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 Apr 21 2009, 06:48 PM
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 Death is a promise given to us at birth  Group: Official Designer Posts: 4,757 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,459  |
i'm planning to get a gps very soon. I don't know much about GPS, so i'm asking for suggestions. I want a dependable one that shows all streets around my location. Or the one that lets me know many restaurants in one zip code (like the iphone apps, yellowpage). And reasonable price won't hurt too.
So let me have it. |
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Apr 21 2009, 07:26 PM
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QUOTE(moorepocket @ Apr 21 2009, 07:48 PM)  i'm planning to get a gps very soon. I don't know much about GPS, so i'm asking for suggestions. I want a dependable one that shows all streets around my location. Or the one that lets me know many restaurants in one zip code (like the iphone apps, yellowpage). And reasonable price won't hurt too. So let me have it. aarite.. opinn u mouutthh puh leez 
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Apr 21 2009, 07:32 PM
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 Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
^ dude, huh?
Garmin Nuvi products. I know several who have them and no one has complained. They range in different types, features, etc. Do an Amazon search for Garmin Nuvi and browse for a while. There's typically a chart/matrix that shows the different models and how they compare with each other. |
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Apr 21 2009, 07:37 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
Make sure you buy a new one, that has been updated recently. Thats how you can make sure it shows all roads. Otherwise it may not show newer roads.
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Apr 21 2009, 09:30 PM
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Death is a promise given to us at birth Group: Official Designer Posts: 4,757 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,459 |
^good thinking. i never thought gps could be updated or out-of-date.
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Apr 21 2009, 09:42 PM
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 Senior Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 1,507 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 571,541 |
I heard about when i was watching the Apple 2009 Keynote from march that the Iphone 3.0 update will enable a GOOGLE NAVIGATION type feature on the google maps App and it will be a GPS!, but the CON about it is that you have to set the Streets and Everything yourself! THATS BULLS**T!!!
 
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Apr 22 2009, 12:11 AM
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Death is a promise given to us at birth Group: Official Designer Posts: 4,757 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,459 |
^ yeah no kidding. why bother if you have to set it yourself. I would get a map then.
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Apr 27 2009, 09:07 PM
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Senior Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 1,507 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 571,541 |
haha im guessing that APPLE just got lazy after the idea of the GPS..
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Apr 27 2009, 09:53 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
Garmin makes great products. When I first started driving my parents got me some off brand GPS and it went to crap pretty fast. Most of my friends have GPS systems and by far the best one I've played it (and contemplated stealing from one of my friends) is the Nuvi 760. I think your best bet is to go to a site that includes the features of GPS. The nice thing about GPS systems now is that there are an array of features... so you'll have to do some comparing to find the one that best fits your needs. There's no point in paying for a bunch of features you're not going to use or skipping features that could be valuable to you.
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