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  Re: TomTom and Garmin Lose Their Way
| Rob Solomon | 05-01-2008 |
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>>> So -- I'm going to mount a cell phone on the dash of my car in place
>>> of my GPS???
>>> Right.
>>> of my GPS???
>>> Right.
>> Depends on your needs. We've survived for many years using maps, then
>> Mapquest, now GPS. Often, I can drive to a city hundreds of miles away
>> just
>> following road signs and what I remember from looking at a map. The GPS
>> is
>> nice to find that particular street though. If a cellphone that I
>> already
>> own can do it cheap, I have a hard time justifying a $500 dedicated GPS
>> unit. Maybe others do to.
>> Mapquest, now GPS. Often, I can drive to a city hundreds of miles away
>> just
>> following road signs and what I remember from looking at a map. The GPS
>> is
>> nice to find that particular street though. If a cellphone that I
>> already
>> own can do it cheap, I have a hard time justifying a $500 dedicated GPS
>> unit. Maybe others do to.
> I get sick from those devices:
> http://www.bioinitiative.org/ + http://www.brain-surgery.us/
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>> Even better, I use my Nuvi today, the first time in a couple of months.
>> It
>> took me to 1 Lakeshore Drive, not Lakeshore Center that was not listed.
>> Using intuition I found the right place on the opposite side of the
>> street a
>> 1/4 mile away.
>> It
>> took me to 1 Lakeshore Drive, not Lakeshore Center that was not listed.
>> Using intuition I found the right place on the opposite side of the
>> street a
>> 1/4 mile away.
> Also have a nuvi, was one of the few devices available without FM
> sender and bluetooth. Works quite nice, even got a map update DVD
> from Garmin lately fro free, thanks! If I would just know now how
> to use it if you use Linux?
> [..]
> --
> Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94)
> mail: echo zvpunry@urvzvat.qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/'
> sender and bluetooth. Works quite nice, even got a map update DVD
> from Garmin lately fro free, thanks! If I would just know now how
> to use it if you use Linux?
> [..]
> --
> Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94)
> mail: echo zvpunry@urvzvat.qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/'
>> Also have a nuvi, was one of the few devices available without FM
>> sender and bluetooth. Works quite nice, even got a map update DVD
>> from Garmin lately fro free, thanks! If I would just know now how
>> to use it if you use Linux?
>> sender and bluetooth. Works quite nice, even got a map update DVD
>> from Garmin lately fro free, thanks! If I would just know now how
>> to use it if you use Linux?
You have to virtualize a version of windows that is needed for the
update to work. You could probably find early WinXP disks for this
purpose. VMware and VirtualBox both work.
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>>>> from keen competition--namely cell phones--and a weakening
>>>> economy..."
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