# Educate me on GPS units

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-gps-units/547873>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 24, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-gps-units/547873 "2010-07-24T20:23:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-gps-units/547873/61 "2010-08-02T16:23:58Z")

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> [@enipla](#):
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> > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> > You can check flight information for any airport using the internet. For free.
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> Sure. If you have a laptop and and internet connection. Don’t want or like GPS? Can’t afford it? Don’t buy it.

Or a Blackbeery. Which you already have. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-gps-units/547873/62 "2010-08-02T16:36:35Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> > [@enipla](#):
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> > Sure. If you have a laptop and and internet connection. Don’t want or like GPS? Can’t afford it? Don’t buy it.
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> Or a Blackbeery. Which you already have. :dubious:

That too. But to be frank the Garmin app is much easier to use. I was just responding to the OP about some features that GPS’s have. “Educate me on GPS units”

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