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allows you to use inside to find places that your about to drive etc, con is that it's not lightning fast routing.}
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Cable($20) GPS Receiver($100), Mapopolis Software($100), 256mb SD Card($50) and pocketPC dashboard cradle($50) totaling 50% less than a dedicated GPS, I am really satisfied with this GPS solution not to mention using the pocketPC to wirelessly go on line from the airport or coffee shop.
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Cable($20) GPS Receiver($100), Mapopolis Software($100), 256mb SD Card($50) and pocketPC dashboard cradle($50) totaling 50% less than a dedicated GPS, I am really satisfied with this GPS solution not to mention using the pocketPC to wirelessly go on line from the airport or coffee shop.
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This is the busiest forum, so I'm posting this here.
I'm looking at portable GPS car units, to take from car to car. So far, the best one seems to be the Garmin Street Pilot 2620. Any opinions? TIA.
The Garmin 196 is great. Approx 1k. Comes with all the accessories. They just came out with the 296 color $1700 with voice prompts. Both are excellent units. I have a 196 that I fly with, then switch to land mode for turn by turn directions, and rerouting. Nice size screens. Both are capable of air, land and sea navigation. Look at
http://www.sportys.com/gps/
they have a nice chart that compares the units.
Steve
I have the street pilot III and absolutely love it!
{pro with this is the battery ... allows you to use inside to find places that your about to drive etc, con is that it's not lightning fast routing.}
My father has the 2610 and loves it.
{con with this is no battery. pro is that it's very fast!}
And ... {this is key!} My wife wanted to hate it because she's not big on gadgets, but she loves it too!
The coverage is also excellent!
I have had the Garmin 2620 for about 3 months now and really like it. It is a must for me when I travel. Apart from portability, voice prompts, and touch screen, the 2620 has the entire USA map built in. Plug it in into a cigarrete lighter and you are good to go. It sells for about $1k.
I had the Garmin at the same time that I was driving a loaner Cayenne with Nav, and I found that the Garmin got me home faster and better route than the Nav in the Cayenne.
For really in-depth discussion of the Garmin and Magellan units go to:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/default.asp?CAT_ID=2
Can't speak for the 2620 but I know a number of people that have the Streetpilot III and love it. Pluses to this are that it can be transferred to another vehicle easily, can run on batteries if necessary and you can download a lot of data to it (once you have bought their high priced memory and USB adaptor).
I have a GPS V. Simple, rugged, long battery life. More features than the Streepilot but with a smaller grey scale screen, less memory and no USB (read slow downloads).
Both of the above are totally waterproof so for those that also own motorcycles (like me) or boats you can put it on this too without worrying about it.
Finally, if you are looking for a a really geeky excuse to drive that car of yours check out this site...
http://www.geocaching.com/
Barry
If you are comfortable with computers you might want to check out a pocketPC.
I have a MY2000 996 Cab with the $17 aux. cable input adaptor (from Becker the Radio mfg.) and listen to Mapopolis mapping software�s directions, to Turn Left in 300 ft, over the cars radio sound system. At the same time the pocketPC�s color Display is similar in size to the Garmin and the Mapopolis maps are available on-line for about $90/yr.
Also this �multi-function� pocketPC plays over the radio in stereo 200-300 mP3�s stored on the SD card at the same time and with the volume of the Mapopolis GPS set slightly louder than the pocketPC windows mobile media player I can listen to my favorite music and still hear the directions with the top down on the freeway.
With the cost of the pocketPC($300),Becker Radio Aux. Cable($20) GPS Receiver($100), Mapopolis Software($100), 256mb SD Card($50) and pocketPC dashboard cradle($50) totaling 50% less than a dedicated GPS, I am really satisfied with this GPS solution not to mention using the pocketPC to wirelessly go on line from the airport or coffee shop. Including going on line from a coffee shop in New Orleans a couple of months ago to download a map of the city in less than 5 min and using it in the rental car to find the after hours club our favorite band was playing at after Jazz Fest.
Another plus is there are a variety of cradles available for the pocketPC to use to securely hold the device on your dashboard, although I�m still evaluating several to find the perfect one for my needs. There aren�t a lot of dashboard mount location choices for our cars.
Joe
I tried a Pocket PC version some time ago and decided that I did not like it as much as a dedicated unit. Reasons for me were:
1. I was looking for a motorcycle application so the fact that it was not waterproof was a concern
2. Most of the routes that I negotiate are pre-planned routes that are designed to follow twisty back roads. As such the routes needed to go via many waypoints and I found that to set this up on the pocket PC version that I tried (TeleType) was a very tedious process.
If you are just looking at something to go from where you are to a particular address or place then I think this would be an excellent solution. In fact I am half considering doing it anyway just for the color maps and the voice prompts (my GPS V just beeps)
Barry
