Personal Record for Time Spent in a Panera Bread
Yesterday I left my GPS, along with my Archos 605 mp3 player and an XM radio unit out in the rain. I'm on a roadtrip and I've gotten far too used to the GPS to do without it so this morning I went to Best Buy to get another one.
My old one was a TomTom 330 and Best Buy has a TomTom 340. I'm going to assume its pretty much the same thing and not do the mountain of research that I normally do when buying something like this. I need to get one and get back on the road after yesterday's challenging experience getting soaked in the rain.
I'm a hip shopper and that means I pull out the iPhone and do a google on TomTom 340 to see if anyone else has it. OfficeDepot online claims to have it for $199, but would they offer that in the store? I call them. They put me on hold until I give up and drive over. TomTom 340, $199. Sold.
One thing I love about the TomTom is that it is very easy to add additional "points of interest" or POI files that let you search for specific things like Honda Dealers, Target or Dairy Queen and navigate right to them. Plus, these third party POI files have color icons so they show up on my TomTom screen as logos -- something usually found only on more expensive TomTom GPS units.
So I go to the local Panera bread where I can get some quick lunch and use their internet to download POI files.
I don't know what my problem is but I am at Panera from 1pm to 9PM that night doing a combination of downloading POI files, email, uploading photos, reading news, and otherwise, just killing time.
I did get the TomTom 340 setup but it's too late to travel so I'm going back to Motel 6 for the night to get some sleep before heading out.
My old one was a TomTom 330 and Best Buy has a TomTom 340. I'm going to assume its pretty much the same thing and not do the mountain of research that I normally do when buying something like this. I need to get one and get back on the road after yesterday's challenging experience getting soaked in the rain.
I'm a hip shopper and that means I pull out the iPhone and do a google on TomTom 340 to see if anyone else has it. OfficeDepot online claims to have it for $199, but would they offer that in the store? I call them. They put me on hold until I give up and drive over. TomTom 340, $199. Sold.
One thing I love about the TomTom is that it is very easy to add additional "points of interest" or POI files that let you search for specific things like Honda Dealers, Target or Dairy Queen and navigate right to them. Plus, these third party POI files have color icons so they show up on my TomTom screen as logos -- something usually found only on more expensive TomTom GPS units.
So I go to the local Panera bread where I can get some quick lunch and use their internet to download POI files.
I don't know what my problem is but I am at Panera from 1pm to 9PM that night doing a combination of downloading POI files, email, uploading photos, reading news, and otherwise, just killing time.
I did get the TomTom 340 setup but it's too late to travel so I'm going back to Motel 6 for the night to get some sleep before heading out.
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