Thread: Why is it that...

Originally Posted by nijel

... GPS hardware is soooo dated? I mean look at today's phones and tablets... Beautiful high resolution/dpi displays, capacitive touchscreens, fast CPUs and GPUs... Everything that GPS devise is not.
I doubt is the is to keep low cost only. Am I missing something?

The cost is keyword! If you drive so many navi is more conveniently and reliably. And in this case navi will pay off.
I think it is good to have a knife, spoon, fork combined in one whole unit but I have a possibility to buy set of all items separately! I use my Nokia symbian smartphone only for phone calls and SMSs and I immensely happy what I make all what I want in a two click only. I tried a really many other devices before I obtained Nokia but when I lost my temper (oh my nervous business) I forgot a long chain of clicks for making call Also for navi - turn on and go on! And a pretty female voice never ask me for where I get address