[gps-talkusers] Re: GPS receivers for sighties
- From: Michael May <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:17:46 -0700
One of the nice things about the Nuvi is that it uses a speech synthesizer to
announce the names of the streets it is prompting you to turn on. Most of the
other commercial GPS systems don't do that. They just ell you to exit now. They
don't say on what street to exit because that street is displayed on the screen.
The other major benefit is its routing and recalculating functionality. It is
the best I have seen.
What we havn't tried yet is the optional traffic module.
Mike
At 10:01 AM 7/31/2006, you wrote:
>We took a look at the Garmin nuvi this weekend, and it is a neat little
>device. It is not only a GPS system, but also contains a travel guide,
>language translator, MP3 player, Audible book player, etc. There is
>some speech, but limited. And, it is pricy, over $600 on line, and
>about $800 in stores. Another option for Verizon Wireless customers is
>their VZ Navigator system. They are running a special where you get the
>Motorola Razor V3F camera phone for $69, and the navagator for $9.95 per
>month. It seems to provide about as much spoken feedback as the Nuvi,
>and access to some of the other info, but no music or book player,
>however, there are other more high end phones that will work with the
>navagator. Keep in mind that it appears that none of these devices are
>accessible to a blind person.
>
>Andy
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