For those who are interested in a vehicle GPS and mapping SW, how about the complete package for $99.99? Check out http://www.egghead.com/store/ent/eggs_prod.browse?sect_id=SUR_4_383&prod_id= 0000108671&sesid=^bpi!S17393321^cen!Y^ies!CN7E^ces!DF01^ If that link doesn't work, which is likely, it is at www.egghead.com, under liquidations, under home and reference, under mapping and travel. The brand is Rripmate GPS with Street Atlas v.5. This product gives spoken instructions etc. To me this is an incredidibly cheap price - these things can go for many times that - and this is not a refurb product. Marshall Ruskin
>I am concerned about the GPS craze. I have one with mapping. I >can tell you that they are a real crutch. I have one that I use >on my motorcycle and in the van. I have even used it with >software (Street Atlas 6) on my laptop while riding in the >passenger seat. This is a GREAT tool. Watching yourself travel >down a road and looking at all of the available data is >addictive. They are very much a distraction from driving. I am >concerned what will happen when they become common options on >new vehicles. There can be a steep learning curve. > >Just imagine trying to using a new computer program while trying >to drive. Who could scan in a picture with Photoshop, crop it, >adjust the color, add filters, save the image, and print it out; >all while driving down the road, and not be distracted? This is >the type of distraction that will greet the new user.. Then the >cell phone rings!!! <G> > >Bill > |
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