Garmin 270 3 5 Inch Portable Navigator

Okay, it's February, just after the Super Bowl. In other words, it's a little early to be announce publicly or officially the winners for "best GPS 2010". Having said that, there are assorted front runners, which according to Amazon, will surely be challengers for the title. Let's look at these in turn.

Best GPS 2010: Garmin Nuvi 780 4.3-inch Widescreen Bluetooth GPS

The Garmin Nuvi 780 4.3-inch Widescreen Bluetooth GPS is one of the hottest marketers on the Internet right now. Whatever it's selling for right now, I may guarantee you that you're getting a ton of features for the price. With the Garmin Nuvi 780, you get the widescreen and Bluetooth, of course. But also you get text to speech (actually says street names), multi-point routing, and 9 months free MSN real time traffic and weather.

Best GPS 2010: Magellan RoadMate 1412

Although rather a bit for less than the Garmin Nuvi 780, the Magellan RoadMate 1412 shares a good deal of of it is features. It's got the widescreen and text to speech. In addition, it's got multi-point routing. The RoadMate is a somewhat older series than the Nuvi 780s are, but I don't think that in truth makes much difference.

Best GPS 2010: Garmin Nuvi 755/755T 4.3 Inch Portable GPS with Traffic

If you like the real time traffic option of the Garmin Nuvi 780, you might want to consider the 755/755T model. It's got lifetime traffic! In addition, the Garmin Nuvi 755 has "Lane Assist" which helps you locate the rectify lane to drive in when in intersections. Like the 780, the Garmin Nuvi 755 is very well priced.

Best GPS 2010: TomTom XL 330-S 4.3 Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator

One of TomTom's top marketing GPS navigators is the TomTom XL 330-S 4.3 Inch Widescreen Portable GPS. It's being sold at Amazon at a very lowpriced price, particularly when you realize how numerous features it's got. You get the widescreen and text to speech. But likewise you get TomTom's "Map Share" technology, which lets you change Tom Tom's database. Also, it's got a outstanding Help Me! feature, which instantaneously locates the nearest emergency facilities.

Best GPS 2010: Garmin Nuvi 765/765T 4.3 Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic

The Garmin Nuvi 765T is like the Nuvi 755, but with Bluetooth. It's a higher end model, but still very, very affordable.

Best GPS 2010: Garmin Nuvi 285W/285WT 4.3 Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic

Again, if you like the 755, but don't need rather all the features, there's the 285. It's got the widescreen and Bluetooth. Also, it's got traffic, but no multi-point routing.

Best GPS 2010: Magellan Maestro 4700 4.7 Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator

The Magellan Maestro 4700 4.7 Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator is share of Magellan's Maestro line, which is a little newer than the RoadMate line. The Maestro 4700 comes with text to speech, Bluetooth, and multi-point routing. Also, the screen is even more spectacular than the Garmin's I've brought up here.

Best GPS 2010: TomTom EASE 3.5 Inch Portable GPS Navigator

The TomTom EASE 3.5 Inch Portable GPS Navigator is sort of the "Mini Cooper" of GPS devices. What I love when it comes to the EASE is...well, it is ease of use. When you turn on the device, you see just two icons. If you want magnificent navigation, but don't need the other bells and whistles, then the TomTom EASE 3.5 Inch Portable GPS Navigator could without apparent effort be the right model for you.

Get a large total of feaures and maps to keep your travels stress-free with the transatlantic nüvi 275T. It takes you there with preloaded maps for both North America and Europe and turn-by-turn directions that call out streets by name. The 275T comes with lifetime traffic and hands-free calling to simplify life on the go. Like the rest of the nüvi 205-series, this portable navigator is priced right and ultra-easy to use.

Get voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names to your destination.

Get Turn-by-Turn Directions
nüvi 275T's intuitive interface greets you with two simple questions: "Where to?" and "View Map." Touch the color screen to effortlessly look up addresses and services and get voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names to your destination. It comes preloaded with elaborated City Navigator® NT street maps for both North America and Europe, over 6 million points of interest (POIs), 2-D or 3-D maps and smooth map redraw rates as you navigate. Its digital elevation maps show you shaded contours at higher zoom levels, giving you a big picture of the surrounding terrain. In addition, nüvi 275T accepts habit points of interest (POIs), such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs. With HotFix® satellite prediction, nüvi calculates your position more quickly to get you there quicker.

Make Hands-free Calls
For hands-free calling, nüvi 275T integrates Bluetooth® wireless technology with a built-in microphone and speaker. Just pair it with your compatible Bluetooth phone and talk hands-free through the 275T while staying concentered on the road. Simply dial numbers with nüvi's touchscreen keypad to make a call. To answer calls, just tap the screen and speak into it is built-in microphone. Enjoy commodious one-touch dialing for contacts and points of interest.

Avoid Traffic Tie-ups
Steer clear of traffic with nüvi 275T's integrated FM traffic receiver. Receive alerts regarding traffic delays and road construction that lie in front on your route. Next, plainly touch nüvi's screen to view traffic details or detour around the problem area.

Take It With You
Like the rest of the nüvi 205-series, nüvi 275T sports a sleek, slim design and fits comfortably in your pocket or purse. Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it commodious for navigation by car or foot. With it is "Where Am I?" emergency locator, you always recognise your location. Simply tap the screen to get your precise latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the nearest hospitals, police stations and fuel stations.

Go Beyond Navigation
Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 275T includes a lot of travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock, automatic time zone transition, currency converter, unit converter, calculator and more. With photo navigation, you may download pictures from Garmin Connect™ Photos and navigate to them. The 275T is compatible with our free Garmin Garage where you may download animated vehicles that show your emplacement on the map. It likewise comes with Garmin Lock™, an anti-theft feature. Enhance your travel experience with optional plug-in microSD™ cards such as Garmin Travel Guides for elaborated data on attractions.

What's in the Box
nüvi 275, Preloaded City Navigator® NT North America (U.S. and Canada), Lifetime traffic¹, FM traffic receiver with vehicle power cable (indicated by "T" after model number on the box), Vehicle suction cup mount, USB cable, and Quick begin manual

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¹Lifetime traffic extends for the utile life of your Garmin traffic receiver (as long as you own a compatible Garmin GPS) or as long as Garmin receives traffic data from it is traffic supplier, whichever is shorter. Traffic content not available for all areas. See www.navteq.com/rdstraffic for traffic coverage areas and www.garmin.com/traffic/fm/navteq.html for program License Agreement containing finish terms and conditions.

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242 of 246 people found the following review helpful.
Great tool when traveling abroad
By M. K. Love
I purchased this device a few weeks ago in anticipation of a trip to the UK. I've driven there before, navigating with the magnificent AA road atlases, but being an American driving a right hand drive car with a manual transmission, now and again in bad weather, I would often get task-saturated. I thought a GPS or "Sat Nav" as they call them, would make the occupation a little easier.
The only features that I genuinely necessitated in a GPS unit were the U.S and European maps and text-to-speech, ("turn left on High street"), beyond that, further and added whistles and bells didn't matter to me.
Initially I looked at both Garmin and TomTom and decisive to go with Garmin since it was less pricey to find a unit that had North American and European maps. I paid with regards to $270 for my 275T, it was the least costly unit that had European maps pre-installed. Buying the European map separately would cost you approximately $150 and the UK-only map runs regarding $99.
The 275T operation is somewhat straight forward. It has all of the normal features that one would suppose to find on a innovative GPS unit to include a somewhat robust POI (Point Of Interest) database loaded with gas stations, restaurants, airports etc... The touch screen works well and altho the size is smaller, (3.5" vs 4.3" on numerous larger units), it was more than adequate to display all of the necessary information. The voice directions are very helpful, exceptionally when driving in heavy traffic. Traffic updates in the US arrive thru an FM transmitter in the charger cord, (in Europe you have to plug in an antenna wire which comes with the unit). You may likewise effortlessly preload a large total of destinations to your "favorites" on the device by using the Google map or Panoramio photo websites.
In the UK the 275T proved to be invaluable; you feel much freer to stray from the beaten path and do a bit of exploring knowing that your GPS will always get you to your appointed destination. The time to destination estimates were precise and the routes were efficient. When initially turned on, the unit located satellites speedily and never lost the connection except when in parking garages, or tunnels. Sometimes when surrounded by a large total of tall buildings, like in downtown London, the unit would appear to get confused with regards to the direction in which it was pointing. Moving the car just a few dozen feet or so normally corrected this. The included Europe maps were very precise with the exception of a new stretch of highway among Falkirk and Edinburgh which was not included on the map database. Road names, one-way streets, and parking areas were all up to date. I found the inclusion of "safety camera" locations, (read: "speed trap cameras"), to be very helpful; it even flashed a red warning when you exceed the speed limit in an area with a camera.
The only feature that I on occasion wish was included was a compass heading. If you just turn on the unit, but don't program in a destination, your directional heading, (North, East etc...), is displayed in the lower right hand corner. However when it's giving you directions, your approximated time to arrival takes up that area of the screen. Overall however, I thought the unit was great and I would commend the 275T if your travels take you among North America and Europe on occasion. Renting a GPS with your car in the UK will distinctively add when it comes to $15 per day; use your 275T for a couple weeks and it's practically remunerated for itself.

172 of 180 people found the following review helpful.
Capable Device, But Expensive Maps and Updates
By Rudy Schlaf
First the good: The Nuvi 275T is a capable navigator that gives precise spoken instructions and seems to find good routes to specified locations. The display is nice and even readable in averse lighting situations. The battery life could be a bit longer that one could use it on a bike or for hiking. It runs less than 4 hours, and the batteries cannot be interchanged (this likewise means it will die an ipod-style death in a couple of years). A great feature is that it may directly be fed with locatings through Google maps, so one does not have to use the ludicrous Garmin software anymore for this task. I summary, this is a gorgeous utile device.
Now the bad: It says on the box that the maps are guaranteed for 60 days after buy to make sure one has the most recent selective information in there at the time of purchase. Logging on to Garmin nevertheless yields a mechanism that only allows to update either the US or the Europe maps, but not both. If you want both you have to recompense for the other one...I would call this procedure misleading. Also: 'Lifetime updates' (of course, distinctively Garmin, only for the lifetime of the device, i.e. for with regards to two years) cost $149, which, giving careful consideration to the current price of the device of <$220, may only be considered a joke. In summary, on the map side, this is a typical Garmin Nickeling and Diming scheme! I actually hope for the moment when the iPod Touch will have a GPS receiver, and one may download Google maps on it for free. It needs to be held in mind that map data are in general made available for free by the US and other governments, i.e. downloading the stuff onto a proprietary device will have to be cheaper.

61 of 63 people found the following review helpful.
Masters of Rural France
By Derrick
I am amazed! We got this device to use on our vacation driving altho France and it made the trip. No stress when it comes to getting lost, or running out of gas. If we saw a cute country road, we took it, when we wanted to find our way back, the 275 would tell us in easy to follow instructions on how to get back on track. We went on roads without names, signs, or map instructions fearlessly. When we necessitated gas in rural nowhere, it took us right to it. Highway interchanges in the city, no problem, it tells you in advance if you are going to be splitting left or right. It likewise will take you right to your hotel, so don't worry with regards to directions, or if you need, it will find you a nearby hotel like the gas station.

I have only used it for the 2 weeks in France, but it far surpassed our expectations. Indeed I just gave up attempting to follow where we were on the map and just relaxed. It even gives a rather precise ETA, which it updates continuously.

Now we did try using it to navigate on foot in Spain with more or less spotty results. It seems to work much better when you are in a car. It trys to navigate like you are in a car and has difficultness at street corners attempting to tell which direction you are going...but it did find us nearby Chinese feed in Madrid when we got a craving.

Really this gadget saved us so much stress, time, and fuel. The included car charger worked great in Europe, so don't bother with the travel pack.

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