ovenpaa
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We decided to brave Milton Keynes IKEA today - I have never been to an IKEA before and although quite sceptical at first still managed to spend over a 120 quid on kitchen crap, anyway GPS....
I used TomTom on an O2 Xda Orbit (with Ozzie telling me to 'Turn right at the feckin roundabout) I have never used the TT/Mobile thingy in anger before and was very surprised at speed of start-up and directions and although it certainly does not give the same level of information as my 2610 it was very good and did set me thinking about how much we get to depend on such things, so I did a quick count up
Right now I have:
Garmin 2610 for bike and car.
Garmin GPS12 for shooting.
TomTom Xda because the company provided it.
Blaupunkt summat in the car that I have never used.
2 separate GPS Antennas for hooking Autoroute to a laptop (We went all through Europe with an old laptop, Autoroute and the GPS12 several years ago and the only limiting factor was battery life)
Suunto X9Mi that although initially was a bit of a novelty has proved itself walking around the forests and as a reference on the MB, and you can upload your logfiles to Google Earth and see where you have been.
I look on myself as a technophobe yet the GPS appears to have crept into my life with little resistance. I still use maps and would never be without one but I think for me GPS is here to stay.
Anyone else?
I used TomTom on an O2 Xda Orbit (with Ozzie telling me to 'Turn right at the feckin roundabout) I have never used the TT/Mobile thingy in anger before and was very surprised at speed of start-up and directions and although it certainly does not give the same level of information as my 2610 it was very good and did set me thinking about how much we get to depend on such things, so I did a quick count up
Right now I have:
Garmin 2610 for bike and car.
Garmin GPS12 for shooting.
TomTom Xda because the company provided it.
Blaupunkt summat in the car that I have never used.
2 separate GPS Antennas for hooking Autoroute to a laptop (We went all through Europe with an old laptop, Autoroute and the GPS12 several years ago and the only limiting factor was battery life)
Suunto X9Mi that although initially was a bit of a novelty has proved itself walking around the forests and as a reference on the MB, and you can upload your logfiles to Google Earth and see where you have been.
I look on myself as a technophobe yet the GPS appears to have crept into my life with little resistance. I still use maps and would never be without one but I think for me GPS is here to stay.
Anyone else?
