If you have never had a GPS navigation system before you’ll probably wonder how you are suppose to figure out which one is best for you. There are a lot of different systems out there and probably can be confusing. There are a few that are out there that are all pretty similar and are the top of the line that you might consider.
Probably one of the best units would be the Tom Tom Go 740. This GPS navigation unit is just feature packed that gives you weather, traffic and incident reports. It also will give you the local fuel prices within seconds. The entire system is powered by Google search and map and this particular model is far faster than any of their past models.
This particular model of GPS navigation device is all real time and even has a feature where you can share your information with all your family and friends via their own instant messaging system. You can also get into the system and actually correct things that may be incorrect due to name changes, location changes, etc.
The battery life only being about two hours before you need to charge it and getting the actual directions seem to be somewhat slow seem to be the only draw backs for this GPS navigation device.
Garmin Nuvi 1690 is a GPS navigation system that actually offers free (ad supported) service from their NuLink data service which is a combination of ATandT and MSN Direct. For the first two years the service is ad supported and after that if you want to remove the ads you will be charged five dollars a month for their ad free service.
This unit is jam packed with features such as finding gas prices, getting incident reports, weather reports, Google search, White Pages search, flight information, even movie times and information. The system is also equipped with Bluetooth hands free dialing.
The drawback with this particular model is that they changed their card reader to a microSD card reader so your standard SD cards will not longer work with the Garmin.
Tom Tom XL340 S is another GPS navigation system by Tom Tom and is a lower priced model than the Go 740 but that does not mean it is lacking in features or capabilities. It is a larger more readable model but that can make for making it less portable. Yet it has a wonderful safety feature which is speech to text technology which makes it easily hands free.
The most fun thing about the voice to text feature is that you can chose from a variety of different voice types like English, French and Spanish. And to top it off you can also download celebrity voices.
Magellan Roadmate 1470 is a one touch GPS navigation system that puts all the most used destinations and places of interests by others at your finger tips at all times. It includes all the same features as most systems and the response time is very quick with its touch screen that displays very easy to see large icons.
The way this unit has to be mounted in the car is a little bit awkward because the cable that is used to connect it seems to get in the way somewhat.
Ever looked all of the portable gps deals that are out there? Gps systems are definitely a big hit in the universe today. With the right GPS system, you will never get lost again.