The number and variety of GPS-enabled personal navigation devices that have arrived on the market over the past couple of years is absolutely astounding, a very large number of companies from all around the world getting involved on this particular market segment. And one such firm is the Taiwan-based Holux, who, among many other products, launched back in the second half of 2008 the GPSmile 62, a simple, no-nonsense PND that will most likely appeal to those users who are not willing to spend way too much on their navigation system.

The device sports a built-in 32-channel GPS receiver, which provides a positioning accuracy of up to 10 meters 90 percent of the time, as well as some pretty good starting times: 1 sec hot start, 33 seconds warm start, 36 seconds cold start, plus a 0.1 second reacquisition time.

The GPSmile 62 doesn't really have that much processing power underneath its hood, since it sports a Samsung S3C2443, 400 MHz CPU, accompanied by 64 MB of Flash memory and 64 MB of SDRAM memory, which are used for running the Microsoft Windows CE.Net 5.0 Core Version. The whole thing is powered by a rechargeable 1050 mAh Li-lon battery, which, need be, can be replaced by the user.

The PND comes equipped with a 5-inch TFT LCD touchscreen (480 x 272 pixels resolution, 16-million colors), which features an user-adjustable backligting system. It also sports a built-in speaker, plus pretty much the usual connectivity options one could expect from a product of this type, including here a Micro SD card slot and an USB 2.0 interface.

It's also interesting to note that the GPSmile 62 can be slightly user-configured, since drivers can add an optional Bluetooth module with support for Phonebook, HFP (hands-free profile), DUN (Dial-up Networking) or a TMC receiver.