[ale] OT - Best Auto GPS

[Jim Kinney]

Get a droid phone, car power adapter and windshield-mount holder. The maps
are updated and the nav can show 3d or map view plus voice instructions. It
also accepts voice input.

Plus its a phone the can use when they still get lost.

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com>wrote:

>   My neighbors who are senior citizens are considering getting a GPS for
> their car and have asked if I’d be willing to help them pick one.
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> Since my own GPS is a factory installed in-dash one I don’t have any
> opinions on the ones that one buys and would like some.   Of course I know
> that Garmin and others exists but not much more than that.
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> From things I know and I’ve heard I’m thinking some of what would be
> necessary:
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> 1)       Easy to use – These people aren’t technical.    It needs to be
> easy to input destinations and also easy to get updates loaded.
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> 2)       Large display and/or audible turn information – I don’t really
> know how good their eyesight is but given that they’re older I’m thinking
> this would be helpful.
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> 3)       Reasonable price for updates.
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> Of course any other factors one cares to mention would be welcome.
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