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1. Can not be programmed with your own POI's so you're stuck with what the factory unit has.
2. Map Updates and such are 2x to 3x more expensive than a portable unit.
3. Updates are released less frequently than portable units.
4. I'm not aware of any factory unit that offers real time connectivity to information such as traffic or internet business searches. This information changes quite often in some areas of the country. Being able to retrieve the latest information from the internet is a huge bonus over a factory installed unit.
5. Initial cost of a factory unit is hugely more than a portable device and goes with the car when you sell it or turn it back in after lease.
6. Hardware on a factory installed unit can't be updated. Considering how fast the GPS market has changed and all the new features that keep coming out. In three years your factory installed unit will look like a dinosaur and still cost you a fortune for map updates. I know several people with expensive cars and factory GPS units that went out and bought portable units because they were 1/2 the cost in many cases than updating their 2 or 3 year old factory software.

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