Hi all.

So this thread got me learning about Garmins. Pretty cool. Now I want!

Anyone know if there's 3rd party word processing software for it?

That would really "kill two birds" for me. GPS, Mp3 and something to
keep *legible* notes on. Especially since screen gets great reviews.

Not sure if it would be big enough though.

I know they have USB ports, so a KB plus simple WP software, and off you go!

(of course its' OS would have to support that kind of thing)

Just curious.

Neil.

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

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On 8/1/07, Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote:
> I just bought a Garmin NUVI 350 from Best Buy and it works great. I
> mostly use it in upstate NY where there a 100's of roads that nobody
> knows of and I have to say this thing is great. I knows them all,
> calls out the turns in advance, even has a detour button in the event
> you hit a traffic jam. ( I have used this once on the BQE going to
> brooklyn and it worked great!)
>
> The only complaint is that the voice is a little robotic but I got
> used to it over time.
>
> It has an mp3 player in it which is nice as you loaded it up with
> songs then connect it to my stereo, when the navigator needs to tell
> me to make a turn it cuts in, lowers the music and speaks, then goes
> right back to the music.
>
> I paid $450 for it and got the extended warranty for a little extra.
>
> the other good thing about it is that it's portable, can run on
> batteries in the event you are walking around in a town looking for
> museums, restaurants, or medical needs.
>
> Robert
> 88 Vanagon
> NY
>
>
> On Jul 30, 2007, at 7:04 PM, mike wrote:
>
> > Vannuts,
> >
> > I've been wanting to get a GPS system for my van for a while now.
> > Frank's
> > post really got me going. I'd like something like that if it had
> > remote
> > entry.
> >
> >
> > However....today I got an offer from my cell phone company,
> > Verizon. They're
> > offering voice and picture GPS guidance on my cell phone for $10/
> > month.
> > Anybody have any experience with this system?
> >
> > Mike
>