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We were on cape cod last week. We went to the christmas tree shop in bourne and I saved it as a favorite. The next day I tried to select it as a destination and I got " route not available ". WHAT !!!!!!
Also, try to find a hospital emergency room while traveling, you will get every clinc, doctors office, god knows what else, between you and the hospital. Good luck after business hours or on a weekend.
My wife has a Garmin Street Pilot 2610. As you travel to different parts of the country, different maps have to be downloaded from a computer.
I have just gotten a new Blackberry Curve with the GPS program from AT&T.
No downloading of maps, all information is right there, across town or across the country. Measurements are adjustable from 50 to 200 feet. It automatically does traffic checks and looks for alternative routes. I think the Garmin lady does the audio directions.
Fill
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fill wrote: My wife has a Garmin Street Pilot 2610. As you travel to different parts of the country, different maps have to be downloaded from a computer.
That is a limitation of the older models. My old Garmin GPS-V is about the same vintage as the 2610, and the loading of maps could get old -- especially since I could drive farther in one day than the maps would cover.
The newer models have enough memory for all of the maps to be pre-loaded, so there's no need to load map segments any more. But that is a valid concern, you really want to make sure that any unit under consideration has enough memory to hold sufficient map data. I think any of the current models will not have this issue, but it doesn't hurt to make sure.
(BTW, I still have that old GPS-V with the tiny black and white screen -- it has topographical maps loaded on it and lives on a handlebar mount on the ATV.)
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fill wrote: My wife has a Garmin Street Pilot 2610. As you travel to different parts of the country, different maps have to be downloaded from a computer.
Why not put the 2 gig memory card in it and just download the entire United States??? Most everyone I know that has a 2610 has done that including myself... I use the 2610 on the bike (motorcycle) and a Nuvi 660 in the cars and trucks... I prefer Garmin - they were the first on the scene with commercial GPS units and have been leading the pack ever since...
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LAdams wrote: I prefer Garmin - they were the first on the scene with commercial GPS units and have been leading the pack ever since...
Not to be pedantic, but the first commercial GPS receiver was the Texas Instruments 4100 NAVSTAR Navigator, introduced in 1982. Garmin wasn't even founded until 1990 and didn't introduce it's first automotive GPSr, the GPS III, until 1997. In the US, you are right that Garmin is leading the pack, with the largest market share and Tom Tom in second. In Europe, Tom Tom is the market leader with Garmin in second.
No company makes a product that will meet all your needs. Every model by every company out there has great features and infuriating shortcomings. Buying is a case of trying to figure out which features matter to you and which shortcomings you can live with. The good news is that they will all basically do the job, so the OP, and anyone else making the same decision, should take an evening and read reviews and opinions on the web sites I posted earlier, make a choice, then relax and enjoy it without dwelling any more on the decision. At the end of the day, they will all get you there.
Well, TI must have a done a goood job of hiding the 4100 Navstar - I've never heard of it until now - what was it - a commercial GPS for the trucking industry or for marine use??? I'm talking about GPS for the masses - not a specilaized unit for some industry...
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