GPS update

In news:3v44jjF13ohmnU1@,
Bob Hatch <bobhatch@go.com> wrote this:
> I may try a few more times with SA, but I doubt it. It's just too
> hard to get it to do what I want it to do. We'll see. The new S&T
> has some good features, and if they add voice commands and full
> street instructions in the next version, they can, and will, take
> over the bulk of the market. Another new feature of S&T is the
> route color change. I like that. It's easy to see when the turns
> are coming up.

Appreciated your report, Bob.

S&T 2006 *has* voice commands but needs a laptop with XP. My laptop
has ME, and I have no intention of getting a new one or buying an XP
upgrade, so I'll forgo a GPS at this time. It'd just be a toy for me
right now. BTW, S&T 2006 *with* a MS GPS is on sale at Staples now for
$79.

Have you tried a route from East Ocala/Silver Springs to Clerbrook
with your S&T'06? How about listings for other RV parks on Rt. 27 near
your park?
-Dot

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:22:40 -0500, "Bob Hatch" <bobhatch@go.com>
wrote:

>I got my new Deluo GPS yesterday. , it's small, 2 1/8" diameter and only
>about 5/8" high. It does have a magnetic bottom, but that's not much help to
>me, because there's nothing to mount it to in the front of the MH.
>

Which model did you get?
--
Frank Tabor

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:55:41 -0500, "Bob Hatch" <bobhatch@go.com>
wrote:

><altar> wrote in message news:5llpo1lnkpm6rn80dbkvvfeap13qkun7fn@
>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:22:40 -0500, "Bob Hatch" <bobhatch@go.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> End result. I'm happy with the purchase, and that's the way it
>>> should be in this all too imperfect world.
>>>
>>> --
>> That's about all you can ask for. Even though I'm using gpsgate, I've
>> given up on SA, but the exercise and knowledge gained from getting
>> gpsgate to work was worth the experience.
>>
>> Tom
>
>I may try a few more times with SA, but I doubt it. It's just too hard to
>get it to do what I want it to do. We'll see. The new S&T has some good
>features, and if they add voice commands and full street instructions in the
>next version, they can, and will, take over the bulk of the market. Another
>new feature of S&T is the route color change. I like that. It's easy to see
>when the turns are coming up.

SA does that.
--
Frank Tabor

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:48:54 -0800 altar wrote:

>>I could send Deluo support an email tomorrow, and get 2 or 3 answers back,
>>then take my chances. I also wonder if there could be any damage leaving it
>>there for months. I suppose I could again ask support, and be told yes it
>>would damage it, and no there would be no damage.
>
>If the receiver is any good at all, suctioning it to the windshield
>should work fine. My Magellan virtually doesn't lose signals, except
>momentarily in tunnels, etc. We have put over 1500 miles on it (as a
>standalone, no laptop then) with no loss.
>

I threw my eTrex on the dash of the bus for a trip to BC and never
lost signal except in the long tunnels. That was through the
mountains and the windshield on the bus is pretty well vertical. I
thought I needed an external antenna before the trip but know that I
don't now.

R.J.(Bob) Evans
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