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Sena SMH10 and a Garmin Nuvi ---- NO LOVE
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<blockquote data-quote="Greenham" data-source="post: 1256219" data-attributes="member: 88281"><p>Thanks guys.... A nice variety of answers, even the sarcastic irrelevant ones.</p><p></p><p>As MrZippo said, this isn't brand new technology, this is 10 yrs old and is software based. So like EVERYTHING GARMIN.... they try to capture a market and hold it hostage until someone new comes along. Who remembers being charged $75 for a map upgrade? Now they build that into the price of the unit... Not because new maps are needed necessarily or out of the goodness of their heart or they "care" about their customer. No. They did it because Google Maps and products like Waze started kicking their ass.</p><p></p><p>BT pairing to a headset while not a "car" thing is really just about formatting the output differently to a known stream. BUT WHY would they do that? When they can, As MrZippo pointed out, turn it on, add a few other low dollar features, market it as "MOTORCYCLE" and charge $400-$800 for it... I honestly wonder if they would sell more "car" units if such features were turned on, and when we trash them from weather or dropping we buy another... Humm who knows. really who cares. Garmin has a stranglehold on the small form factor portable GPS market. Until Google comes out with a newer better version of Maps you guys are right. I didn't buy the right tool for the job. I can live with that and use my $300 extra dollars somewhere else on the bike <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Thanks again guys....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greenham, post: 1256219, member: 88281"] Thanks guys.... A nice variety of answers, even the sarcastic irrelevant ones. As MrZippo said, this isn't brand new technology, this is 10 yrs old and is software based. So like EVERYTHING GARMIN.... they try to capture a market and hold it hostage until someone new comes along. Who remembers being charged $75 for a map upgrade? Now they build that into the price of the unit... Not because new maps are needed necessarily or out of the goodness of their heart or they "care" about their customer. No. They did it because Google Maps and products like Waze started kicking their ass. BT pairing to a headset while not a "car" thing is really just about formatting the output differently to a known stream. BUT WHY would they do that? When they can, As MrZippo pointed out, turn it on, add a few other low dollar features, market it as "MOTORCYCLE" and charge $400-$800 for it... I honestly wonder if they would sell more "car" units if such features were turned on, and when we trash them from weather or dropping we buy another... Humm who knows. really who cares. Garmin has a stranglehold on the small form factor portable GPS market. Until Google comes out with a newer better version of Maps you guys are right. I didn't buy the right tool for the job. I can live with that and use my $300 extra dollars somewhere else on the bike :) Thanks again guys.... [/QUOTE]
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