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Car Navigation Systems - Part 1
{image- www.drivespark.com}GPS or the global positioning system is the post modern automobile accessory that makes traveling even to the unfamiliar regions easy and comfortable. If you attach a navigation system to your car it will guide you anywhere on this planet as they are powered by satellites. With a car GPS guiding you turn by turn with voice prompts and visual maps, the days of making wrong turns, getting lost and wasting time and fuel will finally come to an end. You can have either fixed units or hand-held machines for the navigation needs. GPS systems are in fact revolutionary as there haven't made any other car accessory as useful as GPS, so far.
GPS comes in two different varieties, mapping and non-mapping. Non-mapping GPS is helpful to spot a particular item like finding out your car when you lost the way. Mapping GPS could be used to plan your roots and feed it in the machine to lead you throughout the journey.Few of the best sold GPS systems are reviewed here:
Garmin nuvi GPS 660
It has all of the features that make a GPS worth loving, and with its super bright wide-screen, it really stands out among the navigation systems. The slim form factor, at less than an inch thick, is the most prominent feature about the design. Garmin GPS comes with a user friendly and easy to learn interface. The integrated traffic TMC traffic receiver is a welcome addition that allows you to be aware of all the traffic issues that you can now avoid with your GPS doing the navigating. The SiRF star III chip-set allows you to lock onto satellites in tough situations.
The Nuvi also features a built in battery that recharges and keeps you going for several hours. At 4.9x2.9by0.9 inches and 6.2 ounces, the Garmin Nuvi 660 is slightly bigger and heavier than its predecessor but it's still an ultraportable and sleek device that you can use in and out of the car. The Nuvi 660 is built with a larger, 4.3-inch display. The touch screen has an impressive 480x272 pixel resolution that made maps look extrasharp and colorful. The Nuvi comes with rock solid maps from NAVTEQ, and a sizable Point of Interest database that is easily searchable. The combination of its slim profile, and small form factor, with its great functionality and traffic alerts built in, no one can go wrong.
HP iPaq rx5900 Travel Companion
HP iPaq comes from the world leaders in electronics and computer manufacturing. The sleek and travel-friendly HP iPaq rx5900 Travel Companion offers integrated GPS, Tom-Tom Navigator software, and useful travel tools. It is interesting that it has bluetooth and Wi-Fi in the system. The HP iPaq rx5900 Travel Companion is a sleek device, both as a portable navigation system and a PDA. The travel-friendly hand-held measures just 4.7 by 3 by 0.6 inches and weighs 5.9 ounces, making it easily portable between your car and for use on foot. For HP, the GPS capabilities and the travel tools are the main focus of the HP iPaq rx5900 Travel Companion.
The hand-held is equipped with a SiRFstarIII GPS receiver and comes Tom-Tom Navigator 6 software. It supports text- and voice-guided driving directions, automatic route recalculation, and a points-of-interest database. To get started, you enter your destination by address, city center, or intersection etc... Then the device will calculate the directions for you based on a number of criteria, such as the quickest or shortest route, by avoiding toll roads, the required arrival time, and more.
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