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Re: [PLUG] OT: GPS Recommendation Wanted
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> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:16:09 -0400
> From: "K.S. Bhaskar" <bhaskar@bhaskars.com>
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> My TomTom One doesn't ask me to acknowledge that I know what I am
> doing when I turn it on.
Both of mine do *if* the battery ran out. And we use them rarely enough
that that's usually the case. Also, ours require using the on/off
buttons, which kind of goes against what the OP is trying to do.
Having said that, I like the unit a lot; that's why I have two. The
Windows-only software bugs me too, but I don't really use it anyway, so...
Related, the factory GPS in the 2004 Acura TL a buddy has does pop up a
stupid disclaimer screen, but perhaps it goes away by itself eventually,
not sure. For my purposes, an additional $1,200-2,000 (I forget) was
silly to spend when you can get the hand-held for < $200 and take it in
the house to program ahead of time, and use it in the rental car or
whatever. [1] Finally, if it breaks, who cars? You don't lose the car
for a week.
Later,
JP
[1] In theory, you can also set a favorite to the GPS location of where
you parked the car, then use that to find the car again at the mall. I
haven't tried that yet though, and I'm not sure how well it would
navigate you when you are in the middle of a field as far as it knows.
Plus, it won't bet able to find the satellites when indoors.
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