GPS Navigation is the greatest invention since sliced bread

BD2003

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I have no idea why it took me this long to get on the gps bandwagon. Silly me actually thought I didn't really have a use for it.

I never have to think about where I'm going or how I'm going to get there anymore. It's teaching me things about my own neighborhood, all these sweet shortcuts I never knew existed.

It seems to have a good idea of when or not it'll actually be faster to take the highway. Today it gave me this sweet route coming back from a place, that was this awesome dark twisty road, way more fun to drive than the big roads to the freeway, and definitely much quicker.

It's now also completely impossible to get lost, or have trouble finding someplace to get gas, food or lodging in the middle of nowhere.

Best part of all? Never have to worry about my GF getting all antsy when I miss a turn or don't write directions clear enough. Backseat drivers get automatically overruled by the lovely british lady in the magic box.
 

Xyo II

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I agree, it's definitely worth the cost for at least a cheap one if you have the cash.
 

Qianglong

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Originally posted by: BD2003
Originally posted by: toant103
Originally posted by: BD2003
Originally posted by: r6ashih
what model

Tomtom 6 for pocket PC. Nice and easy to bring with me to other people's cars as well.

tomtom 6 for ppc is out?

My bad, I meant 5.

V6 is out and i tried it on my ipaq. The map is much more jerky than version 5. Basically it is like a slideshow instead of being smooth. SO i reverted back to 5.
 

trmiv

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I'm doing a cross country drive in a few months, I have to have gps for that. I just need to decide what to get. Does Tom tom 5 say the street names? The cheapest devoted gps unit I can find that does that is the Garmin c340.
 

gsethi

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no, there is no monthly fees.

I am using my Dell Axim x51v with Holux 236 and Iguidance3. Clearly love the setup. I also use my x51v as a mp3 player at the background (with a 8gb CF card in it) while running the GPS.

I also tried using Mapopolis and it says out Street names too but I like the UI of Iguidance3 much better (even though iguidance3 doesnt says street names but instead it says the distance)

 

PhoenixOrion

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I'd have to agree GPS is up there with sliced bread.

Especially helpful when driving a rental car in a foreign country/foreign language and have GPS in English.

Imagine navigating the massive cities like Mumbai, Shanghai, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Moscow, Delhi, Istanbul and Bangkok. You'd be thanking whoever invented portable GPS.
 

Googer

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Originally posted by: BD2003
I have no idea why it took me this long to get on the gps bandwagon. Silly me actually thought I didn't really have a use for it.

I never have to think about where I'm going or how I'm going to get there anymore. It's teaching me things about my own neighborhood, all these sweet shortcuts I never knew existed.

It seems to have a good idea of when or not it'll actually be faster to take the highway. Today it gave me this sweet route coming back from a place, that was this awesome dark twisty road, way more fun to drive than the big roads to the freeway, and definitely much quicker.

It's now also completely impossible to get lost, or have trouble finding someplace to get gas, food or lodging in the middle of nowhere.

Best part of all? Never have to worry about my GF getting all antsy when I miss a turn or don't write directions clear enough. Backseat drivers get automatically overruled by the lovely british lady in the magic box.


As far as I am concerned, airconditioning beats out GPS for the best invention or addtion to the automobile.
 
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Originally posted by: Baked
No, Mapquest was, which is then replaced by google maps.

Gmaps is handy, but MSN Mappoint still rocks. Easy to copy to your pocket PC (sync) although google is nice for having a search utility
 

SeaSerpent

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I use my Garmin GPS76S to navigate the water ways of Puget Sound. I love it, I can never get lost.
 

SuepaFly

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Nice, I love mine. Unfortunately though, I live in San Francisco, and this Nav has a love affair with Van Ness and Geary, I think it orgasmed once at the intersection of Van Ness and Geary. I'm hoping it was just a fling.
 

wasssup

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Yeah, these are definitely cool. I bought the cheap one at staples for $300 AR (the finedigital 400 or whatever), and while it doesn't usually give you the "best" directions to your destination it gets you there..

I'm probably going to return it though and go for a better model (i keep hearing the garmin c320 is a good cheap unit)...
 

toant103

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Originally posted by: Qianglong
Originally posted by: BD2003
Originally posted by: toant103
Originally posted by: BD2003
Originally posted by: r6ashih
what model

Tomtom 6 for pocket PC. Nice and easy to bring with me to other people's cars as well.

tomtom 6 for ppc is out?

My bad, I meant 5.

V6 is out and i tried it on my ipaq. The map is much more jerky than version 5. Basically it is like a slideshow instead of being smooth. SO i reverted back to 5.


How did you get version 6? I saw tomtom6 for a PALM but not for ppc yet. I think they have tomtom6 in the EU.
 

daniel1113

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Definitely agreed. GPS is a lot like TiVo, or DVRs in general... you don't realize how useful it is until you own one.
 

Dacalo

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I :heart: my Alpine 872a. What's nice is I can plan a day's schedule with different destinations, and it would guide me flawlessly.