Pocket PC navigation - again

Hi all

I have been thinking about getting a pocket pc based gps navigation
tool. I have downloaded and tried PocketFMS, and admittedly was quite
impressed with it. But I find it rather hard to justify paying a 150
Euros annually (!) for a piece of software that seems to be in permanent
beta state. (I suppose once hooked there is no way out, the app will
stop working after a year if I decide not to renew the license, even if
I'm happy to use it with out of date data.) Not sure what the deal with
he Garmin appliances, but I suspect these will not stop working if one
stops the data subscription. If this is the case, in a few years the
appliance make a better value for money.

I wonder if anyone has a strong view on this? Or indeed, if anyone does
find PocketFMS a worthwhile investment. Any feedback would be much
appreciated.

Cheers,
Akos

"TMG" <tmg_747@************> wrote:

>Just use a pre-pay version. I think anything before .64 keeps working, only
>the data will be outdated. And it is free...

The problem is what is the point in flying with out of date chart
data?

If you are going to do that, you may as well scan in the latest (1998)
ONC chart of Europe and run that under Oziexplorer. The terrain hasn't
changed :)