Is The Replacement For Stand Alone Automobile GPS A Small Tablet From Garmin Or TomTom?

Sun, 12/23/2012 - 11:12pm

Jim1348

17 years

As posted above, could the replacement for stand alone automobile GPS as we know it currently simply be a small tablet with a GPS receiver built in? Some might also have wifi and/or cellular connectivity. Anyway, the end user buys the device and windshield mount and then selects if they want Garmin, TomTom, or Magellan navigation software. In fact, since these would, or at least could, be multi-function devices, they could still be used for entertainment via MP3 players, satellite radio receivers, or even just internet radio like Slacker or Pandora.

While this might sound far fetched to some, really we are just about there now, for those that want to go that way. The first time I saw one of the newer Garmin Nuvis I thought about how thin it is and how similar it seemed to an iPod Touch in many respects.

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 12:40pm

kch50428

17 years

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GoneNomad wrote:

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=165&pID=107112

Garmin StreetPilot onDemand (the "offline" version that did not store map data on the device) was discontinued last fall. https://twitter.com/KitCischke/status/261829715625639936

I have the Garmin 'OnDemand' app - it still works fine... People still need to know and understand the distinctions.

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

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 1:20pm

UnNamed

13 years

Do we really Need this??

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 2:47pm

GoneNomad

11 years

Someone who doesn't already have can't buy it now

kch50428 wrote:

GoneNomad wrote:

Garmin StreetPilot onDemand (the "offline" version that did not store map data on the device) was discontinued last fall.

I have the Garmin 'OnDemand' app - it still works fine...

Sure, just like a discontinued Garmin PND still works. But someone who doesn't already have Garmin StreetPilot onDemand cannot buy it now (thanks to Apple's tight control over how these apps are made available), at least not through the normal iTunes channel.

Maybe somebody with a jaibroken iPad can get it from GPSUnderground, or some other hacker site, but that should be beyond the scope of the original question posed in the OP.

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 2:52pm

kch50428

17 years

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GoneNomad wrote:

kch50428 wrote:

GoneNomad wrote:

Garmin StreetPilot onDemand (the "offline" version that did not store map data on the device) was discontinued last fall.

I have the Garmin 'OnDemand' app - it still works fine...

Maybe somebody with a jaibroken iPad can get it from GPSUnderground, or some other hacker site, but that should be beyond the scope of the original question posed in the OP.

So what???

You may think my comments are irrelevant... facts are still what they are. People out there may have an "OnDemand" app... and in discussing issues that may arise, the distinction is valid for discussion.

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

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 3:24pm

GoneNomad

11 years

"Depends on which Garmin iOS app you get"

kch50428 wrote:

jjwgps wrote:

I was hesitant for a long time to go the route of all on the cell phone, but then got tired of carrying so many discrete devices. The Garmin software works without cellular connectivity with the exception of traffic updates.

For what its worth the software works quite similar to my old nuvi.

Depends on which Garmin iOS app you get... the "OnBoard" one(s) download full maps to your iDevice... other Garmin apps don't.

kch50428 wrote:

So what???

In response to someone who mentioned that the "Garmin software works without cellular connectivity" (i.e.: StreetPilot Onboard)
You replied that it: "Depends on which Garmin iOS app you get"

In this case your comments are relevant because someone who reads them might get the (incorrect) impression that they had a choice of "which Garmin iOS app [to] get."

But the fact is there is no longer a choice of which version of StreetPilot, unless someone wants to roam around in hacker forums looking for the old OnDemand app.

So, either you were:
1. intentionally trying to mislead someone into believing they had a choice of "which Garmin iOS app you get" or,
2. you didn't know it was discontinued.

Most likely the latter is true, and your agitated response (instead of a more normal "I didn't know that") is not surprising.

Tue, 03/12/2013 - 11:45am

350Zee

12 years

I don't understand...

onestep wrote:

I am going to assume that this is a bad idea.

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?71izcs760s492of

Now why would someone be driving through scenery like that and have a big chunk of it blocked by a tablet? For that matter are there no wild animals one has to beware of along the route?

Tue, 03/12/2013 - 12:06pm