Hello, When I had Mobile Geo, I moved to New Zealand from the US. Each year (for two years), I had to pay the upgrade fee which covered the maps for one country. I believe that fee was around $99 per year. I also paid $75 for the updated maps for the other country each year. This was on top of the almost $900 for Mobile Geo.
I have paid $129 total for both TomTom and Navigon, and that price has included upgrades with upgraded maps between every quarter and every six months, for the past couple years. Additionally, I paid less than $5 for Ariadne GPS which gives me the closest address. With TomTom, I can go to a help screen and whenever I touch the screen, it tells me which streets I am between, and which street I am closer to. For me, $800+ spent for the greater verbosity is not worth the difference in price. Not to mention, the fact that I would continue being required to pay over $100 per year just to update the maps once per year. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 09/05/2012, at 21:39, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I stand corrected regarding the map updates, but i heard that a while back > you actually had to pay a huge amount for an update with new maps etc, can > be wrong though. I think though that the only solution available here in > Sweden is Trekker Breeze and how that is regarding updates, and if they occur > regularly and worldwide i don't know. However, i hold to the view that i much > rather prefer an off-the-shelf solution than having to fork out loads of > money on reinventing the wheel, but that's stupid me. > /Krister > > 9 maj 2012 kl. 01:37 skrev Raul A. Gallegos: > >> Hi, Sendero GPS uses Tele Atlas maps which btw, are the same as what Google >> Maps use. So updates happen when they are available. Maybe you are thinking >> of program updates, which are slightly differently. FRom what I know, >> Sendero has come out with an update at least once per year, sometimes even >> more. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> -- >> Raul A. Gallegos >> Never have more children than you have car windows. - Erma Bombeck >> Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com >> Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 >> Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 >> >> On 5/8/2012 7:25 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >>> Hi Mark and others. >>> I really don't understand one thing in this whole discussion of what gps >>> system to use. I don't like the blind specific solutions from Sendero and >>> others. From what i have heard, the maps very seldom if ever get updated, >>> which means that how ever good the gps is at various anouncements, the maps >>> we follow will be obsolete, so the pois wi want simply won't be there. >>> Another thing is that a mainstream off-the-shelf gps app could easily be >>> modified so that it speaks whatever you desire it to speak. I say easily, >>> thereby taking a risk since i don't know anything about programming, but >>> remember that the blind specific gps-es sends their info to the speech >>> synth/screen reader rather than talks via a recorded voice, am i right? If >>> so there are means for an app such as Navigon to send the things we want it >>> to send, such as street names and such to the screen reader, in this case >>> VoiceOver. We have seen this done before, in games like Kings corner, chat >>> apps like IM plus and gps apps like Ariadne, so Navigon, Tomtom and others >>> should be able to do this, if someone with much, much better programming >>> knowledge than me could describe the solution to the developers of said >>> apps. If they then will listen, that's a totally different story but it >>> could be done. Am i totally wrong in this? >>> /Krister >>> >>> 8 maj 2012 kl. 12:40 skrev Les Kriegler: >>> >>>> Hi Mark, >>>> >>>> I really enjoyed reading your most informative post. I also purchased the >>>> Trekker Breeze at the end of last year. I did so because I wanted an more >>>> comprehensive way of accessing walking routes. I do like street names >>>> announced, and I have not been able to get that reliably from the >>>> commercially >>>> available apps. If a company like Sendero comes out with an app >>>> comparable to Mobile Geo, I'll probably obtain it, but for now, the Breeze >>>> is a really good option and I've made good use of it. Also, even though >>>> we have GPS in our vehicle, my wife actually prefers all of the >>>> information the Breeze provides when we are on route. >>>> >>>> Les >>>> On May 7, 2012, at 7:30 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Everyone, >>>>> >>>>> In 2005 I purchased my first GPS solution; it was the Trekker/Maestro Del >>>>> 51 >>>>> PDA from HumanWare. If memory serves, among other difficulties, the PDA >>>>> did >>>>> not have an Off button. When not in use, it had to be plugged into a >>>>> charger to prevent power loss. Be that as it may, it was the most amazing >>>>> piece of technology I had experienced. >>>>> >>>>> Back in those days, I was using a Motorola TimePort which was an upgrade >>>>> to >>>>> the Star Trek Motorola phone. Of course, these phones had virtually no >>>>> accessibility but, still they were usable. >>>>> >>>>> Sometime in 2007/2008 I switched to my first Windows Mobile phone. That >>>>> was >>>>> to be the beginning of a lot of changes in my life not the least of which >>>>> was my subsequent association with Code Factory. >>>>> >>>>> Enter Mobile Geo; this onboard GPS software solution put the power of true >>>>> independent GPS navigation for the blind and low vision on a cell phone. >>>>> So, I put away my then outdated Trekker/Maestro PDA. >>>>> >>>>> Then, of course, came yet another game changer; the iPhone. >>>>> >>>>> For whatever reason I thought that either Code Factory's Mobile Geo or >>>>> Humanware's Trekker would find its way to iOS. This, obviously, did not >>>>> happen. >>>>> >>>>> As a result, since iPhone 3GS, I have purchased virtually every iOS GPS >>>>> navigation software app in hopes of bringing the power of Geo or Trekker >>>>> to >>>>> a single mobile device. I shutter to think of all the money I have spent >>>>> on >>>>> this endeavor (smile). >>>>> >>>>> As far as off-the-shelf iOS GPS navigation solutions are concerned, I hold >>>>> that A T& T Wireless Navigator is the most accurate and easy-to-use app >>>>> on >>>>> the market. Recently, they added the ability to download the maps to your >>>>> phone so you can now travel without benefit of a active satellite >>>>> connection. I believe that the monthly cost for Navigator is $9.95. >>>>> >>>>> As wonderful as Navigator is, it falls short of meeting the one criteria I >>>>> demand in order to recommend it, or any GPS app for that matter, as a >>>>> solution for true independent navigation by the blind and low vision; said >>>>> criteria being the ability to have streets, cross-streets, etc >>>>> automatically >>>>> announced without engaging any kind of route function or without having to >>>>> touch, shake, or otherwise interact with the hardware device, itself. >>>>> >>>>> Until this past Thursday, my solution, when traveling independently, was >>>>> to >>>>> fire up my old beloved Samsung Epix, running Windows 6.1, and launching >>>>> Geo. >>>>> I could go on and on about how much of a pain this was given that I can >>>>> hardly remember any of the Mobile Speak commands as I just don't use my >>>>> beloved Samsung Epix anymore but I will spare you the gory details. Add >>>>> to >>>>> this the fact that I also had to fire up my GPS receiver and connect a >>>>> special headset adaptor as the Epix does not have a standard headset jack, >>>>> as many of the models in that era did not. >>>>> >>>>> ON Friday, I received my new Trekker Breeze from Humanware; thus, I have >>>>> come full-circle, as the saying goes. >>>>> >>>>> Suffice me to say that the Breeze is every bit as marvelous as the >>>>> original >>>>> Trekker and Geo were with the advantage that one does not have to become a >>>>> software geek in order to be up and running in a matter of minute. It >>>>> works >>>>> right out of the box. >>>>> >>>>> The Breeze is roughly the same size as the iPhone 4 S but just a little >>>>> thicker. >>>>> >>>>> What an iOS world we live in; even before I powered on my Breeze for the >>>>> first time, I turned the audio CD files that are included in the package >>>>> into an audio book complete with cover art and placed it on both my 4 S >>>>> and >>>>> Nanno. Then, I converted the user guide and quick start guide into iBooks >>>>> and placed them on my 4 S. This took only a few minutes. Only after >>>>> performing these iOS-centric tasks did I power on the Breeze and begin yet >>>>> another chapter in my GPS navigation life. >>>>> >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>> Google Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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