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David Pogue's Review of Garmin's NuviFone

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by ggood, Oct 9, 2009.

  1. ggood

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    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/technology/personaltech/08pogue.html

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    He actually says some nice things about it but then comes this:

    "Why does this phone exist? Who would buy a two-trick pony that costs $100 or $200 more than a proper smartphone like an iPhone, BlackBerry or Palm Pre? Now, I’m not going to argue that an iPhone with a downloaded GPS app is just as good as a Garmin. Integration, polish and depth make a huge difference to a feature’s usefulness.......But even if an iPhone or Pre or BlackBerry isn’t as good at GPS, it trounces the Nuvifone in virtually every other category: e-mail, Web browsing, text-message handling, games, music, video, photos, camera, typing, and on and on and on."
     
    #1 ggood, Oct 9, 2009
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    I have a Garmin Nuvi, and a phone. The Nuvi does nothing but navigate, and it does that very well. The phone does nothing but make telephone calls, and it does that very well. I don't need one gadget that combines both. So I guess I agree with Pogue. But I don't need a smartphone either. I don't need to be able to toast bread or make farting noises on my telephone.
     
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    I dont need a stinking phone to make farting noise. :eek: :D
     
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