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AKICOLJ: Portable GPS devices
Jul. 19th, 2010 01:32 amFor the last couple of years, I've been thinking, "One of these days, I'm going to get a GPS." As in the add-on GPS units you can use for directions when driving and at other times, too.
One of these days may turn out to come around this week. Maybe not, but maybe enough that I'm reading online reviews and quickly being overwhelmed by brand and model choices. Please help me, oh LiveJournal. I can't say you're my only hope, but I'm the sort who welcomes opinions, experiences, and insights, especially from geeky friends.
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For folks who have experience with GPS beasties, what brands and models have you loved, liked, disliked, and/or hated? For what reasons?
Links to useful online review sites also welcome. I've skimmed several. Some are obviously marketing fluff. Others, like GPSreview.net, not so much.
Many thanks! I've wanted a GPS since first experiencing one in a tow truck when I was in England eight years ago. I've needed one ever since moving east, though I've obviously managed one way or another the scores of times I've been lost or otherwise not known where I was and/or how to get where I wanted to go. Ditto that for the times non-moving traffic led me to abandon a highway and set off across the back roads of Connecticut (I know my way around Massachusetts somewhat better and also run into fewer traffic jams here).
One of these days may turn out to come around this week. Maybe not, but maybe enough that I'm reading online reviews and quickly being overwhelmed by brand and model choices. Please help me, oh LiveJournal. I can't say you're my only hope, but I'm the sort who welcomes opinions, experiences, and insights, especially from geeky friends.
( 4-part harmony and spec overview below )
For folks who have experience with GPS beasties, what brands and models have you loved, liked, disliked, and/or hated? For what reasons?
Links to useful online review sites also welcome. I've skimmed several. Some are obviously marketing fluff. Others, like GPSreview.net, not so much.
Many thanks! I've wanted a GPS since first experiencing one in a tow truck when I was in England eight years ago. I've needed one ever since moving east, though I've obviously managed one way or another the scores of times I've been lost or otherwise not known where I was and/or how to get where I wanted to go. Ditto that for the times non-moving traffic led me to abandon a highway and set off across the back roads of Connecticut (I know my way around Massachusetts somewhat better and also run into fewer traffic jams here).
