Why getting NAV? it is much cheaper to get a Tablet PC and it is fairly easy to install a mount on TL dashboard for the Tablet PC...

with Tablet PC you can get NAV function as well as watch DVD and etc....

 

Please...this has only been done a zillion times.

 

do a search. 'nuff said

 

a little example...

try to get your tablet pc to control your AC based on the position of the sun! - and then let me know how you did it!

 

I think having a Tablet PC tacked on the dash would look kind of ghetto... dont ya think?

Plus I think there would be less headaches with a factory installed Nav system... but thats me. Now I'd like to have a Tablet PC in the back of my suburban for Mp3 playback along with other things.

 

ghetto? it really depends on the mount hardware/stand....

especially i take my tablet pc where ever I go....

It is not that i (Driver) wanna watch DVD while driving, but for the passenger only. It is kinda sucks that TL does not support MP3 and this issue has been complained many times already... having the tablet pc will solve that problem although I am doubtful how good is the audio decoder on tablet pc, after all, it is not meant to use as a multimedia center.

with 3G cellphone and data network coming, use cell phone get online while driving will only become cheaper and easier... for me.. using tablet pc instead of the NAV make sense to me...

 

Off-topic.... what make and model PC do you have? Can you send me a link? Ive been interested in getting one for the hell of it.... and how much should I expect to pay for one? Thanks.

 

I have a tablet pc with gps. It's not very practical for use in the car for a few reasons. Most tablet pc's don't have chips fast enough to do the processing required by a good nav system. By the time it calculates a change in the route, you may be past the direction it gives you. The speakers are also not adequate, especially if you are listening to the car audio system. Also, most tablet pc's don't have transreflective displays and are difficult to see in sunlight.

 

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ghetto: comment made by someone looking to say something stupid and offensive.

 

If you feel your tablet PC is a better way to go, then by all means go with that and more power to you. I like my integrated navi just fine, thank you very much.

 

It is a little offensive but its just like rice! People have to be a little less sensitive. In fact rice is worse, Ghetto may apply to a number of low income ethnic groups on the other hand rice always means a poor asian. Ghetto: populated enclave usually situated adjacent to a city where a minority group resides. The term came into wide usage as a term where jews used to live in european cities. But it might have also applied to other groups as well, in fact, not all ghettos were poor or squalid (they are now). Therefore, let's live a little less on the defensive and have more fun!

 

Why ask? Just don't get it if you don't want.