K.S. Bhaskar on 1 Apr 2008 19:16:15 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] OT: GPS Recommendation Wanted


My TomTom One doesn't ask me to acknowledge that I know what I am
doing when I turn it on.  Also, it runs Linux, source code is
available and it can be hacked (http://opentom.org).  No, just because
I can hack it doesn't mean that I have hacked it.

Major annoyance is that the PC connection software is Windows.

I have seen it on sale for around $150 - I paid around $240 for it,
and thought I was getting a good deal because it had been on sale for
more, but prices have been coming down steadily on GPS.

-- Bhaskar

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org> wrote:
> I am planning on getting a GPS unit for my car.  I want to semi-permanently mount it on
>  the dash, hard wiring the power supply into the vehicle.  (In other words, I'll hard
>  wire around the cigarette lighter plug, and leave the plug into the GPS unit intact.)
>
>  My desire is to have the GPS turn on automatically when I start the car (my cigarette
>  lighter outlet shuts off with the car).
>
>  However, I have noticed one huge problem:   Many GPS units require that you acknowledge
>  a limit to liability whenever the unit turns on!
>
>
>  This not only annoys me philosophically (how many other consumer goods will soon
>  require a formal limit to liability release be approved before they will work????),
>  but also means the unit won't work "automatically" unless I touch the control pad.
>
>
>  Does anyone know of a good GPS unit that does **not** require constant acknowledgment
>  that I'm still supposed to watch where I'm driving and that it's not the GPS's fault
>  if I drive into a tree?
>
>  --
>
>
>  Casey Bralla
>  Chief Nerd in Residence
>  The NerdWorld Organisation
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