| These days, GPS is a hot new item. Everyone | | | | GPS device can't let you check your email and |
| got one for Christmas it seems, and then spent all | | | | watch movies, but your laptop can act like a |
| of January trying to figure out how to use the | | | | moving, up-to-date map for you. There are even |
| thing. Some people really like the turn-by-turn | | | | a few advantages to using a 4G WiMax |
| directions in the flat female voice, but some | | | | connection on your laptop to download maps or, |
| people just get annoyed, especially when the | | | | better yet, to check out real-time maps of the |
| voice is telling you to turn too early or simply | | | | areas where you want to travel. |
| doesn't adjust the route quickly enough for your | | | | For one thing, if you don't like the turn-by-turn |
| taste. You can actually get where you need to go | | | | directions, you don't have to listen to them. Your |
| without a GPS, though, if you hook your laptop up | | | | navigator in the passenger seat can simply look at |
| to a 4G WiMax service. | | | | the map and tell you where to go. If you're on |
| These services and products such as | | | | your own, just sneak a peek at your laptop when |
| liveviewgps gps tracker, which are relatively new, | | | | you're at a stop sign or when you have to make |
| are becoming more and more widespread, and | | | | a pit stop for gas. You can easily memorize the |
| they offer some great advantages. You can | | | | next few steps on the map before you get rolling |
| check your email from the parking lot at your | | | | again, so that you don't have to constantly look |
| kids' school, and you can look up your online to-do | | | | back at your laptop. |
| list from the grocery store. If you stay in a hotel | | | | Another thing that a laptop has when it's |
| overnight, you don't have to worry about | | | | connected to 4G WiMax Internet is a view of |
| whether or not the hotel offers free wireless | | | | current traffic conditions. You can check out any |
| Internet connections because your Internet | | | | websites that are linked to news channels, and |
| provider will have you covered. | | | | you'll probably be able to get a to-the-minute |
| Besides all this, of course, there is the fact that | | | | update on what traffic is like in certain areas. |
| you can entertain yourself and others even on | | | | Whether you're on your way home by a familiar |
| the go. Set your laptop up on the center console | | | | route and decide to reroute because traffic would |
| of your car, get a streaming movie or TV show | | | | back you up for an hour or you're on an |
| playing, and relish the silence as your | | | | unfamiliar road wondering what traffic will be like |
| once-bickering children are drawn into the show. | | | | by the time you hit the next city, being able to |
| You can watch movies and shows or check out | | | | access the Internet to find traffic conditions is |
| the news no matter where you are. | | | | immensely helpful. |
| Let's go back to the GPS, though. Obviously your | | | | |