iPod as navigator December 10, 2004, 08:46:07 am Yahoo Message Number: 47585Here's a nifty way to use an iPod to help navigate. I found the following in John Rizzo's book of tips & tricks, "Mac Annoyances." ;-) Mind you, this is no StreetPilot--it doesn't show maps, it doesn't talk, and it doesn't even know where you are. But this trick might still be useful... DRIVING DIRECTIONS ON YOUR IPOD An iPod can make any car trip seem shorter, but did you know it can also help you get to your destination? That's if you use PodQuest ($10, http://www.midasoft.dk>) to download driving directions from MapQuest and load them to your iPod. PodQuest opens your default web browser to MapQuest.com, where you enter your starting point and destination. When MapQuest provides the [turn by turn] directions, you can select a PodQuest menu command to download the directions to your iPod. PodQuest moves the directions to your iPod's Notes menu for newer iPods or to the Contacts menu for pre-docking iPods. Podquest installs the directions as a VCF file, which you can delete with the Finder when you get back from your trip. Obviously you wouldn't buy an iPod just to do this. But if you already have one...why not?Andy Baird
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] iPod as navigator Reply #1 – December 11, 2004, 09:27:59 am Yahoo Message Number: 47643...snip...Quote DRIVING DIRECTIONS ON YOUR IPOD An iPod can make any car trip seem shorter, but did you know it can also help you get to your destination? That's if you use PodQuest ($10, http://www.midasoft.dk>http://www.midasoft.dk>) to download driving directions from MapQuest and load them to your iPod. ...snip...Andy,Wow, you do find some unusual Mac stuff! This has got to be the narrowest of niche markets. I'm surprised anyone would think it might be profitable. Well, strike that, profit hasn't always been a mac product motive .what kind of mac equipment are you planning to carry when you go fulltime? We struggled with a G3 desktop, laser printer and a 15" CRT monitor when we fulltimed. It was a pain putting that stuff away until we made a permanent home for them. We just got the mid range iMac G5 for our LD. i expect we'll save the shipping materials to store that when moving. Sandy does some Photoshop stuff that I didn't think the laptops we can afford were up to.Thanks for all your experience and efforts for this list.Dave & Sandy2000 26.5 RB Albuquerque[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] iPod as navigator, now puters Reply #2 – December 11, 2004, 10:56:39 am Yahoo Message Number: 47651I admit that I am a geek, but we are fulltimers and we travel with 2 laptops, both a mac and a pc. I use Photoshop almost daily on the mac and have found the 15" G4 powerbook to work great for that. The screen is big enough and sharp enough for detail work. I can't imagine having to store a desktop but we also have 2 dogs and a lot of other stuff that we like to have along. I do carry a great printer (the Canon i-80) that is the size of a textbook and a small scanner as well. I think that bluetooth is the best thing since sliced bread, for me the wires and the clutter they bring are the biggest enemy. So far, my cell phone connects to both laptops via bluetooth and the Canon i-80 printer does as well. I'm looking at a bluetooth GPS which may be my next purchase. BTW, if you are a pc user and mainly do email, web browsing and forums I highly recommend the Sony Vaio TR-3A that I have. It weighs slightly more than 3 lbs and the screen is incredibly bright and clear, excellent power management as well. It's the 12" screen and I'm amazed at how much I can see on it. I love the portability but I wouldn't want to do a lot of graphic work on it as it really is small. It also fits on the dash of the LD quite well for a big screen GPS view.Just some food for thought,Jonna
Re: iPod as navigator Reply #3 – December 11, 2004, 11:35:38 am Yahoo Message Number: 47654"This has got to be the narrowest of niche markets." Oh. I dunno. Last I heard, there were 30+ million Macs out there--that's a lot of people, any way you slice it. And after all, Lazy Daze is a classic niche product, with a market share even smaller than Apple's! ;-) "what kind of mac equipment are you planning to carry when you go fulltime?" 17" PowerBook G4, Hewlett-Packard 23" LCD display, Wacom graphics tablet, WiebeTech FireWire drives for backup, AirPort Express, Canon LIDE 30 flatbed scanner, Canon i80 portable inkjet printer (the same one Jonna has) plus other odds and ends. Unlike Jonna, I prefer to avoid the security risks of Bluetooth, so I'll be using cables to link the peripherals. I'm currently connecting to the internet via a Motorola T-730 cell phone when on the road, but will probably go for a DirecWAY satellite broadband setup next year--I'll need the bandwidth for my graphics consulting business."We just got the mid range iMac G5 for our LD." That would be an outstanding machine for fulltime traveling--compact, powerful, elegant. I seriously considered one, but since I already have the widescreen PowerBook and super- widescreen HP display, I decided I'd "make do" with what I have now. ;-)Andy Baird
iPod as navigator Reply #4 – December 11, 2004, 07:14:56 pm Yahoo Message Number: 47671""We just got the mid range iMac G5 for our LD." That would be an outstanding machine for fulltime traveling--compact, powerful, elegant. I seriously considered one, but since I already have the widescreen PowerBook and super- widescreen HP display, I decided I'd "make do" with what I have now. ;-)Andy BairdHi Andy. I've just about had it with my pc. At least at this moment I am. It has acted very badly today. Lock-ups, unasked for restarts, blue screens, pop-up ads galore, you name it, its done it. Run Spy-bot and AD-aware and pick up a lot, but not everything. MS IE has holes in it big enough to drive an LD in. Should have run a different browser. Anyway, I think my seven year old hard drive is expiring. I'm thinking of crossing over to the other side. I've been running around the web today looking at various stuff, and I am considering the iMac G5 20in with 512Mb. My concerns are these. 1. Expandability is limited. 2. Upgradability is questionable. 3. Windows is so ingrained in me, it is allmost like it is part of my mind. I wonder if there is a big learning curve to proficiency on the Mac OS. I wonder is it is difficult going between a Mac desktop and my perfectly good Windows based laptop frequently. 4. Software availability. Can you run Windows based software on an iMac with special software? Sorry. I know this is off topic, but there has been quite a few computer related postings lately. And I know you like to discuss Apple subjects. Thanks. TJ
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