http://www.mephistos.com/2009/11/23/gps-vs-smartphones/ A medieval, agrarian, libertarian, green-living, alpha-geek's view on the world... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:18:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.mephistos.com/2009/11/23/gps-vs-smartphones/comment-page-1/#comment-2282 Elsie Erret Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:47:53 +0000 http://www.mephistos.com/?p=2001#comment-2282 Great article, thank you for writing about this. You have a lot of educational articles here, thanks again! I really enjoy this hobby, my daughter and I have been participating in it for awhile now. We are contemplating purchasing a <a href="http://geogy.com/receivers/magellan-roadmate-1470-4-7-inch-widescreen-portable-gps-navigator" rel="nofollow">Magellan RoadMate</a> for our vehicle. Do you have any experience with this unit? <a href="http://www.geogy.com" rel="nofollow">Click here if you'd like to check out my site</a>. Thanks again for a very informative site! Great article, thank you for writing about this. You have a lot of educational articles here, thanks again! I really enjoy this hobby, my daughter and I have been participating in it for awhile now. We are contemplating purchasing a Magellan RoadMate for our vehicle. Do you have any experience with this unit? Click here if you’d like to check out my site. Thanks again for a very informative site!

]]> http://www.mephistos.com/2009/11/23/gps-vs-smartphones/comment-page-1/#comment-2211 F.Hale Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:05:04 +0000 http://www.mephistos.com/?p=2001#comment-2211 We have an excellent navigation system in our car and purchased this Garmin strictly for traveling and use in rental vehicles. We recently used it for a trip to New Mexico and traveled from Albuquerque through Santa Fe and north to Durango, Colorado. We visited many remote areas and found that the maps were extremely reliable. The database seemed to be up-to-date and was useful for researching places to stop for gas or grab a bite to eat. It was VERY user friendly and it captures the satellites a little better than some of the other portables that we have used (but not nearly as good as the built-in navigation system in our Acura; however, we don't expect that from any portable GPS device like Garmin). We had a bit of trouble activating the MSN service and were told by customer service that parts of Brooklyn, NY, have gaps in the broadcast service. It took a while but finally connected and activated and we haven't had a problem since then. Overall, we give it 5 stars because it completely lives up to expectations and is very easy to use. We have an excellent navigation system in our car and purchased this Garmin strictly for traveling and use in rental vehicles. We recently used it for a trip to New Mexico and traveled from Albuquerque through Santa Fe and north to Durango, Colorado. We visited many remote areas and found that the maps were extremely reliable. The database seemed to be up-to-date and was useful for researching places to stop for gas or grab a bite to eat. It was VERY user friendly and it captures the satellites a little better than some of the other portables that we have used (but not nearly as good as the built-in navigation system in our Acura; however, we don’t expect that from any portable GPS device like Garmin). We had a bit of trouble activating the MSN service and were told by customer service that parts of Brooklyn, NY, have gaps in the broadcast service. It took a while but finally connected and activated and we haven’t had a problem since then. Overall, we give it 5 stars because it completely lives up to expectations and is very easy to use.

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