Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
This topic comes from here discussing electronic navigator aids. I shouldn't have been surprised, but I was, that Garmin was using the device we buy for getting selling adds. This brings up the whole topic of pushed advertising and campaigning into out private spaces.
Thanks, Bart, the nüvi 755T an excellent Garmin update to the 760. However, I found this
"One gripe: The nüvi 755T comes with advertisements. My evaluation unit arrived with three preloaded vendors (BP, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo). When you access the traffic menu, one of these advertiser's names always appears at the bottom of the screen. Also, from time to time, one of these ads will pop up on the map view screen (they won't appear when you are in motion). A single tap of the advertisers' name will perform a POI search for nearby retail locations. Unfortunately, you can't disable these ads, but it's likely that they help Garmin offset the cost of the live traffic information that it offers free."
So is that a general trend? How intrusive does it seem?
Asher
Thanks, Bart, the nüvi 755T an excellent Garmin update to the 760. However, I found this
"One gripe: The nüvi 755T comes with advertisements. My evaluation unit arrived with three preloaded vendors (BP, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo). When you access the traffic menu, one of these advertiser's names always appears at the bottom of the screen. Also, from time to time, one of these ads will pop up on the map view screen (they won't appear when you are in motion). A single tap of the advertisers' name will perform a POI search for nearby retail locations. Unfortunately, you can't disable these ads, but it's likely that they help Garmin offset the cost of the live traffic information that it offers free."
So is that a general trend? How intrusive does it seem?
Asher
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