Support Thread for the TND 500, TND 700 or future Rand McNally products. (part two)

Mark if you remember I posted about no map updates several weeks ago saying same thing that RM was doing this to force us to buy new units also. I have called RM and their exact answer was "no foreseeable date for map updates for older units". This is what you called marketing decision.

 

If that is true, I will switch to garmin. No point having lifetime map updates without any maps...who knows if they make another "breakthrough" like the x30 series & programming becomes obsolete for legacy devices.

 

I called couple times and asked about the updates. The second time I called is when they said no date scheduled. But they did give me a reason for it. Said they are working on fixing bugs on new model now and after that will put out the updates for us. Told him that wasn't much of a consolation.

 

Sure, alienate current customers, while trying to create a whole new product for a nitch market

 

Given that Kevin Rutherford on Road Dog is saying that something "exciting is coming in the first quarter of 2015", and you are almost sayings the same thing, I have no doubt that RM is releasing a whole new model that will incorporate everything from the last few releases into one all around great product that revolutionizes the gps community...

 

He was specifically addressing a caller who asked him what gps he should consider, Kevin in turn told him if he didnt need it right away to wait because there was something getting release in the first quarter that was going to blow away the gps industry. Since he talks about how great the RM products are without bashing the others, its only plausible whats happening. But thanks for the reply

 

KR is pimping RM now? 6-12 months ago he was blasting them for buggy hardware.


Notes of the day, most of which have probably long since been fixed on the suppressed map release:

i40 wb in TN, exit 87 Loves -- RM wants to exit ~5 miles early and take surface streets. There is also a 2nd truck stop at this exit that is not in the system.

There is a fuel-only truck stop at 2980 Thomas Street in Memphis, TN (i40 exit 2A)


i40 generally goes east & west. 2 of the rest areas in Arkansas are listed as i40 nb/sb which is unnecessarily confusing.

 

This thread is getting seriously derailed.