Roy Estes
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Roy Estes
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| 12 Sep 2008 12:42 AM |
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OK, OK NOW WHAT ABOUT THE ATTACHEMENT FEATURE ON CATADJUSTER.ORG .... LET ME LEARN THAT ONE 1ST .... HEHEHEHEHE! |
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Larry Hardin
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| 12 Sep 2008 03:40 AM |
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C'mon, Roy................
All those satellite systems and you can't figure out a Blackberry??
Gimme a break!! |
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Roy Estes
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| 12 Sep 2008 07:33 PM |
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Posted By Larry Hardin on 09/11/2008 10:40 PM
C'mon, Roy................
All those satellite systems and you can't figure out a Blackberry??
Gimme a break!!
ASKING FOR FEEDBACK on the GPS SYSTEM LARRY ............ 
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Larry Hardin
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| 13 Sep 2008 03:39 AM |
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I have used Delorme for years and years. Nice big screen on the old laptop, updates through the internet, all the stuff.
However, I just bought a used Magellan on Craigslist for 1/3 of a new one and have been playing with it for a day or two. Pretty sporty.
I don't think I could see much detail on a Blackberry screen. I really am old and feeble and forgetful and hard of hearing and ........................
What was that?? Speak up! |
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John Nixon
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| 13 Sep 2008 01:23 PM |
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I've been working with mine for a few months months, accuracy and image quality for suburbs have been as good as I get on-line.
Rural areas I'm not getting images that I would on-line, I haven't tested downtown.
Directions are good but the don't updated in real-time like Garmin - this might make it a challenge to use while driving in areas with street signs blown away.
Using it while driving would be like text messaging - not safe in my opinion.
I just saw portable GPS at OfficeMax sub $150 I think I'd invest in purpose built tool like that if I needed serious tool. |
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Roy Estes
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| 13 Sep 2008 02:26 PM |
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Thanks John & Larry, Of course I have Garmin right now, was just wondering if the blackberry is More or less of a tool. I appreciate your feedback |
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Bob Harvey
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| 14 Sep 2008 02:53 AM |
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I don't have the GPS feature on my Blackberry (use Delorme-Laptop mounted to Van) but really appreciate the E-mail features on the Blackberry. I don't need it to do more than be a great phone, Email, web browser.
Keep your Garmin, and if you need and want the E-mail features, that would be the reason for the Blackberry, it is bulletproof Email and so simple to set up. You basically type in your E-mail address on the keypad and you are done. It leaves your desktop E-mail alone (doesn't pull it off the server) so it acts like a mirror of what you are getting in your office. I set my "real" computer up to leave Email on the server for a couple days before deleting messages, to make sure I get a mirror image on my Blackberry if I am on the road that day. |
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Chuck Deaton
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| 15 Sep 2008 05:29 AM |
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DeLorme and Streets and Trips, I use DeLorme more as I am used to it. I run it on an older lap top in the truck. Incredible. Them little screens are just too little, way too little. |
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R .D. Hood
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| 17 Sep 2008 04:45 AM |
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USED DELORME SINCE 1995, ALWAYS WORKED FINE. BUT AFTER HAVEING 2 LAPTOP STOLEN FROM THE TRUCK IN NOLA DECIDED TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS.
NOW USE A MAGELLAN IN THE TRUCK AND WORKS FINE, ALSO USE THE bLACKBERRY GPS , WORKS GREAT,
IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL BLACK BERRY INFO, GO TO WWW. CRACKBERRY.COM FOR THE LATEST TIPS, TRICKS AND BLOGS
I USE THE BLACKBERRY 8830 WORLD EDITION, SPRINT/NEXTEL SUPPLIER. GET ALL UNLIMITED EVERYTHING FOR 99.99 + TAX. |
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Jud Gardner
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| 18 Oct 2008 09:32 PM |
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My blackberry has been fickle even on days that are clear, without overhead obstructions, and when I have a good signal. Dave, does yours ever just not work? |
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R .D. Hood
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| 19 Oct 2008 04:20 AM |
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Well, once in a very great while it is slower than i like but for the most part im 100% satisfied, Especially with the internal modem, (free) when i have to get connected and cant fins a Wi-Fi hot spot. (gave up war driving a few years back) |
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Chuck Deaton
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| 13 Dec 2008 09:16 PM |
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The new G1 Google phone with service from T-Mobile provides access to Google maps and has GPS. Additionally there is a Google store where third party applications can be downloaded. |
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| We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle 320 B.C. |
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