IO Gear GBGPS201 Bluetooth GPS Kit -US and Canada Maps
by IOGEAR
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Manufacturer: IOGEARAudio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD
Platform: No Operating System
Model: GBGPS201
Product features:
- GPS system works with Bluetooth-enabled PDA or computer
- Highly sensitive unit to assure effective tracking and navigating
- Superior power-saving circuitry to allow at least 25 hour operation
- Navigation software gives driving direction in text, graphic, and voice
- Map data covers the U.S. and Canada; map and navigation software included
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of IO Gear GBGPS201 Bluetooth GPS Kit -US and Canada Maps
Customer Review: Am I missing something about the software?
Summary: 2 Stars
If I was just reviewing the receiver itself, it would receive 5 stars. However, I have had nothing but problems with the bundled software.
The original CDs that came with it did not work on my computer for some reason. They came up as totally blank, and I even got the automatic Windows "what would you like to do with this blank CD" menu when I popped each of them in. I immediately went to work with diagnostics on my 5 month old CD/DVD-RW drive, and even did the HP online chat help to try and figure something out. I have tried all other computer data CDs that I have, and they all worked (really, ALL of them did). Music CDs and DVDs of the original and burned variety also worked.
I emailed IO Gear about the problem (after 4 phone calls I have only been able to talk to an actual person on their tech support line once, and he promptly put me on hold for so long I hung up), and they sent me a new set of CDs. These didn't work, either. So they sent another set. Same story. I tried them in my computer at work, and a total of 4 CDs out of the 12 worked there, so I burned copies of those so I could install the software on my computer at home.
These seemed to work at first, but the laptop program claims it is not properly installed and any maps that require the 2 maps CDs claim that those CDs are the wrong version. This is all probably due to copyright protection on the original CDs, which I can understand.
After all of this, I have a product that I've paid good money for that I can't use, sold to me by a company that doesn't seem to care or be able to help me at all, if I can get through to them. In the meantime I'm glad the device will work with any software, although Pocket Streets is really just a map, not something that can generate directions (or if it can, I don't know how).
By the way, if anyone can help me with this it would be much appreciated.
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