MAMA's Techno-Geek Thread

[blalor]

Maybe try changing the "http" to "webcal"?

[ravioliworld]

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav (original)

I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to iCal... how do I subscribe to the google calendar with iCal..? When I cut and pasted the URL into the subscribe box, I got an error...

Use this link


Google Calendar help is here

[GadgetGav]

Thanks. That worked.

[m2smith]

Secco gets Vista:
YouTube - Introducing the book

[Cape Cod MINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by m2smith (original)

Secco gets Vista:
YouTube - Introducing the book

Very funny This is what college co-eds do while supposedly studying, Mikey?
I broke a promise and came back into the GeekZone but this was Luddite enough to allow me in.

[GBMINI]

It means you've been watching ...

[jwardell]

I was hoping for him to open it again and all the text was gone...

[Actual Size]

That only happens with MacBooks.

[blalor]

Looks like Dash announced some pricing: More on Dash Navigation - Price Ranges | GPS Lodge.com

$600 to 800, *plus* 10 to 15/month. Blech.

[GadgetGav]

I'm hoping for some deals on the Garmin nuvi range now that they've just updated them all. Mind you, the new ones with US and Europe maps pre-loaded would be useful for us....

[Theo]

Anyone received (and evaluated) the new Tele Atlas/GDT mapping data yet?

Theo

[jwardell]

I'm in need of a new GPS soon, especially now that my tomtom-on-pocketPC is over 3 years old (the hardware bought used off ebay..probably going on 5 years). I became fed up with all its problems (sometime routing takes over 10 minutes!) a while ago. With the cold weather over the last few weeks, the battery dies and it resets itself wiping all of its memory every other day requiring a full re-install. And of course I detest windows CE and all of its offspring.

You now see SCORES of nav units from other brands in the $200-300 range. Full color, touch screen, 3D maps. It BOGGLES me that both garmin and tomtom (and now dash) have not reduced their pricing to these levels.

And as usual if I'm buying something, I DO want it to be somewhat better than what I'm replacing. Which means, knowledge of traffic. You've got TomTom, which requires an internet connected cell phone (so i would need to pay a lot more for a data plan) and the worst traffic knowledge (non on storrow drive for example). Garmin uses microsoft's spot service ($50/year) and has the added nice features like nearby gas prices screen that I would actually use. Then of course Dash which will have the most accurate traffic service, plus knowlege of real average traffic speeds, and other hopefuls like the mesh network for more accurate and live traffic data and potentially live map plotting as well, and the very useful live internet local search. All three units are in the $600 range.

That video does say they don't have pricing info yet...those numbers are just targets It also says launch isn't until the fall. With more cheap competition, and more funding as investers hear about them, that price has a good potential to fall.

Either way it sounds like it will be worth the wait, and I'm trying as hard as I can to deal with what I have till then.

One thing sure is true: nav systems are worth their weight in gold. I use mine quite often, even if I know where I'm going (just to see how long till I get there/next exit, and also upcoming curves on an unknown road), and there's that sense that I can never be lost.

[Actual Size]

Looks like Billy Boy is up to no good again....

[jwardell]

Can you please scan the article on the right, about the bar glasses?

[Actual Size]

Not available online, but....

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