GPS Aficionados? - Page 3

shine · 04-14-08, 10:02

I've been thinking of getting one and am pretty set on the Nuvi line, but not sure which one yet. Amazon seems to have nice prices on them, compared to places like Best Buy.

Ctowner · 04-15-08, 02:22

Isn't it preferred to be able to edit and update your maps? I look to Mapshare for that, and thats why I ended up siding with a ONE versus a Nuvi.

I'm going through a phase where I'm trying to learn the streets on my own, I depend on my GPS way too much!

Anyone else like that? A complete louse with directions unless you have your GPS?

wytstang · 04-15-08, 10:36

That would be me. I've lived in an area all my life and never remember street names. I've always relied on memory to get me back. I can honestly say I NEED a gps to get around town or just travel as I suck at it.

JohnZ3MC · 04-15-08, 11:54

Wytstang,
Your Nuvi will be perfect for you then. Once you get it charged up and linked to satellites, you set a location called 'home'. It becomes a preferred favourite. Then when you're totally confused, you can just plot a course to 'home'.
While you're waiting, get an extra 4 gb SD card and load it up with tunes and pics.
-John C.

wytstang · 04-16-08, 10:24

I have a Garmin Street pilot c340 thats great but my parents are moving out of south Fl and to Georgia. My mom doesn't know the area as well as my dad so I'm giving her my c340 and I'm upgrading to the 660 (it's my excuse to do so lol)

Titania · 04-17-08, 09:15

I have a Garmin Nuvi 750, and I love it. I've got nothing at all negative to say. The multi-point routing is super useful and works extremely well. It displays speed limits on highways. The breadcrumb feature is really cool, especially on vacation.

Ctowner · 04-22-08, 12:01

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Originally Posted by JohnZ3MC

Wytstang,
Your Nuvi will be perfect for you then. Once you get it charged up and linked to satellites, you set a location called 'home'. It becomes a preferred favourite. Then when you're totally confused, you can just plot a course to 'home'.
While you're waiting, get an extra 4 gb SD card and load it up with tunes and pics.
-John C.

You can set the Home location on most GPS devices, I know that I set mine yesterday on my TomTom ONE (because I moved recently).

Wait - who needs 4 Gb of music on their GPS? I've heard of the GO 720's endless features, but I simply prefer a simple, reliable GPS.

(shrug)

TigerMike · 04-22-08, 01:09

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Originally Posted by Ctowner

Wait - who needs 4 Gb of music on their GPS? I've heard of the GO 720's endless features, but I simply prefer a simple, reliable GPS.

(shrug)

Ditto! I could care less about the "extra" features on most GPS devices, i.e. music, photos, blah, blah... I'd rather the extra money be spent on better quality mapping and quality of map software, rather than useless "upsell" features that are meaningless to what a GPS device is all about. Get me there, and get me there quickly and accurately, is all I care about. Instead and unfortunately, it seems the formula is to get you somewhere, albeit rather slowly, but at least I'll have cool tunes and photos while I try to figure out where the thing sent me! I don't call those devices a GPS, but rather a POS.

G35stilez · 04-22-08, 02:12

Been using Google Maps on the CrackBerry for a while when not in the G; not fun.

Been researching and playing in Best Buy, I'm going to pull the trigger on the Garmin Nuvi 660. The salesguy saids its the best one out there and they don't even sell it anymore. With a market entry price of $1000, to pick it up around $300 now is an incredible deal.

azifukare · 04-23-08, 04:38

i had a nice eclipse avn 5500 until somebody stole, it it worked great . . . a customer of mine gave me an older tom tom that works good for 3 year old technology but many people tell me the nuvi is great

rjstaaf · 04-24-08, 07:26

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Originally Posted by G35stilez

Been using Google Maps on the CrackBerry for a while when not in the G; not fun.

Been researching and playing in Best Buy, I'm going to pull the trigger on the Garmin Nuvi 660. The salesguy saids its the best one out there and they don't even sell it anymore. With a market entry price of $1000, to pick it up around $300 now is an incredible deal.

There is a new app for newer Blackberrys from Microsoft called TellMe that you might want to check out. I haven't played with it extensively but the reviews seem to be pretty positive.

Microsoft Releases Tellme Voice Search for BlackBerry | CrackBerry.com

EdLancer · 04-26-08, 01:11

I got a Magellan Crossover 2500T several weeks ago and it is pretty good for the price. Its not the GPS for everyone, since theres quite a few firmware updates and tweaking to get it to perform above and beyond its advertised features.

Strong points, extremely long battery life of 8-10 hours and IPX-4 water resistant unit.

The Crossover is 3 types GPS units in one hence the name Crossover, has the detailed TTS NavTeq street maps, Topo maps when you are off roads and marine maps when you are boating.

I have Topo Canada , USA and European maps on the SD card and it is very very accurate for topos with POIs even ! This is proberly the best priced IPX-4 GPS unit around other than the ultra expensive Garmin Zumo that does much less.