[Shop-talk] gps to find the shop
David Hillman
hillman at planet-torque.com
Mon Jun 6 12:01:42 MDT 2011
On Mon, 6 Jun 2011, john niolon wrote:
> to keep it shop related... sometimes losing my way to the shop I'm considering
> buying a GPS for the car.
>
> I start looking and realize that each manufacturer has at least 76 models
> available... I need something in the range of $0 - $200 and easy enough for
> an old man to use... as a backup plan I do have a 10 year old grandson that
> could probably program it for me...
>
> recommendations ??
Do you have a cell phone? If so, don't bother with a GPS. My phone
came with two GPS navigation apps, and the Google version actually works (
the Sprint app is useless ). It's just as good as any dedicated device
I've seen, way more convenient, and essentially free. My phone is
admittedly a little high-end ( HTC Evo ), but even much cheaper phones
will run the same app.
I type in the address, and it plots the route and tells me when to
turn. Theoretically, it can even do speech recognition, but that's about
useless. I tried to tell it my sister's address in Cleveland, and it
heard "3245 South Africa" or "3245 Hungary". Seriously? Driving
directions from Illinois to South Africa?
My wife has a Tom-Tom. Easy enough to use, but she rarely does,
because it's stowed away in the glovebox.
--
David Hillman
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