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Thinking of a reasonable investment in a navigation system? Garmin can be a good option and more precisely a commercial Garmin Nuvi 1450T, the popular 1400 series products can be a better solution!

Owning a Garmin GPS system is always a good idea as the commercial navigation devices industry is being dominated by the firm’s products. Why 1400 series is because, the devices under the series have a set of user friendly navigation features and allied applications. 1450T is one such good device where the user can have absolutely free traffic updates which assist in taking alternative routes, eco-routes (fuel efficient routes), pedestrian routes, highway interchange etc. The subscription to ‘nu Maps’ is yet another bonus from Garmin Nuvi 1450T, where the user can have up to 4 updates of Garmin maps in a year, that too for free of cost!

The physical features seem to have equipped for ease of use. The bright touch screen display of 480 x 272 resolutions at the 5 inch large display allows the user to easily navigate through the device while driving. The ‘voice guidance’ along with the turn by turn directions makes it much safer while driving. The allied application in the form of currency converter, unit converter, world clock and calculator makes it a bit extra worthy too!

With such a handy, portable design the Garmin Nuvi 1450T can be your best mate while travelling within your city limits and even while abroad. Get your hands on one and explore the new roads and new turns!

Global Positioning Systems are being pointed out as one of the most digitally commercialized ones during the past few years of time period. There are various brands offering wide fleet of services and features upgraded with the latest technology and ranges from cheap to expensive ones. Consumers sometimes get confused as of a selection of one particular brand and a product thereafter. As of now, we cannot pin point one particular brand or device to be the best as each one has its own pros and cons.

Let’s take a quick glance at the most recommended five GPS devices introduced during 2011.

1. Motonav TN765T – The device from Motorola has shown to have excellent customer reviews on its greater receiver and sensitivity abilities. The 5.1 inch touch screen display makes the navigation easy as well.

2. Nuvi 3790T – Made by the giant in the industry, Garmin, the Nuvi 3790T comes with the best voice command features among existing GPS systems. The 4.3 inch display makes it pretty compact as well.

3. Nuvi 465T – The enhanced accuracy of this Garmin member is possible through its WAAS and EGNOS features. The device has been rated excellent by users when it comes to turn by turn directions which seems to be precise than any other existing devices.

4. XXL 550 – Manufactured by Tom Tom, the device has been pointed out as one of the smartest and fastest GPS devices ever!

5. GPSMAP 78S – This handy 2.7 inch display device from Garmin has the best ‘route management’ tools and it also comes with flexible connectivity options.

Everything about Tom Tom Global Positioning systems is about the comfort that it provides. The same goes well with its XL330 too. A wide screen, user friendly GPS navigation device that takes you on the roads with confidence!

Basic Features

• Plug & Go – Where you can straight away input the destination details and drive.
• Preloaded Points of Interest
• 30-Day Latest Map Guarantee- With Tom Tom’s updated data service.
• TomTom Map Share- To have custom made maps and routes.
• Help Me! Emergency Menu- For your emergency needs
• TomTom HOME—with an up to date feature.
• Traffic Ready- the RDS-TMC traffic report receiver enables you to be aware of the traffic info on the routes.
• Fuel Price Service – An optional feature to pay less on your Gas needs.

Key Features

• 4.3 inch large touch screen of 3.2 x 3.2 x 0.9 inches dimensions,  with an ever comfortable and award winning design of the ‘Fold and Go Easy Port Mount’ from Tom Tom to stick it on to the car glasses.
• Easy and effortless navigation from point to point with spoken instructions and 3D graphics.
• Pre loaded with numerous Point Of Interests (POI’s) including the gas stations, hotels, rest areas etc.
• The Tom Tom Map Share Technology allows the user to modify the direction of the street, their names, POI’s, restrictions on turns etc in your GPS device.
• There is a ‘Help Me’ feature that enables the user to get in touch with the police, fire force and hospitals during emergencies.

You can avail a Tom Tom XL 330 at an extremely reasonable price of below $100!!

Navigon 7100, a new comer in the GPS market has been creating some fluctuations in the market through some of its user-friendly features and applications.

Product Details: Navigon 7100 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

Let’s go through some of the features of this Navigon 7100 in detail.

Design

The body seems attractive with the smooth finish in the black outlook. The 3.5 inch breadth, 5.1 inch length and the 0.9 inch thickness makes Navigon 7100 quite bigger in appearance. The 4.3 inch big touch screen adds on to this ‘big’ factor.

The home screen menu seems pretty simple with just four icons – New Destination, My Destinations, Take Me Home and Voice Command respectively. Going through the user manually quickly before the first usage is advisable as the inner menus might confuse as you get down there.

As with the physical features, the power button on the right, SD extension slot, USB port, headphone jack, speakers, antenna and stylus seems pretty perfect.

Features

Navigon 7100 comes with SiRFstarIII GPS chip and several preloaded maps in its SD card. Navigon 7100 calculates routes in four ways such as optimum, fastest route, shortest route and the one with scenic beauties. There are options that help to avoid toll roads and highways.

Some other common features include, automatic route recalculation, simulated demos, multi-stop points, speed alerts and turn by turn directions which are supported by both text and voice.

The map screen can be viewed at 2D or 3D. The navigation screen displays various data such as estimated arrival time, distance left over, street name, signal strength, compass etc.

GPS Navigations systems have been playing a lead role in the latest technological advancements and its commercial appearances during the recent few years. There have been many models released by major and minor players. Now that it has come to a saturation point that GPS users needs something unique to catalyze a purchase decision. This triggered Kenwood to come up with DNX7160 – an in built car GPS with navigational and stereo settings offered in one single device.

Kenwood DNX7160 has been released in to the market to attract those who are in search of a navigation system that can be fixed to their dash panel and also offers a wide variety of extra features. Kenwood DNX7160 offers a multi user interface where screens an be switched between navigation mode and multimedia mode or can be used at the same time even. The large touch screen allows the user to easily navigate through the menus while driving. The dimension of 7 inch x 4 inch x 7 inches seems to be on a bigger side even.

NAVTEQ map database offers all the usual POI’s, turn by turn directions and usual GPS applications. FM TMC Traffic feature is an added advantage with enhanced traffic alerts. EcoRoute, guides users through a fuel efficient way, which can also be marked as a unique feature. The speech recognition software makes it a high end system where the user can have the privilege of commanding to the device with ease while driving rather than inputting commands via text.

So if you are one among those in search for a ‘unique’ GPS device so far, go for Kenwood DNX7160!

The market leader in among GPS Navigation Systems – The Garmin has hit the market with yet another product aiming at the two wheeler community. The GPS device named- Garmin Zumo 550 is smaller in size compared to the Street Pilot series of Garmin and slightly bigger than the Nuvi series.

Garmin Zumo 550 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

Zumo 550 is being released with all the significant features that makes it extremely user friendly for two wheelers. The big buttons makes it easier for the rider to access the device even while wearing gloves. The water proof case enables the protection of the gadget during unexpected rains.  Another attractive feature is the Bluetooth connectivity, where one can answer phone calls via a Bluetooth enables helmet.

The fuel alerts is something that makes it unique. The Zumo 550 can calculate the fuel content inside the gas tank and can alert the rider when it gets low. It’s not over with this. On alerting the rider, Zumo automatically calculates and indicates the nearest fuel station which is unbelievably helpful when it comes to reality!

One more added feature is the ‘track log’, which allows the user to download tracks to his or her computer and then view them through Google Earth’s motion based services. Now, if you have a Bluetooth helmet, you can also make use of the connectivity to listen to downloaded songs through the device while riding.

Now you can ride your bikes with a proper set destination and a lot more on your ride with Garmin Zumo 550.

Now you can avoid the question “Are we not there yet?’” from your kids next time when you are on a long road trip, with the introduction of the latest Portable GPS navigation system with integrated built in HD radio and HD live updates on traffic.

The Korean company Cydle is the one that has made these innovative steps to incorporate the portable GPS system with entertainment options as well. The device is named T43H.

Cydle launched the product on the CES 2010 meet. The best part of the device, as pointed out by the company officials is the HD traffic updates where the driver can get fast updates on traffic almost ten times faster than the previous systems.

T43H also features one internal and one external antenna. Both the antennas work together and get refreshed to get latest updates on accidents, construction works and traffic speed limits. All you have to do is to properly key in your destination and drive with the real time updated T43H assistance.

T43H has a 4.3 inch high resolution screen. The audio and video formats of various types are supported for best multimedia impacts. You also have a picture viewer for your fond memories to be cherished while on roads.

The device also comes handy and light in weight. T43H can be the best way to kick start your GPS navigation experience with added entertainment too.

Garmin has once again proved its expertness in the field of manufacturing GPS devices with the launch of its latest Nuvi 755T model. Those who are already using a GPS can consider Nuvi 755T as a good upgradation, also for people who are new to the device can consider this as one best option to solve your GPS needs. Garmin Nuvi 755T has been introduced in to the market with many new varying features with customizing options making it more user friendly than the early models.

The best part with Nuvi 755T is the step by step directions that assist those interested in getting detailed info while on road. Also as Garmin is the pioneer in the field of GPS navigation with numerous established models, continuous updating of maps and additions and deletion of routes makes the Nuvi 755T user friendly and durable in terms of functions for a long time.  Another added feature is the ability of Nuvi 755T to store up to ten routes along with specific points of interests. This is apart from the 6 million POI’s possible in the device in normal routes.

The built in FM tuner offers the traffic information facility, so that you can avoid those jam ways and can use deviations possibly. The tuner comes wireless and hence no more irritation on those lengthy wires. The ‘Where am I?’’ is one new feature incorporated in Nuvi 755T which tells you exactly your current position and nearby POI’s. This is of great help on unknown routes.

The GPS Navigation systems are getting flooded in the market. With users having lot many options to choose from, the GPS systems continue to compete by including more features and user friendliness.

Cobra 7750 Platinum GPS is one such advanced system which has hit the markets with various unique features. This advanced model from Cobra is the one and only GPPS navigation system that offers superior coverage on secondary roads despite offering full support on highways and cities.

Cobra 7750 PRO Professional Driver 7-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Enhanced Truck-Specific Routing

Cobra 7750 Platinum GPS comes with enhanced graphics, state mileage log and also hours of service log. The device delivers the last mile routing service in the industry as well.

The enhanced graphics enables the driver to have clear view of the screen even at bright sunlight. The user friendly touch screen interface allows the driver to concentrate less on gadget and more on roads. The advanced junction view and the lane assistance feature gives the user a 3D image of the nearest highway junctions.

Many companies are getting interested in Cobra 7750 Platinum GPS as the device has the ability to deliver huge number of specific Point of Interests (POI). More than 12 million Tele-atlas points of interests and branded icons are there in the Cobra 7750 Platinum GPS’s database which visually represents the companies as they get closer on driving.

Every purchase comes with a free data download for three months from Cobra’s online database. The Cobra 7750 Platinum GPS hits the automobile electronics market with a price tag of $449.00!