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Re: [PLUG] OT: GPS Recommendation Wanted
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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. 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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