Re: Recommend a GPS ?
- From: "tscottme" <blahblah@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:03:19 -0600
I just bought a TomTom One for a family member Xmas. I'd recommend you
search the reviews of CNet.com. Like most new technology products I'd also
have to have one heck of a good reason to be persuaded to buy more than the
most basic model. One of the cheapest and easiest ways for a company to
make money from a consumer if to swamp them with many unwanted features that
only have the most remote possibility of ever being used by the rarest of
user. The prices are falling on them so fast that the chance of this GPS
purchase needing to have the kitchen sink already installed is about zero.
Whether you buy the entry-level model or the Titanic model this year, they
will almost certainly be replaced by 2-3 years by a cheaper and much more
capable device.
I noticed that TomTom units were selling out of many online retailers this
last weekend, but they'll likely be re-stocked near Christmas. If you are
doing OK without a GPS now, I'd probably shop the good online retailers and
find a price and wait for the backorders to come in rather than getting
bumped up a few models for higher prices, but that is a personal decision.
--
Scott
"People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks
them."
Eric Hoffer
"CCBlack" <ccblack120@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Nov 27, 10:16 pm, gpsman <gps...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Nov 27, 10:44 pm, CCBlack <ccblack...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Am I still in the dinosaur age ? I'm still using a Rand McNally map
in my big truck to get around. Well ... that's not it, I look up
directions on my laptop using a map program and then write them down
on a notepad to find shippers/receivers. =]
Yes, maybe pre-dinosaur.
I notice the prices on GPS units are dropping. I saw one advertised
the other day for around $125. Anyone recommend a manufacture, price
range, features for a newbie like me to GPS navigation. I don't
really need anything fancy. Basically I want a portable one that I
could type an address and then show me where the streets are close to
the address so I don't have to squint at street signs in the middle of
the night.
Streets & Trips for your laptop. About $20-40 street price (or > $100
including a nice gps receiver), and it is arguable that there isn't
anything better at any price.
No map or routing software is perfect or perfectly up-to-date, and you
can't toss your RM MCA out the window (true with any map or routing
software), and S&T can take a bit of practice to master, but I
wouldn't release my brakes without it fired up.
MS offers a 45 day return policy so you can test it at no risk... or
at least no financial risk
anyway...http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/productrefund/refund.mspx
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- gpsman
I already have Streets and Trips on my laptop. That's the map program
I was referring to. I've been using it for years now. I realize I
could hook up a GPS unit to my laptop and use it with S+T , but that's
not what I want to do. I was referring to the little portable GPS
units that you stick on your dash such as a TomTom or a Garmin etc.
Chris
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