Posts from August 2005

I preordered a Garmin StreetPilot i3 from GPSExplorer back in late July. It's now August 10th and I still haven't received the unit yet. I have called GPSExplorer several times asking when I should expect to receive my new i3. Last Friday, one of their service reps told me I'd get it "...probably by next […]

GPSExplorer called me today (as they said they would, very nice of them), and I should have my Garmin StreetPilot i3 on Monday. YES! It took a while but I'll finally be getting it. I was informed it will be shipped out of New York.

Okay, here's the moment you've all been waiting for - The Garmin StreetPilot i3 review! (insert tympanis here: bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum!) Before I get into that:

Now that I've used my StreetPilot i3 for a little while, I've got a few more things to say about it.

I reloaded the old IBM ThinkPad 390 with Windows 95. Why '95? Because I think '98 sucks. Anyway. I had a really old copy of Microsoft Office 97 "Small Business" Edition lying around (which came with bundled with my Compaq Deskpro 6000 back when it was new). I remembered that you could go download (and […]