Re: GPS is good for driving or not?
 

powerduck129@yahoo.com.cn wrote:
> On 12ÔÂ20ÈÕ, ÏÂÎç8ʱ37·Ö, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.use...@cox.net>
> wrote:
>> powerduck...@yahoo.com.cn wrote:
>>> hello everybody, i wnat to buy a GPS as my cousin's Christmas. my
>>> cousin is studying in York University in Toronto, and he is love
>>> driving to travel. so i decide to buy a GPS for him. i have no
>>> idea
>>> about the GPS, but get a website from my friend, it is
>>> www.housinghouse.com. i really donot know which one i should
>>> choose,
>>> could you help me to
>>> see which one is better. thanks everyboday and Marry Christmas
>>
>> Bit late to be ordering for Christmas. On the odd chance that this
>> is a legitimate request and not SPAM I'd say not to go with any of
>> the units on that site without feedback from someone who has first
>> hand experience with them. They seem to be Chinese knockoffs of
>> Garmin units, possibly using knockoff processors (I've never heard
>> of
>> "Sumsung"--Samsung, yes, but not "Sumsung"). An important question
>> is what maps they're using and how one obtains updates.
>>
>> If you want a good cheap GPS a Garmin 26xx or 27xx can be had for a
>> very reasonable price--they work, they're reliable (mine sits on my
>> motorcycle outdoors 24/7 and works first time every time), and they
>> have real support including continued updating of the maps.
>>
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>> --John
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>> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
>
> Garmin is said a GPS supporter of BMW, right?

I don't know anything about BMW cars. BMW sells a rebadged Garmin
with some added features for their motorcycles--trouble is that it
costs more than a standard Garmin and won't take updates from Garmin,
you have to get them from BMW, which provides them with less
regularity.

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