Reply #3: Each toy does different things

[Dr Ron]

I use both a cell phone with internet-browsing and something like a Blackberry. I don't know if it is still the case, but when I purchased it, Blackberrys didn't have service where I live. Instead I got a T900 from Motorolla. It just sends and receives email--one of those toys which does one thing but does it well.

I can read my email over my cell phone, but I hate to use it to send email due to the difficulty of typing messages without a real keyboard. The T900 has a tiny key board, which is good enough for an email message.

While I sometimes just browse on my cell phone, I prefer to connect it to my Palm (Tungsten C) which gives me a larger screen, keyboard, and better software (email and web browser) than the phone has.

After all this, I'm afraid I haven't really answered your question. I don't use mapquest, although it is possible with my Palm (either connected to cell phone or if I'm in a WiFi hot spot) to get maps.