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Article: NAV-TASTIC! A sampling of GPS devices.(Global Positioning System)(Product/service evaluation)
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- AutoWeek
- Article date:
- May 19, 2008
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Byline: MARK VAUGHN
Every single one of the 10 million personal navigation devices sold in America last year and every single one of the estimated 16 million that will be sold this year can get you from point A to point B. It's after that where the differences come in.
You can buy a perfectly functional portable navigational device for A-to-B stuff for less than $250. You can buy a really nifty one packed with features for $600. (Or just put Google Maps on your Treo, and get live traffic there.) And you can plunk down $1,200 for a monster Pioneer AVIC D3 and spend all day having so much fun playing with its many features that you completely forget where ...