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Actually my Android phone seems to have maps with traffic just as good as, or better than, my Tom Tom, so the Tom Tom is also in disuse.
As far as securing the phone when driving, I found a little thingy that attaches to the windscreen glass with a suction cup that works quite nicely. I bought it at Fry's for US$ 10, more or less. I just leave it in the car and slap my cellphone in place when I need to use the navigation maps.
Sort of like this[^], but with a longer, flexible extension and less cost.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Rob Philpott wrote: I have a Tom Tom live, which gives you a year of traffic updates before trying to get you to shell out £8/month to keep the service going. Bloody nerve.
Especially since if their UK pricing is similar to in the US an extra £8 up front would probably have gotten you lifetime maps. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I don't believe any such offer exists, I would certainly have taken it.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Amazon[^] claims it did as an option for 2012 and 2013 models. Adding lifetime maps to the search term inexplicably fails to turn up this year's models, but searching for them by name[^] it appears that it's become a standard feature and the marginally cheaper suckers version no longer exists...
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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InstallShield has the #2 spot on my list of software-teams-put-against-the-wall-when-the-revolution-comes.
The #1 spot is held, of course, by the Lotus Notes team.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Blotus Goats had a software team? who knew?
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Do you really think one person could create so much fail!?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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1.1 Symantec
1.2 McAfee
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I think I can agree with both of those.
I received a new development machine a while back, and I've already neutered a couple parts of the McAfee crap because of its unwillingness to ... attend to my requests not to f*** with me.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Yeah. Unusable client software maybe annoying, but bad low level services really kill a machine. I have McAfee forced on me at the moment by my client and it turns what is a fairly decently specced machine into a 1990s style brick.
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I hated working with InstallShield, I always assumed it was because I was working with an outdated copy, but it sounds like it didn't have too many fans huh?
I eventually switched my projects to InnoSetup and never looked back.![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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Cut the crap and get onto the Autobahn food!
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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I would never by their product because the name is entirely ignorant.
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I worked for them in '05. Great company and fantastic tech team at that time but I've no idea what it is like now
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TomTom Yoda Voice[^]
Now, that'd annoy Herself! 
(Wish I'd known when I used TomTom...)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Buy it I won't. The path to the dark side find it will... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I don't need Yoda voice, I've got my Doris in Hungarian. 
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You will have plenty to keep you busy in the car, "Are we there yet?" in stereo (or surround sound if you think of that way). Good luck!
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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I kinda like the Daffy Duck[^] voice.
I thought "All the Annie" would be interesting but after listening to her for about 10 mins. I'm liable to throw my GPS out the window.
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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To the left (instantly turns wheel left sharply, meeting a brick wall) after 300 meters (what? fuuuuuuuuuuuu...) you must.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Evolution In Action
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I've just muted the $)(#@*$ entirely a few years back; the red highlight showing which ramp/turn to take has everything I need without the annoying nattering. I think the last time I actually needed the voice feature was when I didn't discover that on glass mounts were illegal in CA until after arrival.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I mostly use my phone nowadays... but I had a weird experience not too long ago. My phone navigation app (google maps) actually changed voice while I was driving. That was a bit odd to say the least. The voice went from an American accent female voice to an English accent female voice then back again after a few minutes. I would have thought I heard the whole thing in my head if it wasn't for my girlfriend sitting in the passenger seat laughing about it.
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It's a day too long...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Two minutes now.
Is this a vacation, or a Death Clock we are talking about?
And if it's the latter, can I have your monitor?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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