There seems to be a community of enthusiasts around any device that is hackable. It isn't any big challenge to mount a filesystem and then edit a text file. Flashing different ROM images etc can be somewhat more tricky. The TomTom is Linux based so you can change the UI or even add little programs you might write.
I did. And at multiple locations. I have been using GPSs since when they only gave you Lat/Long. TomTom used to be the AOL of GPSs as far as their UI. They moved away from that and have been making good stuff for quite some time. I just think the UI especially for prompts is well done in TomTom.
Because it does? Its just like for example most standard production cars have comparable prices feature for feature. A Ford Focus isn't priced the same as a Lexus.
Likely his "two year" time frame was more than that. It wasn't that long ago when $700 was the typical price for a GPS which had fewer features than say a $250 unit might have now.
Exactly, the data rate for the almanac is quite slow and moving only aggravates things.
TomTom has a nice feature where you can preload about a weeks worth of almanac data available via their management software.
As far as I know...
Top price - close to $10K for a marine quality unit with a large screen, DVD player, etc.
Even if you just consider the range of prices for "normal consumer GPS's", a range of under $100 to close to a grand doesn't fit my definition of "they all have comparable prices".
Sure, maybe if you base the price on a feature for feature comparison, they might have comparable prices, but that blanket statement doesn't work for the entire range of devices available.
on 8/25/2009 10:54 AM (ET) Mike wrote the following:
$205.89 at Amazon
-snip- Re; Garmin Nuvi 265WT
Guess Amazon is still adjusting prices- $208 on mine. [and they charge NY tax, so it jumps another $15 or so.
Jim
I'm looking @ Amazon right now. It's interesting these don't say anything about live traffic update. I do note on Amazon, under the description, it says the model number on the item is a "265 W", but they claim its a "265WT".
I had read b/4, the difference in the models are in the cord, which brings you the live traffic. The description also says it is "traffic ready". The cord alone runs over $100. So, just from reading, its not a Apples to Apples comparison.
Thanks.
Last Christmas, got my wife a Garmin Nuvi, believe 260W. Works well but important thing was she learned to use it easily without my help.
Do any have the feature, at any price, that allows you to mark an area, say an intersection, as "Don't go there!"?
On Aug 25, 3:56=A0pm, "HeyBub" wrote: ...Snip...
Yes.
"SteveB" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.infowest.com:
It was the brand new super duper unit. I was new to GPS and thought it was great.
George wrote in news:h710t4$q9l$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:
It was just over 2 years old.
Hi, Garmin, Magelan. Just make sure you get latest map loaded.
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