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Originally Posted by gazza_d View Post
Oh I agree absolutely with most of your points.

I like wayfinder as I now have one bit of kit which is portable. I appreciate TT etc now do Mp3 playback, but I cannot telnet or VNC into my myth box at home.
I find wayfinder rather underwhelming, but that may be because tomtom is rather good.
I would point out that it is probably not a good idea using telnet in a moving vehicle!

Originally Posted by gazza_d View Post
What I would really like to see are

a link between carman, GPS and the internet so that a database of fuel stations and prices in say a 15 mile range along the route can be downloaded and displayed on the satnav with a choice of detours to either the nearest or the cheapest when the fuel reached a certain level - say a 1/4 tank.
Depends. i would want either it to know when fuel was at the last 60 miles or so, or when there was a tanker strike, or if it was christmas day or something. Really I would like it displayed, but no detours unless I asked.

Originally Posted by gazza_d View Post
Rather than full blown voice, simple voice tags for commands would be extremly useful, such as play, pause, next etc. Similar to the voice controlled dialing most phones have.
Again, having used mobile phones, and having an iPod in the car, I really prefer the next/previous buttons on my car steering wheel. I can talk to my passenger without the computer interfering, and change the volume/track etc.

Originally Posted by gazza_d View Post
I have mobile broadband on my phone, so any internet based stuff is already possible. I have once used it to download a menu from may favorite indian takeaway so we could choose, and then phone an order to collect on the way home.

A lot of this stuff is there already, but the bits just need putting together correctly.
Well, yes, I use the internet on the phone too, although if you are travelling it gets really patchy if you need a constant connection.
Certainly nothing you want to rely on.