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Thanks everyone for all of your input. J.
"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message news "K" wrote in message ... Keith Willshaw wrote: "K" wrote in message ... Incorrect. My GPS has bluetooth which I use to connect to my bluetooth enabled phone to retrieve traffic information and it acts as a hands free unit. Keith If you have your phone with you, then in effect your car is partially bluetooth enabled. My car has no bluetooth devices. You could use the GPS/Phone combo in ANY vehicle including a horse and buggy Does it let you use car radio for the spoken instrtuctions? No it has its own speaker Keith My point was this: If you have your bluetooth phone in a canoe or golf-cart, then your canoe or golf cart are effectively bluetooth enabled while your phone is in them. The OP's statement was that you needed a blue tooth equipped car. The interface in a bluetooth-equipped car is different because you can actually hear the gps instructions through the radio, and it's the car that gets all the optional updates. You can also use your phone legally, because it becomes hands-free in a bluetooth equipped car. My TomTom acts as a hands free unit for the phone Keith |
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Keith Willshaw wrote:
The TomTom has in my opinion a better user interface than Garmin and its map sets were much cheaper when I bought mine I found myself in a vehicle with both an active TomTom and Garmin GPS. The Garmin worked much better, to the point that we ended up using the TomTom as a map light. And in my opinion, the Garmin had a better user interface. This is, of course, one data point and one person's opinion. I would not buy a GPS for another person unless I had a very good idea of that person's preferences and how they planned to use the GPS. |
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"Robin Stober" wrote in message ... Keith Willshaw wrote: The TomTom has in my opinion a better user interface than Garmin and its map sets were much cheaper when I bought mine I found myself in a vehicle with both an active TomTom and Garmin GPS. The Garmin worked much better, to the point that we ended up using the TomTom as a map light. And in my opinion, the Garmin had a better user interface. This is, of course, one data point and one person's opinion. So the Garmin worked so well you needed a map light Keith |
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Tom tom, yes. adn Garmin. garmin can have other cool features for dudes u know...
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Keith Willshaw wrote:
"Robin wrote in message ... Keith Willshaw wrote: The TomTom has in my opinion a better user interface than Garmin and its map sets were much cheaper when I bought mine I found myself in a vehicle with both an active TomTom and Garmin GPS. The Garmin worked much better, to the point that we ended up using the TomTom as a map light. And in my opinion, the Garmin had a better user interface. This is, of course, one data point and one person's opinion. So the Garmin worked so well you needed a map light Actually, we were trying to figure out why the TomTom thought it was driving through a cornfield. |
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"K" wrote: If you have your phone with you, then in effect your car is partially bluetooth enabled. Does it let you use car radio for the spoken instrtuctions? Careful. Increasingly using phones and GPS units is not allowed while driving. You will need a navigator. I use maps from Google Maps. |
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