"Snapper" <snapper1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Who of you owns a GPS, or more specifically a car navigator?
>
> Tom Tom, a Netherlands based company has re****ted 80 percent reduction
in
> revenue. One of the reasons cited is that while prices have dropped,
> volume of sales hasn't increased in pro****tion to maintain profit
levels.
> This is because the market is probably saturated, an analyst said.
>
> Thing is, I know of very few people who own GPSes and I move in circles
> where people tend to buy gadgets and modern appliances.
>
> So, who is buying the bloody things. Or is that the point - while
they're
> now cheaper than say 3 years ago (my Tom Tom one cost me close to $900
and
> they now sell for around $300) perhaps people still aren't buying them.
>
> Full article here.
>
>
http://www.theage.com.au/news/articles/gps-market-at-turning-point/2008/04/28/1209234713479.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
>
> I goes on to say this about navigators:
>
> "Some drivers may prefer to stick with that option, printing route maps
> before they set out in the car. Others buy built-in navigation systems
> that integrate with a car's design."
>
> I concur. I drove a mate's Landcruiser. current model. It has the GPS in
> the dash. I didn't like it. I had to continually look down at it and
> taking my eyes completely off the road in order to see it. It also had
> colors that looked washy. Plus the display itself wasn't that flash in
> bright sunlight. (a mate's VE Clubby R8's in dash display was worse).
>
> I prefer to mount my navigator on the dash to the right of the steering
> wheel. It's easy to glance at. But the missus can't see it (I bought it
> for her for her birthday so she could get around MEL without me). So it
is
> perched in the centre of the dash.
>
> I want to purchase a navigator for my bike. Unfortunately THEY have NOT
> come down in price. The Garmin Nuvo, I think it is, retails for around
> $1,300 while the Tom Tom Rider sells for around the grand mark. Still
> bloody expensive for something that's more less been water proofed and
> with bluetooth thrown in for motorcycle BT headsets and not much else.
**Get a GPS equipped 'phone on a plan. Stick it in a plastic bag.
Trevor Wilson
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