SF trip gone bad
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dannieboiz
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Never used them but I would have to say crappy.
You can get a hand held unit for ~$200 that works better.
Kinetic
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I've used one for about 2 years now, and it's fantastic. Sure it doesn't have all the nifty doodads that the nicer ones have, but it always has satellite reception, moreso than my garmin nuvi, it has local search, proximity points of interest, and always gets me to where I want.
It's actually quite powerful. Small screens, yes, hard to push phone buttons, yes, but it's really useful as a take everywhere navigation system.
I have some garmin nuvi, that's pretty small, but I don't stick that in my pocket everywhere. In the car it's great, and taking it with me on other trips has been awesome, but in a pinch my cell phone's navi always comes in.
I wouldn't say it's crappy at all, but if you pay $10 / month for two years, that's already $240 for a nice navi system. So it's up to you what you'd like to do, but the in phone navi's are definitely not crappy in my experience with them.
I use my navi every weekend, business meetings in different places, photoshoots in different locations, etc.
sfsuphysics
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See there's you're problem, you use technology to help you get unlost. Half of learning how to navigate around big cities is to get lost a few times, then you really get to know back streets and short cuts!
Vincerama2
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Some phones don't use "real gps" (iel they don't use the sattelites), rather they use cell towers to triangulate. Or thats what some random person once told me.
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dannieboiz
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All GPS reciever relies on Satellite one way or another.
When I choose a GPS reciever, the first thing I look @ is TTFF and accuracy. Current reciever should have a 3m accuracy, that's pretty much the best you can go as far as consumer GPS.
Also play around with the different software that each have to offer. I like Iguidance or TomTom, the new Navman stuff is supposed to be decent but I haven't used one in years.
... the beauty of living in a CITY (sorry, san jose doesn't count, it's a giant suburb) is that you don't actually HAVE to use your car as often. I'll often leave my car parked for days and walk to the stores, bike to the gym, and walk or cab it to the bars/restaurants. I never have had an issue parking @ Ocean's Treasures (meters on valencia, always parking on duboce), or any other SF LFS for that matter. Unless you're really downtown, or out in a touristy area like N. beach, parking isn't that bad. I have no garage, have lived by dolores park and now by the panhandle (near the haight) for 10 years and rarely have had issues with it.
If you're visiting LFSs, check out alameda aquatics if you happen to be in the eastbay. One of the area's best.
If you're visiting LFSs, check out alameda aquatics if you happen to be in the eastbay. One of the area's best.
Lordhelmet
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did you know san jose is bigger then san francisco. by about 200K people.
... yeah and about 200 square miles. It's a city in the same way that San Diego is a city. SF is a city in the way that NYC, Chicago, or London are cities. You have to drive everywhere in SJ. Not that one is necessarily better. It's a matter of taste. Those w/ good taste prefer SF 
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