new gps from Garmin

 

Garmin Announces nuvi 1690 Internet-Connected GPS
$499 available later this year.
sounds interesting

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marnoldi Nuvi 680 & Nuvi 2797LMT

new GPS

There are several discussions regarding this already. You may search for it.

It would be nice if it has a full functioning web browser connected with 3G and offer free lifetime service... but as it stands this is basically the same as MSN Direct except you do not get a lifetime service option. It also uses EDGE, which from my experience on my iPhone is quite slow (less than half the speed of 3G).

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Garmin 885T

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A browser would make the device illegal for driver's use in mamy jurisdictions.

I haven't gone to the web site to read up on the details, however note that MSN Direct only functions in select markets and EDGE is fairly ubiquitous.

Also, compared with the data rates that you get from the SCA data sent by MSN Direct, the speed is a an order of magnitude better than the present offering - so if all they're doing is sending traffic, weather and such, then EDGE is just fine.

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Currently have: SP3, GPSMAP 276c, Nuvi 760T, Nuvi 3790LMT, Zumo 660T

EDGE?

EDGE?

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Bob: My toys: Nüvi 1390T, Droid X2, Nook Color (rooted), Motorola Xoom, Kindle 2, a Yo-Yo and a Slinky. Gotta have toys.

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rlallos wrote:

EDGE?

Is a GSM cellular technology data transfer acronym. Think AT&T (mostly...).

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*Keith* MacBook Pro *wifi iPad(2012) w/BadElf GPS & iPhone6 + Navigon*