What potable gps to order tonight
Going to order a portable gps tonight on Amazon which one should I order. Price don't matter looking for something nice with All the bells and whistles in a portable .
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Again, a REAL GPS app with onboard data, owned by Garmin or Navigon, also owned by Garmin. This discussion has nothing to do with mis-routes because we have all been there regardless. But Apples to Apples, there is zero difference between a stand-alone GPS, or one in a smartphone with the app and data owned by the same company.
As for traffic data, the smartphone has it all over a stand-alone GPS that relies on picking up that data from an FM transmitter. While these work well in metro areas, they don't once out on the road, and the FM stations charge to carry that data which is never appealing. I still have a Garmin that used a far faster and superior system to what's currently used, owned by Microsoft. One day MS decided to take their toys and go home and that was the end of that. It's a great GPS but the FM cable is now nothing but a power cord. In cell land the coverage is obviously far greater and faster than FM distribution could hope to be. Personally that's why I run Waze in the background. Being essentially real-time can easily be 20-30 min faster than a Garmin traffic monitor service driven (hopefully) by law enforcement folks.
As for traffic data, the smartphone has it all over a stand-alone GPS that relies on picking up that data from an FM transmitter. While these work well in metro areas, they don't once out on the road, and the FM stations charge to carry that data which is never appealing. I still have a Garmin that used a far faster and superior system to what's currently used, owned by Microsoft. One day MS decided to take their toys and go home and that was the end of that. It's a great GPS but the FM cable is now nothing but a power cord. In cell land the coverage is obviously far greater and faster than FM distribution could hope to be. Personally that's why I run Waze in the background. Being essentially real-time can easily be 20-30 min faster than a Garmin traffic monitor service driven (hopefully) by law enforcement folks.
