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Garmin's problem is 90% a marketing one. The negative media blitz was largely artificial since there are good reasons to prefer the nuvifone even given all the additional features that the popular brands have. I say artificial because the bias was obvious since there are practical reasons for purchasing a nuvifone. The monthly cost of the much hyped products puts them out of the practical range of many people and I believe many people if they were informed would find the nuvifone a practical alternative. It offers quality navigation that is portable and cell phone features at a low cost (given that amazon offers the nuvifone for $99. An article in my morning paper, not mentioning the nuvifone listed the cost of the Droit $199 with rebate plus basic service $29/mo plus $70/mo family plan and support for Exchange e-mail cost another $15/mo. All that is more than these products are worth to me and I think they will have to come down if the public isn't going to find them that way as well. Garmin needs to get the cost comparisons for what you get into their message because the media just isn't doing it. And by the way Garmin's maps are free also. The bashers here like to confuse us with the google free map issue. WW
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I can probably go look this up somewhere, but I'm ...
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sacman77 | Rate it | 6-Nov-09 09:55 am | ||
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It can. But then why buy a nuvifone and not a...
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bobby_zzzz | Rate it | 6-Nov-09 01:05 pm | ||
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I think what it comes down to is wheathe...
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bmwzcoupe | Rate it | 6-Nov-09 02:25 pm | ||
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bmw, you didn't answer my question....
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bobby_zzzz | Rate it | 6-Nov-09 02:41 pm | ||
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Personally, the convergence of...
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bmwzcoupe | (1 Rating) | 6-Nov-09 03:20 pm | ||
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aha, so you admit that nu...
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bobby_zzzz | Rate it | 6-Nov-09 03:28 pm | ||
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"The question is: Wh...
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michaelo00 | Rate it | 6-Nov-09 11:41 pm | ||
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Michael,
You...
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bmwzcoupe | Rate it | 7-Nov-09 12:27 pm | ||
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I havve realize...
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bmwzcoupe | Rate it | 7-Nov-09 12:51 pm | ||
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Thank you ...
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michaelo00 | Rate it | 7-Nov-09 10:58 pm | ||
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The problem is that Garmin gave the exclusivity to...
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6-Nov-09 10:47 am | ||
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Seem like a reasonable long who actually uses...
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bobby_zzzz | Rate it | 6-Nov-09 12:51 pm | ||
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AT&T has to make the money back from subsidiz...
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charruayo | Rate it | 6-Nov-09 06:17 pm | ||
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oh, charruayo, why do you extinguish bmw...
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bobby_zzzz | Rate it | 6-Nov-09 06:24 pm | ||
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To: bobby_zzzz
At least from what ...
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wixiewaxy | (1 Rating) | 6-Nov-09 07:11 pm | ||
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I think the Nuvifone is subsid...
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Edison20 | Rate it | 6-Nov-09 07:47 pm | ||
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i was really hoping for a nuvifone ...
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charruayo | Rate it | 6-Nov-09 08:50 pm | ||
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I agree completely, IE: Verizon's "We have a Map f...
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cstein2 | (1 Rating) | 6-Nov-09 11:08 am | ||
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Another stupid long. "given all the additional fea...
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bobby_zzzz | (2 Ratings) | 6-Nov-09 12:50 pm | ||
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I wonder how long my ignore list can get befo...
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buffetteer1... | (1 Rating) | 6-Nov-09 08:40 pm | ||
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Seems like the same problem GM has with OnStar. P...
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