Re: Key ring fob GPS now shipping

Nonnymus <howdydoodie@xxxxxxx> wrote:

BikeRider50 wrote:


For what you paid, you can buy a name brand, 12 channel automotive GPS
with a complete set of internal street maps, downloadable maps for other
countries, that will run on internal rechargable batteries for up to 6
hours that will easily fit in a shirt pocket and that isn't much larger
than the one you bought that only does one thing. Don't it make more
sense to buy something that you can use every day to keep from getting
lost in a strange city or town rather than a single use device that can
only do what most normal adults can do with the thing that sits on their
shoulders? Oh yeah, the ones I suggest also play Mp-3's and can disply
pictures and video from a data card.

I've got those kinds of GPSs and I wouldn't use them for this
application.

Gosh, that's wonderful. I DO have one of those $100 critters- from
Fry's on a Black Friday special. It's bigger than you mention and the
only maps I've been able to locate are for Brazil, Canada and the USA.
I paid $90 for my little key fob GPS unit and it can hang on my lanyard
with the CC and room key when going ashore. I'd have to past a loop on
the Nav unit to do that, and it's a lot bigger.

Can you give me the URL for the $90 ones that have maps of the
Caribbean, South America's west coast?

What you seem to be unable to understand is that I can use my iPaq with
GPS and Streets for many places, if I want street maps. In this case,
all I want is an arrow to point me to the ship. With the Ecco, there's
no need to locate, pay and download maps. There's no need to have a
pocket- a lanyard will do. Since I won't be using my cell phone in a
"roaming" environment and won't be purchasing maps for a dedicated GPS
and won't be listening to music when ashore, I'm very happy with my
little compromise unit that works anywhere at the press of a button.
For you, perhaps the extra cost and effort for a dedicated map is worth
it

A regular GPS would be overkill.

It's like al those applications that were suggested for PCs when they
first came out - you can count calories - you can find recipes. Well
you can, but it's way more trouble to do than just writing down what
you eat or looking in a book for a recipe or just remembering what
food you've cooked in the past. Sometimes a calculator or a pencil
and paper work better, are quicker, and are more efficient than going
to a computer.

There's a backtracking application on the regular GPS (on ours because
it is for a boat, it is called MOB aka Man OverBoard). But the big
GPSs are too big, and in my case I would be apt to lose them or they
might be stolen. I personally wouldn't buy this but if Nonny wants
one, why not? It's HIS money.


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