compare bluetooth gps devices

How to Compare GPS Devices to get the best for you!

If you're like me, you probably want to compare GPS devices before you buy one in order to get the right GPS for you. Although prices have fallen sharply in the last two years, spending a few hundred dollars and not getting the right device is probably not what you want to do.

Especially if you are buying the GPS unit as a gift, you want to make sure you get correct.

There are so many features that have compared these things may seem a bit overwhelming. I think I can do this job much easier for you.

All these reality blurred features are divided into two groups – the characteristics that each GPS unit and then the additional features that are going to cost more money. Let's see what features are shared by all GPS devices first.

(I'm talking specifically about post-sale, automobile devices, no hiking GPS systems, GPS clock, or anything else.)

All GPS devices can do the following:

* From the figure where it is and calculate how to get where you want to go.
* Show you where you are on a touch screen.
* We will tell you how to get where you going with voice prompts.
* Come pre-loaded with maps (at least at the regional level maps).
* Give you a choice of 3-D or "bird" in view of the maps on the screen.
* Come pre-loaded with thousands of destinations, such as gas stations, hotels and hospitals.

Then we'll talk about things that have to pay extra.

Some companies have characteristics that are specific to them. For example, many GPS devices Magellan comes with preloaded AAA Tour Book (AAA members only). I love the AAA, and for me that would surely be a nice feature to have.

Some other characteristics of the company are the commands voice, coming out soon in the Garmin devices, and user-generated content about the locations of things and other places in the Tom Tom devices.

Extra features you can find through virtually any line of GPS are:

* Actually tells you the street names instead of saying "Turn left!".
* Choosing a larger screen – 4.3 inches along the diagonal.
* Maps of Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico or Europe.
* Ability to integrate with your cell phone via Bluetooth.
* Ability for user to enter multiple destinations at once.
* MP3 capability and audio-book capabilities.
* Database of Points of Interest (POI's) which is in the millions, instead of a few hundred thousand.

By grouping the features in this way, the problem of comparison of GPS devices becomes much more manageable.

Now that is armed with this information is the time to visit some places really are and discover that the GPS unit is right for you.

Geotagging with GPS Devices