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    Car Gifts Too Dangerous To Actually Use While Driving

    Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?

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    Image of MrEvil MrEvil
    11/25/09

    In reply to Car Gifts Too Dangerous To Actually Use While Driving
    I wouldn't say a radar detector is a good gift either. Ask any cop who does speed enforcement and he'll tell you he catches more people with radar detectors than without. Not only that cops NEVER cut you slack if you have a radar detector. The two times I've been pulled over for speeding I got off with a warning and I've never in my life owned a Radar detector.

    It's much cheaper to just not speed. Besides speeding nets you no substantial gains in time saved on shorter jaunts.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    11/25/09

    @MrEvil: "Ask any cop who does speed enforcement and he'll tell you he catches more people with radar detectors than without."

    That is a load of bs... Most people don't have detectors so how is that even possible?

    I haven't been caught speeding in 11 years and my radar detector has saved me more times than I can even begin to remember. If a cop is sitting on the freeway with his gun on (which is normally how they do it) you will get plenty of warning. Don't kid yourself, if you have a decent one, they do the job, but if you ignore it going off then you will get popped.

    The main exception is a laser detector. If it goes off you just got hit with it so it's of little use, but radar detectors are worth every penny.
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    Image of drstein drstein
    11/25/09

    @UnderLoK: They forgot to mention that the devices are actually illegal in some areas.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    11/25/09

    @drstein: That is true, I live in MI and they are legal here, but I did get a ticket in Windsor years ago for having one.
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/24/09

    In reply to Car Gifts Too Dangerous To Actually Use While Driving
    Isn't #7 just a Nalgene bottle in itself that some individual/group just went to one of those promotional items companies and had them slap "my pee pee bottle" on the side of it?
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    Image of JTX JTX
    11/24/09

    @dragon:ONE: It had to have been a joke.

    Marketing Guy 1: "We can't sell these things for the life of us..."
    Marketing Guy 2: "Haha, yeah, they're useless. We have too many of them. Everybody who wants one, owns one. All we can do with them now is piss in them."

    They both laugh, their boss laughs. He approves it for shits n giggles.

    At least, that's how we hope it went.
    The alternative is unthinkable...
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    Lizard_King promoted this comment Edited by JTX at 11/24/09 11:57 PM JTX was starred JTX was unstarred
    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/25/09

    @JTX: What did you think happened to all those bottles recalled during the BPA scare?
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/24/09

    In reply to Car Gifts Too Dangerous To Actually Use While Driving

    No description needed, really.
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    Image of jdale jdale
    11/24/09

    @Segador: Description not needed, but the reviews are well worth a read. Also be sure to check out the product photos....
    [www.amazon.com]
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/24/09

    @jdale: Yup. My review from a while back had close to a thousand views last time I checked. =D
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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    11/24/09

    In reply to Car Gifts Too Dangerous To Actually Use While Driving
    Does anyone have problems with the Motion X apps finding a signal? I downloaded the free version to see if I wanted to replace RunKeeper with it, I do a lot of off road hiking and riding, and I'm constantly having signal problems.
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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    11/24/09

    @twoeightnine: just curious why you wanted to replace runkeeper. I've been using it for over a year now and it works almost flawlessly
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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    11/24/09

    @lpranal: Don't get me wrong, I love RunKeeper but I'm digging the mapping and waypoints of Motion X. I lead cross country adventure travel trips most of the year and it's a great way to map hikes, viewpoints and places to visit. The same thing with my photography.
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/24/09

    In reply to Car Gifts Too Dangerous To Actually Use While Driving
    Standalone GPSes have an edge over phones in that you have much more control if you want to map out specific routes on the computer. Using Garmin's Mapsource for specific road routes for uses like road rallies is a benefit to some. Having a bank of 500 waypoints that I can create a route from is still an advantage to me.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    11/24/09

    @Lizard_King: They also enjoy the advantage of not running down the batteries on your phone, and not pulling your phone out of a windshield mount to use it - assuming you don't have Bluetooth. It's also nice not subscribing monthly to being able to see my map, but I'd assume that's changing since the iPhone? (but can the iPhone store the whole country's map on it so it doesn't use data while roaming? My Nuvi came with all of North America circa 2009...)
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    Image of meow-mixer meow-mixer
    11/24/09

    @fuchikoma: I know the TomTom app has North America downloaded. It's over 1gb in size, though.
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    Image of Joe Valasek Joe Valasek
    11/25/09

    @Lizard_King:
    I can use google maps and send it to my phone.

    Oh the joy of android!
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/25/09

    @Joe Valasek: Yeah, I've played around with one. Still not as flexible as using Mapsource (550 waypoints following one course across the U.S. in a race...but people that need that are few and far between) .

    As google and garmin release more stuff for phones, that advantage will certainly shrink. And damn, motorcycle GPSes are WAY to pricey - three times as much for a Zumo that does not much more than a Nuvi, but with a water resistant case and big buttons.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    11/24/09

    In reply to Car Gifts Too Dangerous To Actually Use While Driving
    I actually HAVE #1. I've since upgraded to the newer model, but I used the old one in my car to make it a rolling singles ad for myself. And no, it didn't work.
    [s165.photobucket.com]

    I'm currently hoping RoofCoffeeCup, [RoofCoffeeCup.com] , will help me hook a girl. Already gotten me 2 interviews!
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    Image of JTX JTX
    11/25/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag: Why aren't you marketing/selling this?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    11/25/09

    @JTX: What, RoofCoffeeCup? I made an Instructable, [instructables.com] , if you want to make your own.
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    Image of JTX JTX
    11/25/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag: I saw it, it was great. My question still stands, why are you not raking in the dough for this idea? It's genius, haha.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    11/24/09

    In reply to Car Gifts Too Dangerous To Actually Use While Driving
    Number 7 (or is it "number 1"?) could cause some problems if stored in proximity to the bottles of apple juice.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/24/09

    In reply to Car Gifts Too Dangerous To Actually Use While Driving
    I'll take number one if I can get it in a bigger size than ride-my-tail-only-to-find-out-the-message-is-stop-riding-my-tail.

    Seriously. Bumper stickers and billboards: big. friggin'. fonts. K?
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/24/09

    In reply to Car Gifts Too Dangerous To Actually Use While Driving

    I've got a microwave and more. What else do you have?
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    Image of Dayv Dayv
    03/30/09

    In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
    My Honda doesn't make me pull over to use the nav.
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    Image of Mayor McRib Mayor McRib
    03/30/09

    @dayv: Me either. It was definitely a selling point. The NAV can be controlled by the driver in motion.
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    Image of superhappyfuntime superhappyfuntime
    03/30/09

    In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
    too bad BMW's already got the name iDrive. I'm sure Apple wishes they had it now.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/30/09

    @latterman: Though I can't verify this for myself, I was told that the iDrive interface is lacking, and trails behind Audi's alternative.
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    Image of .357 .357
    03/30/09

    In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
    It seems good now, but it has a bunch of potential problems. So if you don't want your 16 year old kid using the nav at all while in motion, just thumbprint him and program your Apple GPS. What if he's sitting in the passenger seat? Then he can't use the Nav because its his fingerprint.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    03/30/09

    In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
    Hey if it can tell me if the "girl" in my front seat is really a girl, and then twitter the fact I'm actually in the same car as a girl, I'll take three.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    03/30/09

    @SnaLanKoat_GitEmSteveDave: Three girls or three Apple GPS units?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    03/30/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Three units. Or two apple GPSii and one girl and one pre-op tranny. Or one GPS, One Girl, and One POST-Op.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    03/30/09

    In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
    Only Apple would file a patent drawn with a calligraphy pen.
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    Image of FritzLaurel FritzLaurel
    03/30/09

    In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
    FINALLY!


    Although, this seems a much more complicated solution than it needs to be. Space pen vs. pencil anyone?


    Seriously, why is this an issue in the first place? Just require the passenger to unlock it with some whacked out gesture that requires 3 fingers and an elbow.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    03/30/09

    @FritzLaurel: That's an URBAN LEGEND!
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