Thursday, December 28, 2006

Christmas nets me a GPS Unit - SA-WEET!

I have forgotten what I got for Christmas already. The one gift that overshadowed everything is my new friend: the Garmin C330 GPS navigation system. I use it when I don't need to, just because it is fun. I am still a geek, after all.

This baby tracks my top speed, my average speed, time spent moving, and time I have been immobile. It remembers locations I have gone to, without me having to tap the save button. I can discover new restaurants (I love to eat), museums, parks, hotels, etc. just by browsing the available locations.

The other night, my dad wanted to plan a get-together for this weekend, well beyond my home city. I tapped the 'Near' button, and re-centered my search to a city 50 miles from my house, then selected Chinese food, and stored the route for use this Saturday.

Oh, did I mention that it allows for text and verbal language changes? I currently have the text on the screen set to English, while the speaking voice is set to French. I don't know how much my boyfriend spent on this thing, but whatever it was, it's worth it! I think that he got it, though, just so that I'd stop calling him with 'I'm Lost---Help ME' requests. Whatever the motivation, I like it.

1 comments:

adron_bh said...

That's awesome!!!

Now just make sure you drive instead of poke at this thing while you are supposed to be driving!! Cuz remember, ya break the car the GPS is kinda useless! ;)