The Nuvi vehicle downloads are free from a non-Garmin-affiliated third party, while most of the TomTom voices cost extra. Will this sort of thing have us trading in our Droid? Not a chance.

Now what? The secret sauce is tiling. [facklere] used KMZfactory, a free map editor for Garmin maps that goes the extra mile to split the tiles for you, keeping them under the 1MP limit.

Software updates can be large or small. Unlike a platform such as Apple’s watchOS, these are unique to specific Garmin models or lines. Garmin is typically better than most outdoor watch ...