Garmin nuvi 250 Review:
The Garmin nuvi 250 is built with a high-sensitivity WAAS-enabled GPS receiver for extreme accuracy, as well as an SD card slot for storing your media and additional navigation tools, and a USB interface for loading data. All this is wrapped up in a package that measures 3.8 x 2.8 x .8 inches (W x H x D) and weighs just 5.2 ounces. The Garmin 250’s 3.5-inch (diagonal) display is touchscreen-enabled, making it a cinch to control the device with your fingertips. A rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides up to five hours of battery life depending on use. The nuvi 270 adds maps of more than 30 European countries, in …

Garmin Rino 530HCX Review:
Hit the trail in confidence with the Garmin Rino 530HCx, which combines a two-way FRS/GMRS radio with a high-sensitivity GPS navigator. The waterproof unit offers 22 channels and 5 watts of transmit power, so you can contact friends or rescue crews from up to 14 miles away (line of sight) over GMRS channels or up to 2 miles over FRS channels. The high-sensitivity GPS receiver, meanwhile, locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover. The advantage is clear: whether you’re traipsing through thick woods or strolling near tall buildings and trees, you can count on the Rino 530HCx to help you find …

Garmin Colorado 400t Review:
The new Garmin Colorado 400t, one of a series of four Colorado models, was introduced in early 2008 as a next-generation handheld GPS. The Garmin Colorado 400t lives up to that promise with an innovative new control wheel, easy-to-use menu system, big, sharp color screen, 3D map viewing, and more.

The Garmin Colorado 400t is rugged with a high-sensitivity receiver to offers innovative features such as a new Rock ‘n Roller wheel for one hand operation as well as the ability to exchange waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly between units. In addition, you can customize your Colorado 400t with five different user profiles: automotive, marine, recreation, fitness or geocache. …

TomTom GO 930 Review:
The TomTom GO 930 offers address entry via voice as well as lane assistance and 3D renderings of complex intersections. The TomTom 930’s portable navigation system also has optimized route calculation based on historical traffic data; text-to-speech functionality; integrated Bluetooth; and a wide screen. The 4.7 x 3.3 x 1.0-inch TomTom GO 930 offers a 4.3-inch screen, an elegant black casing, and a thin profile. The TomTom 930 features new icons and a technology called Alfa Blending that claims to deliver smoother graphics. While the icons and graphics were clear and easy to read.

The TomTom GO 930 also has the Map Share feature, giving you the most up-to-date maps. …

Magellan Maestro 3200 Review:
The Magellan Maestro 3200 navigators feature a 3.5-inch screen. The Magellan 3200 and 4200 offer great, basic navigation with turn-by-turn spoken directions, pre-loade maps of the 48 contiguous United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, and 1.3 million POIs.

The Magellan Maestro 3200 is smaller and has an updated look to the interface and map screen. It also responds more quickly to inputs.

The feature I like most is the ability to tap the position triangle and then scroll around the map. When you are zoomed in to closest 2 or 3 zoom levels you can scroll around the 3D map this way. On the 2200T I found I had to be …

Magellan Maestro 5310 Review:
The Magellan Maestro 5310 has a 5-inch screen, while the 4200s have a 4.3-inch widescreen display. The Magellan 5310 offers pre-loaded maps of the entire United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Canada and 6 million preprogrammed, searchable points of interest. Magellan 5310 offers AAA travel information and text-to-speech directions that give real street names, bluetooth for hands-free phone calls, integrated traffic.

The Magellan Maestro 5310 parallels the previous top of the line Maestro 4250 in a number of ways. The user interface is virtually identical, except for the features not included. Like the 4250, the Magellan Maestro 5310 has 6 million POIs, three months of traffic service, text to …

Garmin GolfLogix Review:
The Garmin GolfLogix GPS-8 includes Garmin’s high sensitivity, 12-channel GPS receiver which ensures faster satellite acquisition time and superior accuracy. Nicely compact in your hand, it weighs 5.3 ounces with batteries and measures 1.2 inches thin. The case is 100 percent waterproof (submersible in water per IPX7 standard tests) and is shock-proof and impact-resistant for rugged outdoor use. The large LCD screen (1.25 by 2.25 inches) has a 64 x 128 pixel resolution and features excellent visibility in direct sunlight with adjustable screen contrasts and backlight screen setting for dark playing conditions.

Wherever you are on the course, Garmin GolfLogix displays the key distances to hazards and the green in big bold …

TomTom XL 330S Review:
The 4.3-inch TomTom XL 330S is preloaded with millions of points of interest to enhance your traveling experience. And with the “Help Me!” menu, there are added safety features so you can easily access local emergency providers. The TomTom 330S is traffic-ready, so you can outsmart the traffic, wherever you go.

The TomTom 330S adds a 4.3” wide screen display and Text-to-Speech routing to the TomTom 330S Family. At the heart of the TomTom unit is a highly sensitive GPS chipset for fast satellite acquisitions and unsurpassed GPS tracking. The ultra bright, 480 x 272 resolution, 4.3” display offers superb readability and easy operation. The built in lithium-ion battery will …

Garmin nuvi 680 Review:
The Garmin nuvi 680’s Screen is bright, colorful and crisp. It’s large touch screen is easy to view when driving and even automatically switches to display differently for night and day. The touch screen is accurate, though users with big fingers may hit a couple wrong keys on the touch keyboard, especially when the car is moving. Garmin 680’s menus are easy to navigate and most items appear in the logical, intuitive place. The included mount works well, but has fallen off a few times. There are many voices to select from and all sound clear and easy to understand. The leather case included is nice for stowing or …

Navigon 2100 Review:
The Navigon 2100 is a miniaturized version of the Navigon 5100 and 7100. It features the same, sleek black finish of the other two systems but has a smaller footprint at 4 inches wide by 3.1 inches tall by 0.8 inch deep and 5.6 ounces for easy transport between vehicles. It’s compact enough that you could feasibly use it while navigating on foot or mounted to a bicycle. The Navigon 2100 and 5100 have 3.5-inch screens, while the 7100 has a 4.3-inch widescreen. The big difference is that the 5100 and 7100 come with free lifetime traffic data, while with the 2100 you have to buy an activation code separately. …