Navigational Systems

[JohnnyBlaze 0]

Does anyone else have one of these in their car. I kind of a tech nut so I went out and grabbed a TomTom Go 910 after doing a little research. I couldn't be happier with the results. I'm always going places I haven't exactly been before in the D.C. area, and its really good navigating through the streets of downtown.

 

It also has a boatload of features, like the bluetooth phone connection, and the built in Mp3 player (great for when I forget my iPod). I especially like the ability to add other voices to it. I had Mr. T programmed in for a few days...and drove my gf nuts. Good times.

 

Anyone else a tomtom fan?

[Ripper 0]

i want to get one, but then I remembered how I never go anywhere that I really need it. When I upgrade cellphones, i will get something with GPS in it then.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

I just got one of the Garmin Nuvis for my birthday. I'm kind of down on the idea of nav systems because I think it's pretty important to know where you're going intuitively without machine aid, but some parts of D.C. and Baltimore really suck ass, so I'm probably fine with this deep sense of self-failure.

[reign 0]

Your cell phone may do as much as any GPS and you won't have to lug around another device...I use VZ Navigator from VZW and love it

[JohnnyBlaze 0]

I usually have a pretty good idea of where I'm going before I start driving, and don't really need to use the tomtom that much. But its great to have as a back up if for some reason you get lost or turned around.

 

A few times I've gone somewhere and then decided to go somewhere else right after, and didn't know exactly how, or the fastest way to get there and the 910 has definitely helped me do that.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

maps.google.com

[Guest Vitamin X]

I'm kind of down on the idea of nav systems because I think it's pretty important to know where you're going intuitively without machine aid

QFT

 

Your cell phone may do as much as any GPS and you won't have to lug around another device...I use VZ Navigator from VZW and love it

maps.google.com

 

In the spirit of what these two guys said, I not only have GPS on my cell (which I rarely use), but Google Maps is actually downloadable to your phone these days as well, which I've used all the time since getting it. In fact, yesterday it was particularly useful since we were by my friend's house in North Portland and were headed to a party that I had no idea where it was. So, solution: Bust out my cell, go on facebook, catch the address, then open up Google Maps, and it was all mapped out right there for me.

 

That's technology used practically.

[JohnnyBlaze 0]

I'm kind of down on the idea of nav systems because I think it's pretty important to know where you're going intuitively without machine aid

QFT

 

Your cell phone may do as much as any GPS and you won't have to lug around another device...I use VZ Navigator from VZW and love it

maps.google.com

 

In the spirit of what these two guys said, I not only have GPS on my cell (which I rarely use), but Google Maps is actually downloadable to your phone these days as well, which I've used all the time since getting it. In fact, yesterday it was particularly useful since we were by my friend's house in North Portland and were headed to a party that I had no idea where it was. So, solution: Bust out my cell, go on facebook, catch the address, then open up Google Maps, and it was all mapped out right there for me.

 

That's technology used practically.

 

Unfortunately not everyone is technologically gifted as others. I'm into gadgets so obviously I could have done what you explained, but for others it's not that simple. Especially with some of the features that these navigational systems come with.

 

The ability to get realtime traffic reporting on the tomtom is a godsend, I'm not sure there's another way to get that in the same format. IMHO.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Technologically gifted? Google webware is meant to be as simple and easy to use as possible- most if not all people can use gMaps, and all it would take is a quick download to a cell phone and that's it. Seems like a nav system would actually be more complicated to get set up.

 

Of course, you couldn't or rather shouldn't use it while driving, which you can on a nav system. And the realtime traffic reporting is a plus.

[JohnnyBlaze 0]

Technologically gifted probably wasn't the best wording, but yeah when driving it's kind of cumbersome to use your phone for things. Plus, it's a lot better to hear someone telling you what to do than to try to read it.

 

I'm not knocking the use of google maps and cell phones either, just think some people might be better served with nav systems.