Friday, December 4, 2009

Re: [NASCAR-Group] When Technology gets too Dumbed Down

 


Brittany sounds like a straight-A student! LOL

On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:55:23 -0500, Greg Lumpkin
<greg.lumpkin@gmail.com> wrote:

>I recently posted an ad on Craigslist to trade my old Blackberry 7250 for a
>handheld GPS usit. I really didn't care what make/model it was since it was
>for my three year-old son Freddy. I'm a GPS geek and my son is copying me
>by walking around the house with a block of wood he calls his "Jee-pee-ess".
>
>I got a couple of responses, but the one exchange I had still makes me shake
>my head:
>
>*i have a basic handheld GPS in great condition. are you interested in
>trading it for the phone because i need a new verizon phone really bad.
>please let me know
>thanks,
>brittany*
>
>What make and model GPS unit?
>Greg
>
>*GPS Navigation For Dummies™ FD-220*
>* FD-220 Features: *
>*For Dummies GPS Nav™software with easy-to-use user interface for
>simplifying the GPS navigation operation!
>3.5" color LCD touch screen!
>Digital mapping with browsing capability!
>Visual and voice turn-by-turn navigation speaking street names (TTS)!
>Pre-loaded map of the contiguous U.S.!
>Navigation with multiple stops routing!
>Quick route re-calculation when off-route!
>Millions of points of interests (POI)!
>Included digital music & video player and digital picture viewer!
>
>Standard Items Included: *
>*GPS device with 3.5" color LCD
>Pre-loaded maps
>In-vehicle charger
>Suction cup mounting kit
>
>that is the model and the make let me know if you are interested.
>thanks,
>Brittany*
>
>
>Thanks, but I'm actually looking for a handheld unit that you would use for
>hiking and such.
>Greg
>
>*gps arent used for hiking they are used for road directions*
>
>
>If you Google "handheld gps" you will quickly find out how wrong that
>statement is.
>Greg
>
>She never replied back.
>
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