TCub
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Re: So who's going to line up to pay $9.99/mo for turn-by-turn?
said by TigerNutz  :AT&T is a hoe. Word. I use the Google Maps App for finding addresses and then I type them into my Mio Move 500. No need for turn by turn on my iPhone and I don't have to worry about my Mio not having the address I'm looking for. Take that AT&T.
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jrs8084
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join:2002-03-02
Statesville, NC
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| reply to ptrowski
said by ptrowski :said by Pepe :
WOW I must be old school. I usually know where im going without GPS. If I dont know where it is im going I look it up on Map Quest and then go there.
Mapquest I feel has gone down hill over the past year or two. I have had multiple instances where they have mapped out a much longer route, have given wrong turns (left vs right) or had wrong street names. When I print out directions I use Google Maps. Nahh, I know exactly where Pepe is coming from. We don't use Map Quest or Google Maps for the actual driving directions. We just look at a map, figure out where we have to go, and drive there! I can't see what is so hard about that.
I could never imagine trying to drive somewhere by blindly following "turn right here, left there" sheep instructions. To be following cheesy artificial intelligence would make me feel completely blind driving.
Turn off the Garmins and Tom Tom's people; those road-signs really do work if you look out the window and read them! 
Ok. Rant off.
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cahiatt
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join:2001-03-21
Smyrna, GA | reply to neuronbob
I just entered my Sprint phone number and pin from the Telenav service Sprint includes for free and it works great... |
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ptrowski
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Putnam, CT
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| reply to jrs8084
said by jrs8084 :said by ptrowski :said by Pepe :
WOW I must be old school. I usually know where im going without GPS. If I dont know where it is im going I look it up on Map Quest and then go there.
Mapquest I feel has gone down hill over the past year or two. I have had multiple instances where they have mapped out a much longer route, have given wrong turns (left vs right) or had wrong street names. When I print out directions I use Google Maps. Nahh, I know exactly where Pepe is coming from. We don't use Map Quest or Google Maps for the actual driving directions. We just look at a map, figure out where we have to go, and drive there! I can't see what is so hard about that. I could never imagine trying to drive somewhere by blindly following "turn right here, left there" sheep instructions. To be following cheesy artificial intelligence would make me feel completely blind driving. Turn off the Garmins and Tom Tom's people; those road-signs really do work if you look out the window and read them! Ok. Rant off. Correct, that is the best way to go but if I am heading into Boston etc it's not always easy to be reading a map/driving at the same time.
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DavisPhotog
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| Yes, but don't you like to know where you are? Following turn by turn has never helped me actually have a good awareness of where I am, whereas always having that top-down view has helped me to get somewhere AND get my bearings for when I need to move around.
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ptrowski
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join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
clubs: | Oh I keep an eye as to where I am visually. Once I have been somewhere I can always get back without any directions etc. |
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bobrk
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join:2000-02-02
San Jose, CA | reply to DavisPhotog
Did I already say that I have GPS in my head?
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dda
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join:2003-12-29
Bolton, MA
| reply to jrs8084
said by jrs8084 :Turn off the Garmins and Tom Tom's people; those road-signs really do work if you look out the window and read them! Ok. Rant off. I'm guessing you haven't driven in the Greater Boston MA area lately; "those road signs" are sometimes scarcer than hen's teeth and can be far more confusing than watching the arrow. Given the number of one-way streets and "No Turn" signs, it isn't as easy as it might seem. Remember the phrase "Can't get there from here"?  |
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RiseAbove
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I know I wouldn't. If you jailbreak your iphone you can download XGPS which works pretty damn well for being free especially since it also does voice nav. No complaints from me since I got it.
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jrs8084
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join:2002-03-02
Statesville, NC
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| reply to dda
said by dda :said by jrs8084 :Turn off the Garmins and Tom Tom's people; those road-signs really do work if you look out the window and read them! Ok. Rant off. I'm guessing you haven't driven in the Greater Boston MA area lately; "those road signs" are sometimes scarcer than hen's teeth and can be far more confusing than watching the arrow. Given the number of one-way streets and "No Turn" signs, it isn't as easy as it might seem. Remember the phrase "Can't get there from here"? When I was writing that post, I actually had something written about "unless you live in a place like Boston", but deleted it. Now I haven't been there in 25 years, but I remember how just getting one block over might mean zig-zagging all over the place.
For people who travel a lot for work (sales reps, etc.) I can see how valuable these things are. I just find the nav systems amusing because I know A LOT of people who buy these (because I guess they are a current "toy), and the people hardly ever travel! And when they do, they always go to the same place. 
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bshelly
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Schaumburg, IL
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| reply to cahiatt
said by cahiatt :I just entered my Sprint phone number and pin from the Telenav service Sprint includes for free and it works great... Thanks for the great tip! I wasn't sure if just downloading it would cause me to get billed automatically by AT&T. I already pay 9.99 for it on my Sprint BlackBerry because I have had one too many times where I am in a pinch and need it.
My Sprint phone number worked great! Thanks again |
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