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Robb
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USA
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 Posted - 07/29/2010 : 14:19:08
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Does anyone here have a Garminfone? Any reviews on it would be appreciated.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 07/29/2010 : 14:24:51 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Robb
Does anyone here have a Garminfone? Any reviews on it would be appreciated.
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Um, what's a Garminfone?
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Robb
SFN Regular
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2010 : 14:29:59 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
Originally posted by Robb
Does anyone here have a Garminfone? Any reviews on it would be appreciated.
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Um, what's a Garminfone?
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I would assume you do not have one? Here it is http://garminfone.t-mobile.com/ |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 07/29/2010 : 14:40:05 [Permalink]
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I am unimpressed by this phone. The current gen of smartphones can give you essentially the same thing, plus are better at being smartphones.
The new Driod X and HTC Evo are pretty awesome devices, and you can get turn by turn voice guided GPS on both.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2010 : 14:54:31 [Permalink]
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All is now clear - nope, I don't have one. Should I?
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 07/29/2010 : 15:11:55 [Permalink]
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Robb.....
| Does anyone here have a Garminfone? Any reviews on it would be appreciated. |
I don't have a Garminphone, but I do have a Garmin Nuvi 3760 GPS portable. I couldn't drive or walk in unfamiliar urban environments without it! Throw all your maps away!
In the last year or so, I have used it in six or seven of the largest cities in the US, and it works like a charm, even showing recent road repairs and route detours and calculating shortest routes - factoring in traffic volume.
It's an absolutely marvelous device and far better than the TomTom, which I had previously to the Garmin. The Garmin graphics are far superior to others, and the voice navigation is much easier to follow, as it anticipates normal turn decision time and seems almost prescient as to anticipating the driver (or walker's) mistakes. Pocket sized and 8 hour battery make it very practical for any form of travel.
I can recommend the Garmin navigation software and display system without qualification! If you travel, once you use one you are literally lost without it! |
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Robb
SFN Regular
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2010 : 18:39:15 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
All is now clear - nope, I don't have one. Should I?
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I don't know, that is what I am trying to find out. They are having a good deal on them and I was thiknking about getting one. We will see.
Thanks Dude and bngbuck for your input.
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
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Posted - 07/30/2010 : 01:14:57 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
..., and you can get turn by turn voice guided GPS on both. |
So far, in the US only.
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Paulos23
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 07/30/2010 : 10:10:19 [Permalink]
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| Considering that many phones already have a GPS function, Garmin is behind the curve. |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 07/30/2010 : 10:29:10 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Starman
Originally posted by Dude
..., and you can get turn by turn voice guided GPS on both. |
So far, in the US only.
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There are places other than the US? Why am I always the last one to be told about these things?!
Seriously though, I didn't know the gps nav functions on these phones didn't work outside the US. Seems crazy. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 07/30/2010 : 12:48:05 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
Seriously though, I didn't know the gps nav functions on these phones didn't work outside the US. Seems crazy.
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GPS Nav functions does, just not the voice guide.
My Apple iPhone uses Google-maps for navigation. How up to date it is, I haven't checked.
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
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Posted - 07/30/2010 : 14:29:33 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
Seriously though, I didn't know the gps nav functions on these phones didn't work outside the US. Seems crazy. |
It is because of map licencing. Maps with all the traffic rules are expensive. Google own the US maps and can do what ever they want with them, but the maps of other countries seems to be at least partly owned by other companies. For instance Tele Atlas, a subsidary of TomTom.
For some reason Tele Atlas does not seem to want to let Google give their users free navigation on those maps.
(The other map gigant Navteq is a subsidary of Nokia, which offer free world wide navigation in their GPS phones)
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