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The Garmin nüvi 265W/265WT 4.3-Inch widescreen Bluetooth portable GPS navigator with traffic might easily be Garmin’s best deal in their lower priced models. Right now the Garmin 265WT is selling for about $150 at Amazon. (That’s about the cheapest I’ve found it.) What’s so cool about the nuvi 265 WT is all of the features you get for the price. Garmin nuvi 265WT Features The [...]

Instead of just covering various GPS systems, I wanted to take a moment and talk about GPS’s, in general—what they are and how they’ve changed our lives. Right now, I can think of a few ways that GPS’s have changed my life. For one, I became fascinated with everything GPS a few years ago. That resulted in several websites on the subject and literally hundreds of articles, which have been republished [...]

One of the most common questions I get is what is the cheapest GPS that has text-to-speech. I completely understand why I’m being asked that question. Text-t–speech is one of the “must have” features of vehicle GPS devices in my book. Text-to-speech is where the GPS actually tells you what streets to turn on. It’s doesn’t just say, “Turn Right,” but “Turn [...]

This Garmin GPS 2010 Round Up will help you decide which Garmin GPS to buy in 2010. You see, since last year, Garmin has really solidified their market share in the United States, leaving TomTom and Magellan pretty much in the dust. I’m not saying I don’t like TomTom and Magellan. I do. I like them both. They both have excellent products. And, there are sometimes some compelling reasons [...]

The Garmin nüvi 1300 4.3-inch widescreen portable GPS navigator is essentially the same as the nüvi 1200, but with a widescreen. With the Garmin nüvi 1300 4.3-inch widescreen portable GPS navigator, you get an easy to use, up-to-date user interface, ecoRouting (gives you the most fuel efficient route), and text-to-speech. It’s also got an public transit mode and an optional pedestrian mode. For [...]

The Garmin nüvi 785W/785WT 4.3-inch widescreen Bluetooth portable GPS navigator with traffic is essentially just like the nüvi 765, except you get a “free” 9 month subscription to MSN real time traffic. Other than that, the two GPS’s are the same. If you’re thinking you’ll need the MSN traffic, then get the Garmin nüvi 785W/785WT 4.3-inch widescreen Bluetooth portable GPS navigator. It [...]

There are a ton of things I like about the Garmin nuvi 780 4.3-inch widescreen Bluetooth portable GPS navigator. For one thing, it’s in the Garmin nuvi 700 series. The Garmin nuvi 780 4.3-inch widescreen Bluetooth portable GPS navigator comes with a ton of great features, like multi-point routing, Bluetooth, MSN direct, text to speech, and voice commands. Not only that, but the prices of GPS systems [...]

The Garmin nüvi 1690 4.3-inch portable Bluetooth navigator is Garmin’s top of the line vehicle navigation system. It’s got a ton of great features, and when you factor in the price, it’s really a great deal. First off, the Garmin nüvi 1690 4.3-inch portable Bluetooth navigator is super sleek! You can see a picture of it in this post. Of course, it’s got all the bells and whistles you would [...]