- 1. [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: "john niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:51:13 -0500
- to keep it shop related... sometimes losing my way to the shop I'm considering buying a GPS for the car. I start looking and realize that each manufacturer has at least 76 models available... I need
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00070.html (8,127 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:34:50 -0400
- 1) Smartphone. If you've got an Android or Blackberry, get the Google Maps app for it. I don't use a standalone GPS unit any more. 2) Barring that, I'll go home and get the model number off ours, wh
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00071.html (8,814 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: eric@megageek.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:34:35 -0400
- I love my Garmin Nuvi. I've had a few in different cars and got a few for friends. But really what I find is that there isn't much of a difference with the consumer level ones anymore. I'd just wait
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00072.html (8,550 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 14:01:42 -0400 (EDT)
- Do you have a cell phone? If so, don't bother with a GPS. My phone came with two GPS navigation apps, and the Google version actually works ( the Sprint app is useless ). It's just as good as any ded
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00074.html (9,156 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:03:42 -0700
- That's because they assign a different model number to each collection of options. They're all pretty much the same basic receiver inside, the options are things like display size, voice recognition
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00075.html (8,945 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 14:07:14 -0400
- I have owned about 5 or 6 Garmins over the last 15 years, and I have (obviously) been happy with them. The biggest downside is that the databases get out-of-date, and you have to pay real money for u
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00076.html (10,527 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: Miq Millman <miq@bigllama.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:10:42 -0700
- Tomtom should get brownie points for their (albeit nebulous) connection to British cars and culture via John Cleese: http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/john-cleese-breaks-free-tomtom-gps-campaign-132 276
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00077.html (9,612 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Parkanzky" <parkanzky@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 14:31:54 -0400
- What features do you care about? We have two Mio Digiwalker C310's that we bought for ~$125 around five years ago and we loved them. The power cord failed on one of them (and the batteries gave up th
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00079.html (10,367 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 14:57:51 -0400
- Do you know if in Android/Goodle it is possible to associate a specific location with a contact so you can reliably navigate to it? If on my Droid X I do "navigate to Aunt Eunice", it looks up Aunt E
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00081.html (10,047 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:01:39 -0400
- That's why the only GPS I use any more is the Droid and Google Maps--all I REALLY want is an accurate (enough) map and to know where I am on that map. After that, I can figure out how to get there, o
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00082.html (9,518 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:35:04 -0700
- Just make sure it has lifetime maps and traffic, if it does traffic. When buying new, the cost for these is a minimal adder. Jack to keep it shop related... sometimes losing my way to the shop I'm co
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00098.html (9,197 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Kemp <bk13@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:12:32 -0700
- John - Some people love the smart phones, but I'm a simple phone guy, so I use a Garmin nuvi and like it. If you live in a busy area, traffic information is very valuable. Just last week, getting on
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00102.html (11,531 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 22:38:57 -0500
- In some cases, they also have different models for different retailers, to make price shopping harder. I'm in the smart phone camp, myself. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com ______________________
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00103.html (8,637 bytes)
- 14. Re: [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:09:49 -0400
- I asked my wife last night what kind of GPS we bought, she said it was a Garmin. Lemme go find it and I'll get the model number. This morning, since I asked last night, she showed me this: http://1sa
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00107.html (8,345 bytes)
- 15. [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: jniolon at bham.rr.com (john niolon)
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:51:13 -0500
- to keep it shop related... sometimes losing my way to the shop I'm considering buying a GPS for the car. I start looking and realize that each manufacturer has at least 76 models available... I need
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00366.html (8,226 bytes)
- 16. [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: scott.hall.personal at gmail.com (Scott Hall)
- Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:34:50 -0400
- John, 1) Smartphone. If you've got an Android or Blackberry, get the Google Maps app for it. I don't use a standalone GPS unit any more. 2) Barring that, I'll go home and get the model number off our
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00367.html (9,638 bytes)
- 17. [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: eric at megageek.com (eric at megageek.com)
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:34:35 -0400
- John, I love my Garmin Nuvi. I've had a few in different cars and got a few for friends. But really what I find is that there isn't much of a difference with the consumer level ones anymore. I'd just
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00368.html (8,996 bytes)
- 18. [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: hillman at planet-torque.com (David Hillman)
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 14:01:42 -0400 (EDT)
- Do you have a cell phone? If so, don't bother with a GPS. My phone came with two GPS navigation apps, and the Google version actually works ( the Sprint app is useless ). It's just as good as any ded
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00370.html (10,186 bytes)
- 19. [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall)
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:03:42 -0700
- That's because they assign a different model number to each collection of options. They're all pretty much the same basic receiver inside, the options are things like display size, voice recognition
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00371.html (10,160 bytes)
- 20. [Shop-talk] gps to find the shop (score: 1)
- Author: doug at dougbraun.com (Douglas Braun)
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 14:07:14 -0400
- I have owned about 5 or 6 Garmins over the last 15 years, and I have (obviously) been happy with them. The biggest downside is that the databases get out-of-date, and you have to pay real money for u
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00372.html (12,128 bytes)
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