The biggest positive feature of having a car GPS system is
unparalleled for those who are frequent commuters. Its biggest
advantage is that it is can provide live traffic feeds in a well
organized manner.
The market of GPS system has three main companies namely Garmin
TomTom and Magellan. The companies classify these systems into
basic and premium ones based on their attributes and designs they
are made available in.
It is the Garmin company that is the first one to have introduced
the GPS technology to the entire world. The Gamin GPS has about 28
discontinued models at the moment in the nuvi series like 2x5
series 7x5 series 3700 series 1200 series 1300 series 1400 series
295w and 1690 series. The commonest things to all these models are
its fineness handiness and usage of a travel guide and
entertainment system. To change the usual travel experience into
one that is filled with thrill one can make use of this system.
TomTom also has presence across the world with its Portable
Navigation Devices(PND's) available similar to other car navigation
brands in the market. Their GPS provides digital mapping that
improve the quality of both navigation and the user's navigation
experience and the end result will be superior maps that will
benefit consumers.
Magellan is another such leading company from the three ones
available in the market and has two GPS units such as the Roadmate
and the Maestro series. These models vary in terms of its features
common to all the other car GPS systems of other companies like
navigation, traffic alerts in text and image and also durability of
the product.
One of the market leaders is the Garmin nuvi GPS system that makes
it at the top of the three companies present in the market due to
its excellent features. Its special features include its size being
so small that it can fit into ones short pocket apart giving
internal battery back up of 4 to 8 hours. It can even get charged
mechanically from the AC or DC current. It comes with all the
additional features like a "Travel Kit" that includes Language
Guide, MP3 Player, audible book player, picture viewer, world
clock, currency and measurement converters and of course a
calculator. It is the signal receiver of the nuvi that makes it
superior due to its hypersensitivity to catching information better
than anyother GPS system. It gets updated in as little as a jiffy
and spontaneously. A beginners need can be fulfilled with about 700
megs already present in it though if required can also add it up by
using the SD slot available in it.
The market leader no doubt is the Gamin GPS which has the top class
features like in the nuvi 295w having wi fi services nuLink and the
ecoroute.
The specific need of a person can be fulfilled based on individual
judgment that thye make use of to select the Garmin nuvi. The
essential things to look for before deciding on a specific model
are ease of use, performance, design and features apart from the
value for money that one gets by choosing a specific model.
Date Published: Jan 20, 2011 - 5:26 pm