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dodge_guy
Explorer II
Sep 27, 2013

Anyone ever use/remember one of these?

I keep moving this around in my glove box. the batteries are dead, but back in the day it worked as designed.

This was pre-modern day GPS. thought some of you may appreciate it. what you did was put in the general start area and the destination, it would tell you via text where to get off and how far, along with various stops along the way, you can see the buttons to input what you want. back in the day you could send it in for an update like a GPS. worked pretty good considering how limited it was.

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  • JRS___B's avatar
    JRS___B
    Explorer
    Sep 28, 2013
    Yes, received one as a gift. I think it could have actually had value for some people.

    But I have never been much of a GPS type person, or even a cell phone person for that matter. We had this early device but never once used it.

    I am on my second Garmin. I used my new Garmin twice in the year I have had it.

    My son just got a new smart phone, and he was able to download the ability to use the phone as a GPS device for free. It uses the same data base that Garmin and Tom Tom use.

    I would think in a couple of years the "modern day" GPS units will become ALMOST obsolete. They will be replaced by the smart phones, the same way laptops are largely being replaced by tablets.
  • RGar974417's avatar
    RGar974417
    Explorer
    Sep 27, 2013
    Yes,I had 2 of them.I had the one you show first.Then they came out with another model geared toward campers and I got that.They were good in the day.

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