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From: Woody on 2 Aug 2010 06:02

Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
> On 2 Aug 2010 07:44:55 GMT, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>> SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Was never convinced by integrated navigation. I guess it is ok if
> > > > you
>>>> buy a car new and keep it 2 years, but beyond that you have an out
> > > > of
>>>> date overpriced system that you can't do anything with.
>>>
>>> Company car, so max. of 4 years before it gets changed.
>>
>> I guess for the company car Market it makes sense
>>
>>> I wasn't convinced until I got a car with integrated navigation -
> > > it's
>>> much better than having cables strung over the dash to a sucker on
> > > the
>>> screen.
>>
>> Would imagine so. Haven't used a sucker thing for a long time, my car
>> has a space for one in the dash
>
> That's very sensible. Is there some power there too?

There is. It is actually the space that the built in satnav version of
the car puts the satnav, but in my version is just a in dash drawer with
lid, so it is in the perfect place, it's not so good in my wires fto.

> My current cage (2002 Focus estate ghia) is rather bereft of useful
> things like that - it only has two lighter sockets, one of which is
> inaccessible when the back seats are folded up, and not even an aux
> input to the stereo.

Mine just has the one. Well, maybe thinking about it it has another in
the back, but certainly nothing useful like one in thecenter console

> I don't look at cars more than once a decade or so when the old one
> starts to limp and die, so - I know various cars have iPod integration
> and bluetooth mobile phone links, but have they started to include USB
> slots for power and MP3 input?

Some undoubtedly. I was looking at new(er) cars recently, but got put
off by the fact that all new cars are a bit samey and quite a lot of
money, and although my car is 6 years old, it has never gone wrong and I
actually have no problems with it.

My wifes fto we swapped the stereo for an alpine (I think) media thingy,
which has an sd card slot (the normal music source) as well as a USB
socket for an iPod. Turns out this is better than I though as not only
does it play music from the iPod, but when running copilot on the iPod,
it turns the music down to announce directions and you can use the
stereo controls for changing track, rather than the iPhone ones which
are a little fiddly.

--
Woody

From: Woody on 2 Aug 2010 06:02

Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote:
> On 2010-08-01 21:45:28 +0100, markinglenospam(a)nospamfastmail.fm (Mark
> Ingle) said:
>
>> Now just need to decide whether to go for the cheaper WiFi only one,
> > or
>> the 3G?
>>> There are some people saying that geting the WiFi only one and
> > > getting
>> one of those MiFi dongles gives one more flexibility for occasional
> > use,
>> and I do get provided with a 3G T-Mobile dongle from work (though it
> > is
>> just the usual USB one, not MiFi).
>
> Some real-world experience - I bought the 3G enabled version of the
> iPad, but for reasons I won't bother boring you with I bought the
> Three Mi-Fi unit.
>
> I have found the Mi-Fi thing to be very variable in signal quality:
> Three claim to have the best network coverage IIRC, but I haven't been
> impressed (I can't use it in my own home, for example!). So I plugged
> in the micro-SIM that I'd ordered from O2, and that has given me much
> better coverage. So I have two solutions, which is no bad thing I
> suppose, but the Mi-Fi is not as practically useful as I had hoped it
> would be.

And for a datapoint here, I can get a decent 3G signal on 3 everywhere I
have tried, except just outside Cardiff, and a carpark in exmoor,
whereas I have many areas where I can get no signal at all on O2 on my
iPhone.

--
Woody

From: Duncan Kennedy on 2 Aug 2010 16:25

SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > The 3G iPad is 130 dollars more expensive, and I suppose if I cut the
> > > t-mobile simcard to size, presumably it would work; and if I wanted to
> > > use it on the dongle, I've got one of the adapters from O2? It is a
> > > difficult decision.
> >
> > It was easy for me. I have a wifi one.
>
> Same here - with an unlocked MiFi running generic firmware, so I can run
> it on any SIM. Will be especially useful when I'm on holiday later this
> year.

I don't have an iPad but I do use the Zoom equivalent of the MiFi when
travelling. It means I can plug in any of my 3 mobile broadband dongles
(depending on reception) without taking out the SIM - and, of course,
it comes unlocked anyway.

Think I got it from Amazon. There are 2 models as I rememeber - both
have an additional ethernet connection for use as an emergeny access
plugged into the network router but I seem to remember that one is set
up for cable broadband and the other for phone line for the extra
faility.

(I also have a wireless dial-up modem - that was more useful in one
location - plug modem into phone line and use the WiFi on the computer
to connect. Bit expensive, however)

--
duncank

From: Jon B on 3 Aug 2010 08:06

From: Mark Ingle on 11 Aug 2010 16:39

Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

> I bought my iPod in the us. Not specifically to save money, they just
> weren't out yet in the uk

Thanks for all the input; in the end I opted for the 64GB WiFi iPad -
syncing at the moment.

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