewing of multimedia content. Incorporating Garmin's proven, easy-to-use c-series automotive navigation software, the iQue M3 provides premium in-car navigation capability with automatic route calculation to any destination. The intuitive, point-screen interface requires little input from the user. Users can easily see where they are on an electronic map, and look up an address or point of interest and route to it. An integrated speaker gives voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions to your destination. Users are also able to choose between a three-dimensional navigation view or the more traditional 2D overhead view. The 3D-navigation perspective lets drivers see an uncluttered view of what's down the road. A built-in basemap of North and South America shows major highways, thoroughfares, railways, lakes, rivers and borders. Garmin includes its MapSource City Select DVD as a standard accessory, so users can download detailed street-level map data, look up nearly six million points of interest (POIs), and navigate to addresses throughout the U.S. and Canada. The GPS antenna on the iQue M3 folds flush with the back of the unit. To navigate, simply raise the antenna to enable Garmin's patented antenna-release switch that simultaneously powers up the device, initiates the satellite-acquisition sequence, and defaults to the QueMap interface. Once the antenna switch is triggered, the device prepares to navigate. The antenna can also be adjusted for optimal GPS signal reception.

Garmin iQUE M3 Battery Chemistry: Lithium Polymer (Li-Polymer) Screen Resolution: 240 x 320 Speakers: Yes Standard Memory: 64 MB Screen Resolution: 240 x 320 Standard Memory: 64 MB Color Supported: 65536 Colors Processor Speed: 312 MHz Screen Size: 3.5" Color Supported: 65536 Colors

4. eXplorist 500 Handheld GPS Navigator

Magellan eXplorist 500 Handheld GPS Navigator

Key Features and Benefits: Large color display USB connectivity SD-card expandability

5. Handspring Visor Deluxe - Handheld - Palm OS 3.1 monochrome (160 x 160) - blue

Handspring Visor Deluxe - handheld - Palm OS 3.1

What's Included: Handspring Visor Deluxe Docking cradle Stylus

6. Handspring Visor Deluxe - Handheld - Palm OS 3.1 monochrome (160 x 160) - green

Handspring Visor Deluxe - handheld - Palm OS 3.1

What's Included: Handspring Visor Deluxe Docking cradle Stylus

7. Magellan Magellan eXplorist 300 Portable Navigator

An incredible value, your Magellan eXplorist 300 Portable Navigator features Magellan TrueFix technology for superior accuracy and reliability. It offers a trio of advanced tools for even easier navigation. The barometer and thermometer provide information on changing weather. The 2-axis barometric pressure altimeter easily determines your present elevation. And the electronic compass shows your direction, even while standing still. Intelligently designed for comfortable right or left handed use, the clearly marked keypad provides one-touch access to all your most important features. Joystick controller makes scrolling the simple menus fun and easy. All this adds up to an unprecedented value in fun, easy GPS navigation.

Magellan Magellan eXplorist 300 Portable Navigator Measure atmospheric pressure, forecast weather and determine altitude with an integrated barometer You will be complacent to explore maps on 2.3" screen Set the portable handheld gps navigator and carry it easily with you all day long

8. Magellan Magellan eXplorist 400 Portable Navigator

Get the powerful, expandable mapping pocket-sized GPS. The Magellan eXplorist 400 Portable Navigator features mapping capabilities and unlimited storage via optional secure digital (SD) cards so you can take as many maps with you as you want to. Add detailed street maps, topo or lake maps using optional Magellan MapSend software. Magellan TrueFix technology provides superior accuracy and reliability, giving you the freedom to explore without concern of getting lost.

What's Included: Magellan eXplorist 400 Car power adapter, carrying case, power/data cable, 16 MB SD Card

9. Magellan Magellan eXplorist 600 Portable Navigator

Do you want all the bells and whistles? Your Magellan eXplorist 600 Portable Navigator is packed with them. The Magellan Geocache Manager enables you to download caches directly to your Magellan eXplorist 600 Portable Navigator and with the PC-style file memory system it's easy to manage all of your data. Easily navigate with the intuitive keypad and easy joystick control. Add detailed street maps, topo or lake maps using optional Magellan MapSend software. Magellan TrueFix technology provides superior accuracy and reliability giving you the freedom to explore without concern of getting lost. Pocket-sized, powerful and full of valuable features, your Magellan eXplorist 600 Portable Navigator gives you real GPS that can guide you in full color on every outdoor adventure.

Magellan Magellan eXplorist 600 Portable Navigator Retrieve the exact altitude with the built-in altimeter 2.3" screen to display maps and functions Along with the ability to view maps and other details, the handheld gps navigator is also portable

10. GoldLantern G-Lite Portable Navigator

GoldLantern G-Lite Portable Navigator, 16 Channels, Hot Start 27 Second

GoldLantern G-Lite Portable Navigator Connectivity Technology: Wireless Maximum Battery Run Time: 14 Hour Cold Start Time: 6 Second Hot Start Time: 27 Second Warm Start Time: 23 Second Number of GPS Channels: 16 Maximum Battery Run Time: 14 Hour