Word: garmin
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...Garmin StreetPilot c550 is the best portable navigation product on the market. Why should you believe me? Not only have I tested the latest products from most of the biggest manufacturers, but over this past holiday weekend, I put around 1,200 miles on my car-from the concrete twists and turns of New Jersey to the back country roads of Indiana. The Garmin stayed alert through it all, telling me how to get to my destinations, and along the way helping me find hotels, grocery stores and Kmarts I didn't know existed...
...market for a navigation product, the Blackbird certainly holds its own against competition from Garmin, TomTom, Magellan and soon, Sony and Mio. But if you want to get your $750 worth, you had better be ready to upgrade (via Web download or CD-ROM) this summer...
...install, the program runs. It communicates wirelessly with the GPS receiver, and quickly discovers its location. The turn-by-turn navigation experience was fairly positive, although on occasion it did point me in the wrong direction, as if a U-turn was part of the itinerary. It's no Garmin, but it passes the basic tests. The software costs $300 with the Bluetooth receiver. That may sound expensive along with a $300 phone, but it's still cheaper than most full-featured plug-and-play GPS navigators...
...navigation devices chart a course by taking readings from global-positioning-system satellites and matching your location to an internal map, calling out every turn with a clear but soothing bionic voice. Garmin's Quest ($650; garmin.com has a small screen and requires some setup on a PC, but it runs on car power or a built-in battery, so it's great for hikes as well as drives. Magellan's popular RoadMate 700 ($1,300; magellangps.com comes ready to roll with detailed street maps of the U.S. and Canada--plus an optional map of Europe--stored in memory...
...Garmin Forerunner 201 The latest in wrist-tops, the Forerunner GPS does everything for runners: maps your route, clocks your speed, counts your calories and creates a "virtual partner" that you can race. garmin.com...