"Larry" wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:01:08 -0400, wrote:


In articleuvednYpeZ4hzy0nWnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@earthlink .com,
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Saw a live demo of Google Maps for cell phones yesterday, including
demos of most of the features on this Google page:

http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/


Pretty damned slick, and to me, at least, a lot more useful than the
dash-mounted GPS-only devices. Apparently at the moment the mapping
programs are more developed and more featured on the "Android" based
cell phones, as opposed to the iPhone cell phones.

Might be enough to motivate me to trade up my flip phone to an Android
phone. :)

You are just finding out about this? You are behind the technology
curve
again.

My BB has had this capability for a couple of years.

But you have to pay extra to use your BB to navigate. Android uses
free Google service.

I opted for the Android and save $30 a month in BB mail service.
Android mail apps have a ways to go but they're close enough now. I
didn't think the nav service was worth $10 a month so I never had it.


For the iPhone, perhaps for others, you can get TomTom as an app. It's
$100
and I don't really need it, but it talks to you just like the regular
TomTom.


TomTom is a crappy GPS. I have been in cars with them and they miss turns
by a block or more. I'll stick with Garmin or my OEM version.


That's not been my experience.

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"hk" wrote in message
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Saw a live demo of Google Maps for cell phones yesterday, including demos
of most of the features on this Google page:

http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/


Pretty damned slick, and to me, at least, a lot more useful than the
dash-mounted GPS-only devices. Apparently at the moment the mapping
programs are more developed and more featured on the "Android" based cell
phones, as opposed to the iPhone cell phones.

Might be enough to motivate me to trade up my flip phone to an Android
phone. :)


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The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name.


The iPhone has a built-in app that pretty much does this... not quite, but
it works pretty well.

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On 4/25/10 4:30 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:
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Saw a live demo of Google Maps for cell phones yesterday, including demos
of most of the features on this Google page:

http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/


Pretty damned slick, and to me, at least, a lot more useful than the
dash-mounted GPS-only devices. Apparently at the moment the mapping
programs are more developed and more featured on the "Android" based cell
phones, as opposed to the iPhone cell phones.

Might be enough to motivate me to trade up my flip phone to an Android
phone. :)


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The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name.


The iPhone has a built-in app that pretty much does this... not quite, but
it works pretty well.



Yeah, I'm sure it does, among the 1,000,000 apps!

I've only played around with iPhones at the Apple store, because AT&T
cell phone coverage in my area...sucks. So I've never considered buying one.

My current cell provider has some Android OS phones that seem pretty nifty.

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The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name.

"hk" wrote in message
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On 4/25/10 4:30 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:
wrote in message
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Saw a live demo of Google Maps for cell phones yesterday, including
demos
of most of the features on this Google page:

http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/


Pretty damned slick, and to me, at least, a lot more useful than the
dash-mounted GPS-only devices. Apparently at the moment the mapping
programs are more developed and more featured on the "Android" based
cell
phones, as opposed to the iPhone cell phones.

Might be enough to motivate me to trade up my flip phone to an Android
phone. :)


--
The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name.


The iPhone has a built-in app that pretty much does this... not quite,
but
it works pretty well.



Yeah, I'm sure it does, among the 1,000,000 apps!

I've only played around with iPhones at the Apple store, because AT&T cell
phone coverage in my area...sucks. So I've never considered buying one.

My current cell provider has some Android OS phones that seem pretty
nifty.

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The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name.


I think you're thinking of downloadable apps. The navigation one is part of
the OS installation.

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On 4/25/10 9:28 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:30:40 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

The iPhone has a built-in app that pretty much does this... not quite, but
it works pretty well.

Judy's BB Storm has a great mapping ap. We were playing with it when
we were driving around back in the National Forest area between Squaw
Valley and Donner Pass along the Truckee river. Between that and the
compass I carry, we managed to find our way out


I'm intrigued enough by the GPS/Mapping apps alone that I think I'll
"retire" my aging LG flip phone and pick up one of these new Android OS
phones. There's a new one that just came out called "The Incredible"
that seems to have some other interesting features, too.

No Apple iPhone for me. Nice phone, but the AT&T cell coverage around
here is not so good.


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The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name.

"hk" wrote in message
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On 4/25/10 9:28 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:30:40 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

The iPhone has a built-in app that pretty much does this... not quite,
but
it works pretty well.

Judy's BB Storm has a great mapping ap. We were playing with it when
we were driving around back in the National Forest area between Squaw
Valley and Donner Pass along the Truckee river. Between that and the
compass I carry, we managed to find our way out


I'm intrigued enough by the GPS/Mapping apps alone that I think I'll
"retire" my aging LG flip phone and pick up one of these new Android OS
phones. There's a new one that just came out called "The Incredible" that
seems to have some other interesting features, too.

No Apple iPhone for me. Nice phone, but the AT&T cell coverage around here
is not so good.


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The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name.


I've heard that Verizon might get an opportunity to be a vendor. That would
open things up.

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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:03:02 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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On 4/25/10 9:28 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:30:40 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

The iPhone has a built-in app that pretty much does this... not quite,
but
it works pretty well.

Judy's BB Storm has a great mapping ap. We were playing with it when
we were driving around back in the National Forest area between Squaw
Valley and Donner Pass along the Truckee river. Between that and the
compass I carry, we managed to find our way out


I'm intrigued enough by the GPS/Mapping apps alone that I think I'll
"retire" my aging LG flip phone and pick up one of these new Android OS
phones. There's a new one that just came out called "The Incredible" that
seems to have some other interesting features, too.

No Apple iPhone for me. Nice phone, but the AT&T cell coverage around here
is not so good.


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The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name.


I've heard that Verizon might get an opportunity to be a vendor. That would
open things up.

Apple is producing a CDMA version for Verizon but it'll take plenty of
time to test and tweak before it makes an appearance.

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On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:30:40 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

The iPhone has a built-in app that pretty much does this... not quite, but
it works pretty well.

Judy's BB Storm has a great mapping ap. We were playing with it when
we were driving around back in the National Forest area between Squaw
Valley and Donner Pass along the Truckee river. Between that and the
compass I carry, we managed to find our way out


That's my neck of the woods... is it beautiful or what!

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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:02:26 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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Judy's BB Storm has a great mapping ap. We were playing with it when
we were driving around back in the National Forest area between Squaw
Valley and Donner Pass along the Truckee river. Between that and the
compass I carry, we managed to find our way out


That's my neck of the woods... is it beautiful or what!

We really liked Mammoth better but the Tahoe area was ok, just a
little too crowded.



Yeah, Tahoe can get packed. My area isn't really Tahoe... close enough to go
without too much thought... far enough to not be affected by the congestion.

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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:42:49 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:02:26 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

Judy's BB Storm has a great mapping ap. We were playing with it when
we were driving around back in the National Forest area between Squaw
Valley and Donner Pass along the Truckee river. Between that and the
compass I carry, we managed to find our way out


That's my neck of the woods... is it beautiful or what!

We really liked Mammoth better but the Tahoe area was ok, just a
little too crowded.



Yeah, Tahoe can get packed. My area isn't really Tahoe... close enough to
go
without too much thought... far enough to not be affected by the
congestion.

We originally planned our trip based on flying out of Reno, then at
the last minute my wife's (MIA) old friend from the flower biz popped
up in LaJolla so we switched our flight to LAX and drove one of the
days we were going to spend at Tahoe. We were running out of things to
do anyway. We are hikers and that area is not as hiker friendly as the
areas around Kings Canyon/Sequoia or even Mammoth. We really should
have blown off Squaw Valley and stayed in Mammoth. ... but I would
have never seen Carson City ... wheee!
The Squaw Valley resort is nice tho.
Our vacations are usually pretty much "free form" anyway. We seldom
follow the plan


Squaw is nice... kinda commercial for skiing, but not bad. I don't really do
downhill any more... cross country is more interesting.

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