David Pogue Doesn't Deserve Santa's Generosity
For Memorial Day weekend, the Times' resident geek David Pogue attempted to install a portable GPS unit before he and his family took a road trip. The GPS device was a Christmas gift, given to him by a relative. Unfortunately, Pogue had some problems — tiny memory, no loaded map data, a "dog-slow" data transfer, outdated road maps, invalid authorization code, etc. Ostensibly, Pogue writes an 850-word review of the product's inadequacies, with some lessons learned:
For the gift-giver: Do your research. Read the customer reviews. Beware outdated products on store shelves.
And don't give any presents to David Pogue, lest he use the fucking New York Times to rudely trash your generous gift.
