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Alex · December 31st, 2008, 07:58 AM

If you could find a link, I'd appreciate it. GPS is free, so whatever they are selling for an additional monthly fee is a separate service of some kind. I wasn't aware of any Garmin units with any monthly fee, so I'd be pretty interested to learn more about them.

FWIW I just went through all the Garmin devices on bestbuy.com and couldn't find any with a monthly fee. I wondered if perhaps they were charging for real-time traffic updates, but they aren't, they provide the service free but you have to pay a decent chunk for the receiver itself. They do offer an XM radio attachment for some of their GPS units (including the Zumo), so there certainly would be an extra fee for a XM radio subscription if you purchase that attachment, but that's all I can really think of.

I don't have as much experience with the TomTom units, so I wasn't sure what they'd be charging extra for either. From their website, it looks like they do charge extra for some add-on features (of questionable value, IMO):

- $19.95/year for an updated list of fuel prices for nearby gas stations
- For TomTom traffic they don't charge a fee, but they require you to have a data-capable cell phone that it can link to (which would have a monthly cell bill of its own, naturally)
- $39.95/year Safety Camera location subscription (not offered in US, but is in Europe and elsewhere)
- additional charges for custom voices (Mr. T, for example)
- $15/year for an updated list of wi-fi hotspots by location

December 31st, 2008, 07:58 AM	#24
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	If you could find a link, I'd appreciate it. GPS is free, so whatever they are selling for an additional monthly fee is a separate service of some kind. I wasn't aware of any Garmin units with any monthly fee, so I'd be pretty interested to learn more about them. FWIW I just went through all the Garmin devices on bestbuy.com and couldn't find any with a monthly fee. I wondered if perhaps they were charging for real-time traffic updates, but they aren't, they provide the service free but you have to pay a decent chunk for the receiver itself. They do offer an XM radio attachment for some of their GPS units (including the Zumo), so there certainly would be an extra fee for a XM radio subscription if you purchase that attachment, but that's all I can really think of. I don't have as much experience with the TomTom units, so I wasn't sure what they'd be charging extra for either. From their website, it looks like they do charge extra for some add-on features (of questionable value, IMO): - $19.95/year for an updated list of fuel prices for nearby gas stations - For TomTom traffic they don't charge a fee, but they require you to have a data-capable cell phone that it can link to (which would have a monthly cell bill of its own, naturally) - $39.95/year Safety Camera location subscription (not offered in US, but is in Europe and elsewhere) - additional charges for custom voices (Mr. T, for example) - $15/year for an updated list of wi-fi hotspots by location __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)