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Portable Automotive GPS Devices
Portable “Plug and Play” GPS Devices is the best way to go because you can take them with you from car to car. If you lease your car, rent a car or use different vehicles from time to time the purchase a good GPS unit. These systems cost from $200 to $1500.00 and sit on the dash of your car. All you do is plug the GPS navigator into your cigarette lighter. Portable GPS tracking devices are smaller than “In Dash” GPS receivers. Some GPS products have FM modulators or transmitters that broadcast directions to your car’s radio for a much clearer sound. One disadvantage is that they hold less map data and you must download new map files off your home computer.
Most portable GPS systems can pick up traffic info, XM satellite and FM radio and play digital MP3 music files. Also available are Bluetooth links for hands free talking with cell phones. Cobra’s NavOne 3000 can download addresses from a palm or pocket PC. One Cobra GPS unit, NavMan’s iCN750, has a built in camera that records where each shot was taken. Built in batteries is a must if you intend to use you GPS tracking device while walking.
Handheld GPS or Pocket models like the Magellan eXplorist and Garmin GPSMAP series 60CX and 60CX are about the size of a cell phone. They tend to have a small map and can be hard to read in a car. With some pocket GPS software you can do more than navigate. They are actually PDA’s that use Palm operating systems. That means you can keep an address book, play games, view photo’s, watch movies and more.
