Comments on: CoPilot Live GPS Navigation System http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/04/12/copilot_live_gps_navigation_system/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:45:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: n9mtb http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/04/12/copilot_live_gps_navigation_system/comment-page-1/#comment-22509 n9mtb Thu, 13 Apr 2006 02:59:03 +0000 #comment-22509 The Gadgeteer is not a Palm-specific review site; products for a variety of platforms are covered here. Therefore, the advantage or disadvantage of a developer's platform choice is purely a matter of perspective. If you only have a Palm, you consider lack of PalmOS support to be a disadvantage; someone else who uses Windows PDAs might think exactly the opposite. Should we put "con: doesn't fit the iPod" on reviews of cases for non-Apple music players? Or how about "con: doesn't work with Windows" on reviews of Mac accessories, since Windows XP is clearly the prevalent desktop OS? Of course not. Except in extraordinary cases, there is no reason to use system requirements as a general criticism of the product; that's why there is a separate place on the page for them. The Gadgeteer is not a Palm-specific review site; products for a variety of platforms are covered here. Therefore, the advantage or disadvantage of a developer’s platform choice is purely a matter of perspective. If you only have a Palm, you consider lack of PalmOS support to be a disadvantage; someone else who uses Windows PDAs might think exactly the opposite.

Should we put “con: doesn’t fit the iPod” on reviews of cases for non-Apple music players? Or how about “con: doesn’t work with Windows” on reviews of Mac accessories, since Windows XP is clearly the prevalent desktop OS? Of course not. Except in extraordinary cases, there is no reason to use system requirements as a general criticism of the product; that’s why there is a separate place on the page for them.

]]> By: jiraffe http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/04/12/copilot_live_gps_navigation_system/comment-page-1/#comment-22508 jiraffe Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:43:34 +0000 #comment-22508 I'm surprised that you list no Cons for this when it has two key limitations. It doesn't run on the most prevalent PDAs, those with Palm OS. And the host application doesn't run on Mac OS X or *nix. I’m surprised that you list no Cons for this when it has two key limitations. It doesn’t run on the most prevalent PDAs, those with Palm OS. And the host application doesn’t run on Mac OS X or *nix.

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/04/12/copilot_live_gps_navigation_system/comment-page-1/#comment-22507 Julie Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:49:28 +0000 #comment-22507 Post your comments here on the CoPilot Live GPS Navigation System review. <a href="http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/copilot_live_gps_navigation_system">http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/copilot_live_gps_navigation_system</a> Just click the POST REPLY button on this page. Post your comments here on the CoPilot Live GPS Navigation System review.

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