How To Choose The Best Car GPS System
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Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 Time: 2:15 AM
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One of the biggest assets that one can have in terms of traveling is to have a car GPS. There cannot be anything more useful that this as it gives alerts on the basis of the traffic in a particular area.
Garmin TomTom and Magellan are the three major manufacturers of the GPS systems in the market. The model of these system are branded as basic and premium as per its functionality and latest designs they are manufactured in.
Garmin is a company that is world renowned for its innovation in the GPS technology. The Gamin GPS has about 28 discontinued models at the moment in the nuvi series like 2x5 series 7x5 series 3700 series 1200 series 1300 series 1400 series 295w and 1690 series. What makes all these models ideal for travel are its light weight moveablility easy reference for travel and also hobby fulfillment. To change the usual travel experience into one that is filled with thrill one can make use of this system.
TomTom also has presence across the world with its Portable Navigation Devices(PND’s) available similar to other car navigation brands in the market. Their GPS provides digital mapping that improve the quality of both navigation and the user’s navigation experience and the end result will be superior maps that will benefit consumers.
There is another company amongst the three GPS system named Magellan and it has two series like the Roadmate and the Maestro series. These models vary in terms of its features common to all the other car GPS systems of other companies like navigation, traffic alerts in text and image and also durability of the product.
One of the market leaders is the Garmin nuvi GPS system that makes it at the top of the three companies present in the market due to its excellent features. This model is so tiny that it can be kept in ones pocket and can support its battery from 4 to a maximum of 8 hours. One can even make use of the automatic charging feature from the AC or DC power. It comes with all the additional features like a “Travel Kit” that includes Language Guide, MP3 Player, audible book player, picture viewer, world clock, currency and measurement converters and of course a calculator. The nuvi has a GPS signal receiver and is supposed to be one of the most sensitive than other companies GPS. It gets updated in as little as a jiffy and spontaneously. Despit having storage space for as much as 700 megs which will suffice for a starter it has SD slot for enhancing memory needs.
No other car brand has features like the nuvi 295w of the Garmin GPS such as wi fi nuLink and the ecoroute making it one of the greatest in the market.
To pick up the best of Garmin nuvi models one has to use their own maturity on the basis of ones personal requirement. The essential things to look for before deciding on a specific model are ease of use, performance, design and features apart from the value for money that one gets by choosing a specific model.
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