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Posted by BocaBill on March 16, 2008, 5:39 pm


Read a thread in here from 2001 that said the Garmin 12 was a very
user friendly, easy to use GPS.

The Garmin 12 has been discontinued.

What is today's recommendation?

I'm looking for one for my wife who is not real 'in tune' to gadgetry.

Thanks in advance.

Posted by BocaBill on March 17, 2008, 10:30 am


> What's she going to do with it? Hiking? Driving?
> What part of the world?
> wrote (with clarity & insight):
> >Read a thread in here from 2001 that said the Garmin 12 was a very
> >user friendly, easy to useGPS.
> >The Garmin 12 has been discontinued.
> >What is today's recommendation?
> >I'm looking for one for my wife who is not real 'in tune' to gadgetry.
> >Thanks in advance.- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -

The GPS would be used primarily for driving directions (finding
addresses while 'out of town'). I would be willing to reload the unit
depending on where she was travelling, so that the unit would not have
to store the entire United States at one time.

Posted by BocaBill on March 17, 2008, 4:56 pm


> =A0 =A0 I'd recommend one of the nuvi models. TheGPS12 (nor its replacemen=
t)
> wouldn't even come close to doing what you want to do.
> --
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Darrel Goheen
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0G...@tvnav.com
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.tvnav.com
> TheGPSwould be used primarily for driving directions (finding
> addresses while 'out of town'). =A0I would be willing to reload the unit
> depending on where she was travelling, so that the unit would not have
> to store the entire United States at one time.- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -

I see quite a number of Nuvi models, with quite a range of prices.
Any further advice?

The device would be used only occasionally, but the "useability" is
key (for my wife).

Thanks again.

Posted by BocaBill on March 17, 2008, 5:01 pm


> =A0 =A0 I'd recommend one of the nuvi models. TheGPS12 (nor its replacemen=
t)
> wouldn't even come close to doing what you want to do.
> --
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Darrel Goheen
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0G...@tvnav.com
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.tvnav.com

Darrel,

I went to your website. I see you offer a lot of different units. Is
there anywhere I can go to see a comparison of features? That would
be most helpful.

Thanks.


Posted by Simon Slavin on March 18, 2008, 5:19 pm


On 16/03/2008, BocaBill wrote in message <61ea94a3-9924-44d0-8381-
9d90877c4da8@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>:

> Read a thread in here from 2001 that said the Garmin 12 was a very
> user friendly, easy to use GPS.
>
> The Garmin 12 has been discontinued.
>
> What is today's recommendation?

That was then. This is now. Pretty-much every SatNav device made today
is more user-friendly than the Garmin 12. I recommend you go down to your
local showroom and fiddle with whatever they have on display. If your
wife can us a mobile phone she can probably use most SatNav devices I've
seen, at least for the basic postcode and get-me-home features.

Simon.
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http://www.hearsay.demon.co.uk

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