Please comment on your portable GPS auto navigation:

[kbv]

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Pros? Cons?

 

[ItsOverZyvox]

Pros? Cons?

I travel East Coast a lot.. I can't get around in NJ without it.

I have a Garmin Nuvi 250... works for me. She speaks with a British accent.

 

[ddcali]

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[kbv]

What do you like the most? What do you like the least?

 

[kbv]

I meant the brand and its model.

 

[SpirivaSunrise]

I have the Magellan Maestro 4000 (bought it about a year and a 1/2 ago)...I liked this one because it has the AAA tourbook installed, so it has reviews of places, prices, hours, telephone #'s, etc. But these are features some people may not really need/want.

Love it, but it's a little bulkier than some of the Garmin models. Never have had issues with signal/bad directions etc. Love the re-calculating new route feature if it knows you're going too slow in traffic.

Works great for me! I've loved it, and used it all the time after moving to a new city. Now I keep it in the backseat pocket and only use it if I'm going somewhere new...

I bought my sister a Garmin Nuvi 260W couple months ago, and liked that one for her since it pronounces street names and prevents you from needing to look at the screen constantly.

 

[kbv]

For example, today I bought a Magellan 1412. 2 reasons: under $200, 4.3''. What I don't like so far is that the touch screen isn't sensitive enough unless using a pen/stylus.

 

[ddcali]

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[SpirivaSunrise]

For example, today I bought a Magellan 1412. 2 reasons: under $200, 4.3''. What I don't like so far is that the touch screen isn't sensitive enough unless using a pen/stylus.

Hmmm...yeah, that sounds really annoying! Never had that issue with mine...don't think I'd keep it if I did.

 

[ddcali]

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[WVUPharm2007]

I use my PDA with a $69 GPS reciever and pirated GPS software. I'm ghetto cheap like that.

 

[kbv]

It's a pity that I have 2 PDAs but don't know how to use them. I'm e-device illiterate too.

 

[Storm90]

I have a TomTom XL330. It has a very low buzzing sound which is usually drowned out by the engine/radio, but it is accurate and even tells me when I'm speeding 😛 Darth Vader tells me where to go lol!

 

[Hels2007]

I have a Garmin 340c and I have a love-hate relationship with it. Mostly love, but for some reason it has a weird obsession with US Route 1 (one of the worst in New Jersey, and that's saying something), and sometimes tries to make me take it even though it makes no sense. But it has been invaluable when I needed to go to many unfamililar places and when I just moved to NJ. New Jersey is not like nice Midwestern cities where everything is numbered, I would be lost here without my GPS.

What I like about my model:
- it speaks the names of the streets (not all GPS models do)
- it comes with several mounting options (I hate stuff on my windshield, but actually mine usually is on the passenger seat - I rely on the voice, not the picture)
- it recalculates route quickly if necessary
- it can speak in many different languages and accents

What I don't like:
- sometimes it chooses suboptimal route, I cannot figure out its reasoning
- driving through the mountains, it sometimes looses signal
- it is pretty bulky compared to some newer ones
- finally, the car charger cords constantly break, I think I have to get a new one every half a year or something, but it may just be me...

 

[kbv]

Good for you. At least you both have a passion building up.

 

[Sparda29]

I have a TomTom One, bought it at Radioshack last year's Black Friday. I like the colors and low profile nature of it(I can slip it into my pocket easily), connects to a mini-usb port(same as Motorola RAZR),

It tells you the speed that you're going, which makes it an effective heads-up display, therefore you never have to look down. I just wish it was able to calculate your average speed, makes bragging about how fast you got somewhere much more legit.