The friend who had the TomTom put it on when we were headed out of my neighborhood and the part I knew of the directions, I was only a second ahead of the device, and it was more precise.
So it seems like they've advanced enough to be a good substitute to bringing your own friend.
There are phone apps from Garmin and TomTom where you can get their data. But it costs about as much as buying the separate device--- and frankly my phone doesn't get that great of connectivity. OK.
That solves that. I should definitely get the stand-alone device. GPS devices plug into the car system, (I could get a phone charger) and you don't pay for data transactions to find out if you're lost.
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Date: 2012-05-19 06:07 am (UTC)So it seems like they've advanced enough to be a good substitute to bringing your own friend.
There are phone apps from Garmin and TomTom where you can get their data. But it costs about as much as buying the separate device--- and frankly my phone doesn't get that great of connectivity. OK.
That solves that. I should definitely get the stand-alone device. GPS devices plug into the car system, (I could get a phone charger) and you don't pay for data transactions to find out if you're lost.