>>>> "Makers of personal navigation devices are facing tough times
>>>> from keen competition--namely cell phones--and a weakening
>>>> economy..."
>
>>>> Business Week article:

http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...ge_top+stories

>>> So -- I'm going to mount a cell phone on the dash of my car in place
>>> of my GPS???
>
>>> Right.
>
>> Depends on your needs. We've survived for many years using maps, then
>> Mapquest, now GPS. Often, I can drive to a city hundreds of miles away
>> just
>> following road signs and what I remember from looking at a map. The GPS
>> is
>> nice to find that particular street though. If a cellphone that I
>> already
>> own can do it cheap, I have a hard time justifying a $500 dedicated GPS
>> unit. Maybe others do to.
>
> I get sick from those devices:
>
> http://www.bioinitiative.org/ + http://www.brain-surgery.us/
>
>> Even better, I use my Nuvi today, the first time in a couple of months.
>> It
>> took me to 1 Lakeshore Drive, not Lakeshore Center that was not listed.
>> Using intuition I found the right place on the opposite side of the
>> street a
>> 1/4 mile away.
>
> Also have a nuvi, was one of the few devices available without FM
> sender and bluetooth. Works quite nice, even got a map update DVD
> from Garmin lately fro free, thanks! If I would just know now how
> to use it if you use Linux?
>
> [..]
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>> Also have a nuvi, was one of the few devices available without FM
>> sender and bluetooth. Works quite nice, even got a map update DVD
>> from Garmin lately fro free, thanks! If I would just know now how
>> to use it if you use Linux?

You have to virtualize a version of windows that is needed for the
update to work. You could probably find early WinXP disks for this
purpose. VMware and VirtualBox both work.