Underwhelming to me, frankly. I see the cost advantages, but most netbooks are going to be slower with Windows involved and an under-performning processor. Battery life will be an issue, its not as long as a notetaker. You'll need a dedicated USB receiver or a blue-tooth dongle, not very many of the netbooks have blue-tooth that I'm aware of. Boot-up times will be longer than with a notetaker, although a solid-state drive would reduce that but at a couple hundred dollar price increase. And, a netbook will still be heavier and bulkier than a notetaker.
Now, an app for the Android or Apple IPhone such as MobileGeo, I think we'd be talking. Problem is, they all cost lots to develop for a pretty small market.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith (mteye)" <mteye@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 7:43 PM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: A Concerned Sense Nav Customer
Wow, cool idea. A netbook, small, light in weight, flash memory so no power sucking hard drive motors. Fewer drains on battery means long times between recharge. Fast processing power. All the power of a full operating system, with all the usual apps. Drop in one of those extra authorized keys for speech technology that I already have for the desktop. Put on a shoulder strap, or streamlined cary pouch. Plus there's that route making tool that was announced recently for users of the 2010 products. How much more would have to be done to it to pick up the bluetooth link to the reciever, and process in real time? I'm thinking, not much but I'm not the software engineer.Using mainstream technology for price benefit, and plugging in accessibility. What a concept.from Keith H -------------------------------------------------- From: "Howard Kaufman" <wa9top@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 6:32 PM To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: A Concerned Sense Nav CustomerI am hoping for a pc based sendero as well. With a netbook coming in at 2.3 pounds, and at the size of an apex, why not? With windows 7 voice recognition capability, you might be able to talk to your gps as well, and for less than $300 in hardware to boot. Add a bluetooth Braille display, and you still are thousands of dollars under the cost of a money sucking proprietary machine. To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htmAdditionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htmAdditionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.
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