Why do you want a dedicated GPS in your car?

Probably a personality disorder. I've had a GPS in my car for almost 20 years now, ever since a monocolor Garmin that didn't even route. But I really like knowing where I am, and I'm now accustomed to just looking to see what street the intersection ahead is. I also find myself on the road looking for a quick bite to eat or gas, and it's really convenient to press 'where to-->foot and dining-->fast food' and then see what's close. Ask me the last time of done that and I'll tell you "today". I also use it to track my gas mileage (at least for the past 5 years) and will definitely look for that feature in a new unit. Obviously that requires 'always on'.

Bucky wrote:Probably a personality disorder. I've had a GPS in my car for almost 20 years now, ever since a monocolor Garmin that didn't even route. But I really like knowing where I am, and I'm now accustomed to just looking to see what street the intersection ahead is. I also find myself on the road looking for a quick bite to eat or gas, and it's really convenient to press 'where to-->foot and dining-->fast food' and then see what's close. Ask me the last time of done that and I'll tell you "today". I also use it to track my gas mileage (at least for the past 5 years) and will definitely look for that feature in a new unit. Obviously that requires 'always on'.

The google maps app does all of that and also can track your location history if you want that. Just get a cell phone mount for your dashboard. If you already have a Garmin mount, you can get an adapter for the ball to your phone holder (mountguys.com sells such a thing).

Plus you don't have to update your maps.

what kinda cell phone you have?

i use this for my car:
http://www.theairdock.com/blogs/news

it mounts into my CD Player. has wireless charging and it has 4 magnets that can secure my phone to the mount. i've gone over some really bad bumps and its only come off once. its pretty great.

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lethal wrote:

Bucky wrote:Probably a personality disorder. I've had a GPS in my car for almost 20 years now, ever since a monocolor Garmin that didn't even route. But I really like knowing where I am, and I'm now accustomed to just looking to see what street the intersection ahead is. I also find myself on the road looking for a quick bite to eat or gas, and it's really convenient to press 'where to-->foot and dining-->fast food' and then see what's close. Ask me the last time of done that and I'll tell you "today". I also use it to track my gas mileage (at least for the past 5 years) and will definitely look for that feature in a new unit. Obviously that requires 'always on'.

The google maps app does all of that and also can track your location history if you want that. Just get a cell phone mount for your dashboard. If you already have a Garmin mount, you can get an adapter for the ball to your phone holder (mountguys.com sells such a thing).

/DiM /PiP

http://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us

the future is now

Going to revolutionize Star Wars games.

can't wait to get caught trying to touch holly michaels

Well, this is the opposite of the threat title.

s GPS-level accuracy really needed for these applications? We believe it is not. iTraq allows enough precision to let you know if your child is in school or on a football field, or if your car is at home or in the parking lot. iTraq does not use GPS, but it does use a technology that scans cellular towers that are in proximity to determine its location. The more towers it sees, the more precisely iTraq can determine its location.

So, basically the same technology that couldn't acquit Adnan. "I lost my wallet, but thanks to iTraq, I know it's somewhere in North Philly".

Can anyone recommend a wireless thing to sling my laptop display to my tv? I have a new macbook pro but I run it in bootcamp so i can't take advantage of airplay to my apple tv. the macbook has an hdmi out and 2 usb. i'd love to basically just use my tv as a second monitor but just without having to connect a long cable so that I can sit on the couch.

Echo came yesterday. Kind of cool but it didn' understand when I asked it who played centerfield for the 1962 Philadelphia Phillies. Some questions/requests it took a couple tried to find the proper phrasing. I thought my son was going to cause it to implode by peppering it with questions.

Tonight, I am going to ask it to make tea. Looking forward to it.

One thing that I hate is that the wake-up words can only be either Alexa or Amazon. I really want to call it Computer or Marvin.

Phred wrote:Tonight, I am going to ask it to make tea. Looking forward to it.

Expect a beverage, almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

Been screwing around with my Echo today

The speakers are decent
I like the shopping list

Wish it would give reminders instead of just an alarm or to do list

is it cloud enabled, so you can access your shopping list from the grocery store??

It shows up on the echo app on my kindle fire

I'll see if I download it on my iPhone if it works there too

Yup