I won’t let myself get too distracted with the new iPods, because I’m actually in the market for a different kind of gadget: a GPS device for my car. I have a 2000 Toyota Corolla. It belonged to my late dad, who kept it in very good condition; it had been my car de facto for a long while, and earlier this year my mom transferred the registration to me. Although it’s not the coolest car in the world, it runs just fine, and I can at least move it into the twentieth-first century with some added technology. (By the way, the stereo plays cassettes. Remember those?)
When I first started looking at GPS units, I thought I’d go for something simple and relatively inexpensive, but once I saw the ones with high-end features, I thought, why not? Now I’m especially looking for one with Bluetooth, so I can pair it with my cell phone to make hands-free calls in the car. After doing some research on various sites, my current top contender is the Garmin nüvi 660, and I’ve also looked at the TomTom GO 720, both of which can be found in the $500-$600 range.
If anyone has any advice, let me know!
4 replies on “Looking for GPS”
you should buy it from my sister and brother-in-law!
http://www.edgegps.com
they sell newly overhauled garmin gadgets for cheap!
I can’t offer any comparative advice and admit to not doing a whole lot of pre-purchase research, but I was quite pleased with the low-end Garmin I bought for our road trip.
I’m not sure about the “bad” in that review, with my Garmin you can do multi-destination (by adding in “via” points).
Cassette? LOL. It’s funny, the Cooper was the first car that I ever bought that came w/ a CD player… and what do you know, I have never used it thanks to the iPod adapter. Ah, technology.
I don’t know anything about GPS thingies, but the TomTom would be fun to get simply because you could act out the commercials: “ThomThom, do I turn here?”
I’ve got the Nuvi, and it is quite nice — it has Bluetooth and works well with my phone, and the maps can be updated. You can even store MP3s on it to play back as you’re driving.
It also has one nice feature: you can carry it with you when you’re not in the car if you need directions while you’re walking around.