--- In [email protected], Jeffrey Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Jeffrey: > $300? It cost $250.
Not mine! The $50 rebate now being offered came out AFTER I bought mine. > I prefer Google Maps. Whatever. >But they don't help if you miss a turn, and when > I'm in a strange area, I'm finding it harder to keep enough > concentration on both driving and reading the directions to be safe. > Like I said, when I'm so unfamiliar with an area that I need written directions a la TomTom or Google/Yahoo! maps, personally I'm pretty careful and I don't miss turns that often. I suppose if I do, though, I could probably **gasp** stop and ask for directions! Low tech, but it used to work. ;-) And there is the internet functionality of the Treo, although I wouldn't want to rely on that. > As I said, I never got that far. I cannot tell how good the software > is if I can't even get as far as installing it. Damn thing nearly > broke my desktop. I have no idea why that would've happened. With the SD card, I didn't even use my computer to set up the TomTom on my Treo. I only installed the CD on my computer a few days afterward, and it gave me no problems whatsoever. (It's still there, as a matter of fact.) > I have Velcro pads already in strategic places on my dash, I love the stuff. Me, too! I have yards of it and I use it for everything. But I'm still resistant to sticking it on my dashboard unless I absolutely have to. It's the same feeling I get when someone wants to stick one of those "easily removable" bumper stickers on the paint portion of the car. "Thank you, I know it's safe, but I'd rather not." I just wanted to share my own experience -- it seems I spend tons of money on every, single new gadget that comes down the pike -- I'm a real tech junkie. But even for me, after using it for a month, the TomTom for Treo was just too much off the scale, especially (as I said before) since my next car will probably already have a satellite nav system pre-installed. The size and functionality of this unit would make it great if I got lost hiking though! Chuck B.
