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By Yenie Darian, August 16, 2009 4:34 AM

The Garmin GPS 12 – a Discontinued Product

By Yenie S. Darian

The Garmin GPS 12 is a discontinued product of Garmin. It was an almost ideal for Geocachers and kayakers.

For your information The Garmin GPS 12 Personal Navigator provided an affordable choice for outdoor adventurers who want a basic, dependable, and hard-working 12-parallel-channel GPS handheld. It offers fast satellite acquisition in the toughest conditions-even in heavy tree cover. I think it was the great simply product.

I thought You could be interested in this article: How To Choose The Best GPS Systems (2) – Decide What You’re Looking For and The TomTom ONE 125, a Portable GPS Navigator.

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By Yenie Darian, August 14, 2009 4:03 AM

Newest Garmin Nuvi 1200 Series GPS

By Yenie S. Darian

Garmin nuvi 1200 Series

The Garmin Nuvi 1200 series that consists of the Nuvi 1200, the Nuvi 1250, and the Nuvi 1260T are the latest of great automotive GPS units from Garmin.

All of this new Garmin GPS have the same size (3.7″W x 2.9″H x .6″D), weight (4.0 ounces) and screen size (2.8″W x 2.1″H, 3.5″diagonal). It is thin and light weight that can easily fits in your pocket for walking around the city.

This new Garmin Nuvi 1200 series GPS has:

• 3.5 inch display (diagonal)
• Speaks street names
• Optional FM lifetime traffic information
• Preloaded street maps for lower 48 states, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
• Where am I? feature
• Photo navigation
• ecoRoute™
• Optional MSN® Direct

Compare the nüvi 1200 Series

Some features that are missing from the newer widescreen versions are Lane Assist, Lane Guidance, customizable vertical data fields.

However, this entire new Garmin GPS navigator is an ultra-slim design that fits easily in your pocket. These are simply GPS units.

Article You May Be Interested In Reading : How To Choose The Best GPS Systems (1) – Learning About GPS Systems and How to Find Cheap GPS System.

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By Yenie Darian, August 9, 2009 1:09 AM

Garmin – StreetPilot 2720 for Multi-Destination Routing

By Yenie S. Darian

Garmin StreetPilot 2720

Here the best portable GPS unit on the market. Garmin – StreetPilot 2720 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator® NT street maps, including hefty Points of Interest (POIs) database with fuel, ATMs, hotels, restaurants and more. But accepts custom Points of Interest (POIs), such as school zones and safety cameras, and lets you set nearness alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs.

Garmin – StreetPilot 2720 comes with the features turn-by-turn voice directions, use the remote to enter a destination, simply touch the sunlight-readable screen, and 2D or 3D maps.

The best feature of Garmin StreetPilot 2720 is it minimizes trip distances by calculating the optimal route between multiple destinations. It is perfect for sales and delivery professionals.

The StreetPilot 2720 is also waterproof, a great choice for motorcyclists. The 2720 is much faster, has easier menus to navigate, has 3D navigation, and a screen that is more responsive and easier to operate with.

The weakness are this is a bulky unit compared to the latest generation of GPS, expensive unit, then you need an extra $70 to have current maps and it doesn’t have the bells and whistles of Bluetooth, MP3 playback or an FM transmitter.

I think the newer units are even better but the Garmin StreetPilot 2720 is capable and easy to use. Generally it is a very good unit and an amazing value at this price.

You may want to check out my other guide on Auto GPS Systems and Garmin GPS Navigation.