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Vehicle GPS: Top Picks & Reviews

GPS Ratings — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:02:38 +0000

Our Top Picks: The Best of the Best. If you don’t have the time to invest reading reviews and comparisons, consult our Top Picks below for our top recommendations in each of four categories. Since all of the GPS units we feature are rated 4 stars or higher, our Top Picks truly are the "best [...]

Garmin nuvi 880, 850 GPS: REVIEW

GPS Ratings — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:02:37 +0000

Garmin continues to redefine the leading edge of vehicle GPS systems, and with the 800 series they’ve succeeded again with a truly hands-off GPS that accepts your voice commands, and does so accurately and intuitively. CNN/Money describes it as "…the most advanced speech recognition system on a personal navigation device to date." According to U.S. [...]

Magellan Maestro 4250, 3250 GPS: REVIEW

GPS Ratings — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:02:36 +0000

Magellan is a long-standing leader in GPS, especially famous for its award-winning RoadMate series and the Hertz NeverLost car navigation system. Though not as dominant as it was several years ago, Magellan continues to produce quality GPS units for the field and the car. Demonstrating their ongoing commitment to innovation, Magellan has rounded out their [...]

GPS for Geocaching: Top Picks & Reviews

GPS Ratings — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:02:34 +0000

The immensely popular sport of "geocaching" (pronounced "JEE-oh-cashing") is essentially an outdoor treasure hunt game in which participants containers (called "caches" or "geocaches") anywhere in the world. While the origins of the sport are attributed to the 150-year-old sport known as "letterboxing," which uses references to landmarks and clues hidden in stories, the 21st-century [...]

Garmin nuvi 205, 205W, 255, 255W Vehicle GPS: REVIEW

GPS Ratings — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:02:34 +0000

If you’re a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of choices — really good choices — in the top-rated nuvi line, Garmin’s not about to make your decision any easier. The 2×5 series, including the 205, 205W, 255 and 255W adds so many features to the 200 series that the term "entry level" just might [...]

TomTom GO 930, 730 GPS: REVIEW

GPS Ratings — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:02:33 +0000

In our reviews of TomTom’s popular entry-level ONE series, including the ONE 130 and 130S and the ONE XL 330 and 330S, we’ve praised TomTom’s "ongoing innovative spirit and clever approach to design of their highly-customizable GPS devices." We’re impressed to see TomTom offering strong innovations in its mid- and upper-range offerings, too, with the [...]

Garmin nüvi 755T, 765T, 775T, 785T (7×5) – REVIEW

GPS Ratings — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:02:31 +0000

Garmin’s nuvi series has been all about constant innovation and improving on what just a few months ago seemd to be as top-of-the-line as the series could get. Hence, dozens of nuvi models and many with top 4.5- and 5-star ratings. The 7×5 series, which includes the 755T, 765T, 775T and 785T does it again, [...]

Garmin Colorado 400t, 400c, 400i, 300 Handheld GPS: REVIEW

GPS Ratings — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:02:31 +0000

The past few years have seen dramatic advances in the GPS units we use in our cars, with intuitive, user-friendly interfaces and an ever-growing number of features. Though handheld units have certainly benefited from new, more sensitive GPS chips and other advances deep in their electronics, they haven’t realized the same sort of game-changing [...]

Garmin nuvi 500, 550 Crossover GPS: REVIEW

GPS Ratings — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:02:30 +0000

We get many questions about finding a single GPS that does it all, taking you from car to trail to the lake or offshore. Oh, and geocaching would be nice, too. And, of course, it needs to be waterproof and have great battery life…oh and how about a removable battery to boot? Well, Garmin’s been [...]

Eclipse AVN726e features 3D maps (review)

GPS Ratings — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Check out the full review of the Eclipse AVN726e.

(Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET)

The AVN726e, Eclipse's newest double-DIN DVD/navigation receiver, was making a name for itself even before it was released to the public, as it was named Best of Innovations at CES 2009 in the In-Vehicle Navigation/...

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog