Unbiased Garmin GPS Systems
This post is going to supply you with an overview of Garmin's main automotive GPS products, what their features are and how much they are priced at. Garmin is the industry leader in GPS systems, and i'm also intending to compare them with their main competitors, Magellan and Tom Tom. This could present you with the information you need to pick the best Garmin GPS available for you along with your budget.
Before we start, Garmin, Tom Tom, and Magellan aren't the sole three GPS manufacturers around. There are lots of others. These three, however, include the big three, representing probably 90% with the GPS sales. Garmin itself sells about 70% from the GPS systems sold.
Do you have to just consider these three manufacturers when selecting a GPS system? Of course not! Explore similar companies. Quite a few offer good products with huge discounts. Just as a private note, I just have a tendency to continue with the major manufacturers whenever I purchase something. In that way I realize my purchase will be supported next year and the next.
Back to Garmin
Before I speak about Garmin products in particular, let's talk just a bit about GPS receivers in general--especially what their main features are.
The essential attributes of any GPS after-market automotive system tend to be the following:
* Touchscreen interface with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional views
* Automatic calculation from the fastest route and the shortest route to your destination
* Database of plenty of pre-programmed destinations, or Points of Interest (POI's)
* Pre-loaded with maps of the lower 48 United States
If this describes all you want, then you can get this from Garmin for right around $150! The Garmin nuvi 200 can be the perfect unit available for you. It can do all of the above and more.
Tom Tom and Magellan also show competitive products with this cost structure. The Tom Tom One or the Magellan Maestro 3100 are excellent introductory GPS receivers. They should do all of the above and more, and both cost around $150.
However, if you want more, it isn't that expensive to have it!
For another $100 to $200, you may get a GPS receiver, which does more or less everything:
* Wider 4.3-inch screen
* Saying street names with the spoken directions
* More Maps--Canada, Mexico, Europe
* Many more POI's (how about 6 million?)
* Bluetooth, for hands-free calling
* Real-time traffic and weather (with subscriptions)
The Garmin nuvi 350 can do a lot of this, even though it just has the 3.5-inch screen. Right now the nuvi 350 runs about $200. Magellan's 3250 is their direct competitor for the nuvi 350.
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