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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[I guess we were all naiv for thinking traffic information would be 100% free.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Homeboy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well they need to recoup their costs somehow.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexmueller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Woot i love ads... now I have even more reason to look at my GPS and not the road while driving through rush hour traffic!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 2:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[why would you even have to look at your gps during rush hour traffic?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 4:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yay! Free ads! :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sk8rpro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 6th 2008 2:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm sure there will custom firmware or just hacked OS for it. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NeoDarkSaver]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Seems pretty fair to me, as long as the ads are small and dont pop up while I am driving, free traffic is still free traffic.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Naw, they won't pop up when you are driving. Just when you're at a standstill stuck in... oh, uh... wait a minute.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NHAnimator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[A two-part resource-hogging flash ad-deploying blog complaining about other ads on a service that's actually useful?  Funny.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leindurstit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't see any ads on engadget...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[7on]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 2:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[HAHA, just use Adblock Plus with Firefox]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kiwi616]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 2:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Woah, you know what's weird? When I turned off the AdBlock, the picture for this article showed up...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marvin Quach]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 3:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can live with that...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hellaphunt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm jealous. I have a Nuvi 250w.. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nxtiak]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[A piece of electrical tape will fix that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frun]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Based on the number of ads on PC Mag's web site I'm not sure they have the right to complain about it.<br><br>As long as the ads aren't in the way I'd probably be willing to trade free traffic for a few ads.  As long as they don't make them more invasive with firmware updates or map updates.<br><br>It is a nice review (although short) comparing side by side to show how their software has evolved is helpful.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike K]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[If it's anything like that line of text "Walgreens - Blah blah blah" on the bottom nav bar then I can definitely live with it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hellaphunt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Agreed, I don't think this will be a big deal if the ads are small...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 7:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[GPS Fail.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Linenberg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 11th 2009 6:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can see it already...15 sec ad....traffic report...."traffic is bad where you are, if we didn't show the ad, we could have kept you from taking that route."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SCOTT]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[You can't get somethin' for nothin'.....<br><br>Even if something's "free" you still lose your innocence. Just like when I was 10 and the man in a black mask in the unmarked van said "Hey little boy, do you want some FREE candy?"....<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 1:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[so how long before hackers remove these ads? im guess two weeks]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 2:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm sure they'll also think of a way to redirect your GPS route to the stores that are advertising.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 2:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[I "HATE" MY YELLOW TEETH]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spooka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 2:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Then go to a dentist.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 6:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have no problem with ads on any device as long as they're unobtrusive, and don't get in the way when I trying to do other things.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Loban]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 2:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[I completely agree, I have no problem with this as long as the ads are that small near the bottom of the screen.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[HalfJoey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 3:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Turn right in 1 mile or you might want to turn right in 500 feet to eat some Mcdonalds and try the new south west chicken sandwich.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[maryland157]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 4:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[ya. i hate ads. i wish we could get rid of ads in every media platform all together. let's make the internet subscription based via your isp. the isp redistributes part of the subscription fees to websites based on share of visits. how much would we have to pay to use the internet then?<br><br>while you're at it, get rid of magazine, tv, and newspaper ads too. i don't mind paying $20 for a copy of maxim mag and $15/month to watch network television ad free. who's with me?<br><br>lol]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 5:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[I say it's a fair trade for free traffic reports.  Gimme!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AJ in the East Bay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 6:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[One step closer to my prediction of Google buying Garmin. You heard it here first, folks--this is only the first step. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Chastain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2008 10:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.egytrix.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.egytrix.com</a><br>اغانى - فيديو - برامج - تبادل زيارات - ترفك - اخبار - افتصاد - مواقع كليات - افلام عربى - اجنبى <br><a href="http://www.egytrix.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.egytrix.com</a><br>اغانى - فيديو - برامج - تبادل زيارات - ترفك - اخبار - افتصاد - مواقع كليات - افلام عربى - اجنبى <br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[egytrix]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 26th 2008 1:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Garmin's free lifetime traffic service comes with a catch: ads]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/garmins-free-lifetime-traffic-service-comes-with-a-catch-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.egytrix.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.egytrix.com</a><br>اغانى - فيديو - برامج - تبادل زيارات - ترفك - اخبار - افتصاد - مواقع كليات - افلام عربى - اجنبى <br><a href="http://www.egytrix.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.egytrix.com</a><br>اغانى - فيديو - برامج - تبادل زيارات - ترفك - اخبار - افتصاد - مواقع كليات - افلام عربى - اجنبى ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[egtrix]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 26th 2008 1:31AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>