The official tablet (and other useless electronics) thread!

[D_Eclipse9916]

I'm not sure if this has been touched on in the useless electronics thread, but I'm in the market for a navigation system. I can't find one that will go into the dash of my silverado and keep the cd player and such without upgrading to a 2003 bezel and a/c controls. I'd be fine with an externally mounted one. We've been using the navi on sam's smartphone during our honeymoon and it blows donkeynuts. My mom has a garmin that is a couple years old, but has technology on these advanced much in recent times? Is picking up a year or so old unit worthwhile? I'm completely out of touch with technology when it comes to navi.

Adam and I have had a discussion about this in the past. I beleive in nice expensive in dash units. He beleives in the cheap on-dash ones. The times ive used my girlfriend's and my sisters on dash ones ive wanted to throw them out the window. They are also liable to get stolen and have your window broken out (my friend had hers stolen twice, and twice broke out her window; way more expensive than that GPS unit). However the cost difference $100 vs $700 and up, I wouldnt buy the in-dash JUST for the navi. (my in-dash was so I could use ipod, hard drive, sat radio, DVDs, etc.)

I know one thing, avoid Tom Tom. Out of the on-dash ones ive used, thats probably the worst fucking one ive ever tried. My girlfriend's mom even threw her Tom Tom out the window of the car, no joke.