[nylug-talk] OT - city wide GPS question???

[Bob Mariotti]

Fellow luggers;
I am a big fan of gps gizmo's in my car.   But, as one who has a 
relative newly relocated to the Big Apple, I was thinking that a helpful 
gift might be a handheld gps device geared towards the pedestrian.

I saw advertised recently one by Mio, the digi-walker H610.  It claims 
that it is a combo mp3 player/voice/video GPS unit for the person "on 
the go".

Therefore, as most geeks are gadget gurus, someone must have some 
experience with city aware gps's.   So, if ANY of you reading this have 
experience using hand-held gps for finding and walking directions, 
please commend.  

Current services such at hop stop certainly allow one to plan out the 
public transportation, but once in the area, its not much help.  Also, 
the POI database for the area would be a great convenience.

I welcome all feedback, ideas, recommendations, etc. for this technical 
but NOT specifically on topic request.

Thank you and happy new year all!

bobmct