Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (August 2007, week 1)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:33:30 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: GPS
Comments: To: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com>
In-Reply-To:  <C52AD39F-3CED-4B31-B166-A28585AD4B3B@mac.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

Hi all.

So this thread got me learning about Garmins. Pretty cool. Now I want!

Anyone know if there's 3rd party word processing software for it?

That would really "kill two birds" for me. GPS, Mp3 and something to keep *legible* notes on. Especially since screen gets great reviews.

Not sure if it would be big enough though.

I know they have USB ports, so a KB plus simple WP software, and off you go!

(of course its' OS would have to support that kind of thing)

Just curious.

Neil.

-- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

On 8/1/07, Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote: > I just bought a Garmin NUVI 350 from Best Buy and it works great. I > mostly use it in upstate NY where there a 100's of roads that nobody > knows of and I have to say this thing is great. I knows them all, > calls out the turns in advance, even has a detour button in the event > you hit a traffic jam. ( I have used this once on the BQE going to > brooklyn and it worked great!) > > The only complaint is that the voice is a little robotic but I got > used to it over time. > > It has an mp3 player in it which is nice as you loaded it up with > songs then connect it to my stereo, when the navigator needs to tell > me to make a turn it cuts in, lowers the music and speaks, then goes > right back to the music. > > I paid $450 for it and got the extended warranty for a little extra. > > the other good thing about it is that it's portable, can run on > batteries in the event you are walking around in a town looking for > museums, restaurants, or medical needs. > > Robert > 88 Vanagon > NY > > > On Jul 30, 2007, at 7:04 PM, mike wrote: > > > Vannuts, > > > > I've been wanting to get a GPS system for my van for a while now. > > Frank's > > post really got me going. I'd like something like that if it had > > remote > > entry. > > > > > > However....today I got an offer from my cell phone company, > > Verizon. They're > > offering voice and picture GPS guidance on my cell phone for $10/ > > month. > > Anybody have any experience with this system? > > > > Mike >


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.