EBay blew it with Skype?

When EBay bought Skype most people responded, “Why?” but I responded, “I don’t care, just as long as they don’t fuck it up.”

“EBay revises its ambitions for Skype” (NYT, Oct 2): “EBay is finally acknowledging that it paid too much for the Internet phone company Skype two years ago. On Monday, eBay, based in San Jose, Calif., said it was taking a $1.43 billion charge related to the acquisition of Skype. EBay paid $2.6 billion for the rapidly growing service in 2005.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/technology/02ebay.html?ref=technology

Of course, I had the same reaction when Nokia announced they bought map and navigational software maker Navteq today. But... what could possibly go wrong with that?

Dear lazyweb: Help me pick a GPS navigation system for my car

I want to buy an GPS-based nav system for my car.

-- For my car. Not something I’d walk with.
-- Connects to my Mac for uploads, upgrades, etc.
-- Can replace the voice with a celebrity voice package (optional)
-- Cheap! $300 would be awesome.

I used the Garmin with a rental car last week and I really liked it. However I hear there are more open-source add-ons for the Garmin.

Which should I get: Tom Tom or Garmin or other?