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December 27, 1961 (51)
About Nicko
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Born in Melbourne, VIC, 6 Years in the RAAF (RadTech) & been have playing with GPS since 1995. Bought this site to continue the community theme that the original two owners had started with.
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Perth, WA. AU
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Selling GPS bits

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DualNav 7 by TwoNav Australia

by Nicko on 9th February 2013 at 09:17 PM
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The second generation TwoNav 7 (now called DualNav7) produced by TwoNav Australia is now available.



DualNav 7 is the ideal 7" GPS Navigator for on-road and off-road navigation. With the ability to accept the widest range of maps DualNav 7 is without doubt the most user friendly, flexible and feature rich 7" GPS in Australia.

Utilising a super-fast processor and DSP, the DualNav7 has the best performance to carry out heavy

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When an infomercial Garmin deal is not a deal - tvsn.com.au

by Nicko on 15th December 2012 at 09:42 PM
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Our 11 year old was watching an infomercial called tvsn repeat and they, along with a Garmin rep were promoting the Garmin Nuvi 2495LMT as a tv special at $249.

Now, I thought to check out the price on the Garmin Australia web site and my favourite site shopbot.com.au and would you believe it, Garmin Australia has the RRP at, $249. The link to shopbot says it all when the Goodguys have this Garmin Nuvi 2495LMT at $199. So, in this case it is clear that tv specials are not always specials.

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Apple fail but will it turn Apple lovers away?

by Nicko on 10th December 2012 at 08:09 PM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20663447

It is certainly amusing!
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What does Garmin mean by Lifetime map updates? Is Navman and TomTom any different?

by Nicko on 25th August 2012 at 01:42 PM
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I had a customer tell me that Garmin's Lifetime Map Update meant 3 years. In theory this could be regarded as pretty much correct as electronic devices may only last that long on average, however Navman think it is at most 4 years. However, the Garmin excerpt below states exactly what they mean and if Garmin so chooses it could be even less.

Garmin Australia recently stated that they are moving from Sensis Whereis maps to Navteq maps. By the way, Navteq use to be the company and product,

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Updated 18th January 2013 at 10:00 PM by Nicko

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Garmin says "If you can't beat them, join them!" eBay the winners! Dealers the losers

by Nicko on 12th May 2012 at 01:48 PM
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To my total surprise, actually I'm in shock, I came across a Garmin GPS seller on eBay that clearly circumvents the two critical issues for dealers.

1. Garmin do not allow authorised dealers to sell brand new items on auction sites such as eBay as per their contract with Garmin.
2. Someone authorised to sell Garmin is selling on an auction site.

So who is this eBayer?

It so happens that this eBayer is in fact Garmin and have been selling directly to

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