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Well, when I said "unless you have a data plan to use with the phone..." it covers the EDGE cellular network, since that's a data plan. Not being intimate with the iPhone or AT&T's plans, I wasn't aware that the iPhone's plans included the data plan. The iPhone becomes the Aircard. Right? Yeah...

With the new WAAS and SiRF chips, dead reckoning is pretty much obsolete. The way dead reckoning works is, the GPS unit is also hooked into the vehicle's steering and speedometer (or in some cases the vehicle's computer), and when the unit loses the satellite signal the GPS unit can figure out...

The speakers on the Garmins are all plenty loud. Hearing voice prompts through the vehicle's stereo speakers is a nifty addition, though, but the FM transmitter also lets you hear audio books and MP3's through the speakers, as well. But the FM transmitter is not why you'd want the 660 over the...

$250 a week for 60 months. Other than, "Holy crap!" words fail me.

Ah, got it. :)

I thought Panther didn't require experience with straight trucks.

It's about averting the eyes and changing focus. One, I have the Garmin mounted on the dash within finger's reach while my hands are on the wheel. I'm holding onto the wheel and I can point with one finger to touch the screen of the Garmin. Two, where the Garmin is mounted it is very nearly in...

Are you sure it was a woman, and not a dood? :D

You'd think that, but it's not. PC Miler is very, very accurate, CoPilot is not. Too often it tells you to turn left when you should be turning right. Sometimes it's off by miles. The latest version of CoPilot is better than earlier versions, but it's most definitely not the same mapping and...

It was probably a dood.

The low bridges, and lots of other Points of Interest (POI's) can be downloaded at The POI Factory

So then the iPhone becomes the same as the built-in WiFi of your laptop. Then you'd be able to connect to WiFi with the built-in WiFi on the laptop, or the one built into the phone. WiFi on the iPhone (or most Smartphones, Blackberry's, PDA's, etc.) enables you to check e-mail and do Web...

It's the best out there, sort of, for getting an accurate number of miles, anyway. And depending on the modules you buy (Streets, HAZMAT, Fuel Optimization, Tolls, POI's, Zip Codes, etc), it is the best there is. Somewhere around 85% of all trucking companies use PC Miler, as does the IFTA and...

Louisville is back. And now there's an Auburn, KY board (about 16 miles NW of the trucks stops in Franklin).

The Brewers have to have several things go right in order for them to even contend. Ben Sheets has to be consistent, and healthy. Far from a certainty. Kendall needs to be a significant upgrade over Estrada, and in some ways he will be, but probably not in others. The Bewers have no closer...

When you connect to the Internet through a tethered cable or a Bluetooth connection to phone, the phone becomes the Aircard. The $50 a month has got nothing to do with whether you use an Airdard or your phone to acess the Net. You still need a data plan in order to do so. At Verizon, the data...

All Garmin units have the "truck" setting. All units with the same software have the same routing and maps, as well. There are settings for car, truck, taxi, motorcycle, ambulance (which will take you down the wrong way on one-way streets). Higher end units are more bells and whistles. I think...

McCain's a grouchy old man. At his age, he has every right to be a grouchy old man, but I don't want a grouchy old man's finger on the button, just the same. Ralph Nader is even older and grouchier than McCain. Plus, plus!, Nader's parents were immigrants from Lebanon. Do we really want an...

We never had the understanding that democracy means having a mutual obligation of any kind whatsoever. Democracy doesn't mean mutual obligation. Socialism does, tho. Utopiansim does. "-- that we cannot measure the greatness of our society by the strongest and richest of us, but we have to...

Shippers may or may not care, consignees may or may not care, but the paying customer usually does, as exclusive use of the truck is part of the higher cost for expedite, and it's usually part of the contract (often understood via prior arrangements and loads) of the load with the customer. Most...