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Gigaom: Chevy adopts a bring-your-own-maps approach to navigation

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by cwerdna, Sep 8, 2012.

  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    http://gigaom.com/mobile/chevy-adopts-a-bring-your-own-maps-approach-to-navigation

    Weird... 7 inch color touchscreen and nav in a car, but no voice prompts (instructions?), and no GPS antenna/hardware in the car. Smartphone, 2 gigs of storage on phone and $50 one-time expense required.
     
    #1 cwerdna, Sep 8, 2012
  2. Trollbait

    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    I don't have a smartphone, but I wouldn't want to pay that for navigation either. For what car manufacturers charge for nav and map updates, I never understood the desire for actually getting it. If you already have the phone, this system is cheaper than a dash mount GPS.
     
    #2 Trollbait, Sep 11, 2012
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