TomTom 920T is okay but not great

So I went that step to obtain a GPS in the event I am on the way to a gig and get stuck in traffic or construction I could find an alternative route to help keep me ontime.

I originally wanted one of the Consumer Reports top rated Garmin GPS' seeing how many of your top companies like rental car companies, military, field engineers all use Garmin GPS units of some sort. So in my mind, Garmin has the stuff together, they would have to for such high profile customers.

So I was in search of a Garmin and to come find out, no retail store sells an upscale Garmin, just the low end models of Garmin (not highly rated on Consumers). Okay, so the only decent GPS they sold was a TomTom 920T which I found at Office Depot. So I bit the bullet and purchased it.

Now it offers the ability to download updates using the data connection on your bluetooth phone (if its compatiable). Big bummer with the phones TomTom has decided to make compatiable with all there TomTom GPS units. if you have a sony phone then you have a great shot at this feature working. If you have the number one phone for business users (any blackberry) then you are out of luck. Some other phones are supported but not fully. This is a HUGE disappointment. So all the PLUS features TomTom advertises aren't even available because the phone you have probably won't work.

Now on TomTom's defense, I have read it is more of an issue with the phone vendors then TomTom. For instance the Blackberry issue relates more to RIM not wanting TomTom to access the data functions of the phones. It has been said if you downgrade your Blackberry a revision or two, the feature will work but the latest software release for you blackberry RIM has blocked all internet access from outside the phone via bluetooth or tether.

Another part of the TomTom I do not really care for is its not very accurate. Some people say its because of the area I live in (kinda in the country) but my thought is, Satellite's are what pinpoint my location, not population.

Anyhow, I'm not real impressed with the TomTom and if I had to do it all over again I would just wait for the Garmin to show up in the mail. Even though it appears the Garmin PLUS features wouldn't work for me either because they use a seperate antenna that uses this direct connect which is only valid in more the populated areas. So if I am not going to have any PLUS features from Garmin or TomTom then I would definitly choose the Garmin for its more accuracy.

Websites Moved

I maintain three websites

http://www.mywiseguys.com (My DJ Business is hosted on hostmonster.com)

http://www.hosangit.com (My IT Business was hosted on siteground.com)

http://www.ourholychurch.com (non-denominational church website also was hosted on siteground.com)


Since my subscription to siteground expires at the end of this month I decided to move off them and over to hostmonster which I have been pretty happy with. I will say that siteground support is much, much quicker to respond but I usually only need support once a year (knock on wood).

So I rebuilt the two siteground websites on hostmonster so it will look different but all the information is there.

Relay for Life Done

After 29 hours of playing music and karaoke, I'm done with the Madison Heights Relay for Life.

It was a nice experience that I was very happy I did. It is a good cause to raise money for the American Cancer Society in effort to find a cure for cancer.

I also learned alot about what we can do to help prevent getting cancer that we don't think about. Some things suprised me like over cooking your meat, putting non-microwave safe plastic containers in the microwave, bug spray, etc.. alot of suprises.

Glad its done and I'm still in the process of sleep recovery but will be ready to go by this weekend, I hope.