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1753 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 12:23 PM
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Replying to: anthonyy1 (Jun 04, 2009 12:22 pm) If you have a big 4" plus screen on an iPhone or something like that, and it had voice commands (I hear apple finally allowed that), then it's a potential replacement. But to read a tiny 2" cell phone screen is not enough, to me, to replace an all-in-one unit, especially when prices on those have plunged. What phone to you have the service on? How big is the screen? Does it offer voice commands while you drive? I do have a BlackBerry Curve 8900 device with T-Mobile data service, and I have Google Maps on that. But the written directions on that are hard to follow, and it's text or map; I want both. It doesn't speak directions. It does have traffic data but it's usually out-of-date. It is GPS capable but the screen on the 8900 is just 2.3" so I don't subscribe. |
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Should've got a Tom Tom. Tom Tom Adds Voice Navigation by Homer Simpson (Straightline) 
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Replying to: steve_ (Jun 19, 2009 10:11 pm) |
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Replying to: nortsr1 (Jun 20, 2009 2:36 am) I knew we should have taken that left at Albuquerque. Neat but likely annoying once the novelty wears off, plus do those voices include text-to-speech? If not then I'd never use it.
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Replying to: nortsr1 (Jun 20, 2009 2:36 am) You be wrong. Typically voices for a TomTom are about $10 one time. There are other user done voices that many times are free. |
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 22, 2009 11:14 am) AFAIK, none of the TomTom novelty voices does text to speech - only the computer generated voices. It would cost a whole lot more for the celebrity to speak every possible word and probably take lots of memory space.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 22, 2009 11:14 am) |
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Replying to: robr2 (Jun 22, 2009 12:01 pm) Funny thing is I like the Australian voice vs. the American or British one when it comes to computer-generated text-to-speech voices on my Garmin. Nice to have choices. |
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Yippee, I get to use that great Navs on the dashboard photo again. But the rest of the story .... "New Jersey was one of the first states to outlaw handheld mobile phone use while driving, and now a state legislator wants to ban using a navigation system while a vehicle is in motion. According to the Daily Record, Democratic Assemblyman Harvey Smith of Jersey City has introduced a bill that would make it a violation for a driver to enter a destination into a navigation system while a car is in motion, other than via voice activation. The fine would be $100 for each infraction." Car Tech Tuesdays: NJ Lawmaker Seeks Ban on Using Nav Systems While Driving (Edmunds Daily) 
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Replying to: steve_ (Jun 23, 2009 11:07 am) I bet that becomes a hot seller pretty soon. |
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