By Yenie Darian

Today at the market, there are many models and brands of Portable GPS Receiver available. The new portable GPS receiver offered from US$ 100 to more than US$ 500 depend on the features. Usually, build-in GPS is too bulky, not efficient and more expensive than portable GPS receiver. The portable GPS receiver is very economical and useful for daily activity, driving or outdoor activity.

TomTom GO 730T 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic Receiver

The basic type portable GPS receiver is around US$ 100. Usually, they offer basic features such as the United States map in details, a small color screen, voice guidance and power adapter. This basic type have enough features to assist you during driving, although you couldn’t get additional features such as voice recognition, FM traffic receiver, add custom points of interest (POI’s), JPEG picture viewer, MP3 player, world travel clock with time zones, Multi-Destination Routing, trip calculator and so on.

Unfortunately, the portable GPS navigation system doesn’t have internal compass accelerometer or a device used to measure the car’s speed. So, it can’t navigate as accurately as a build-in GPS system. It is important to buy a portable GPS receiver that has a build-in accelerometer, if you use the GPS very frequently or live in an area where there are a lot of high rises and tunnels.

The portable GPS receiver usually compact and pocket sized. You can carry it anywhere you go and avoid stolen if you leave it in your car.

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By: Yenie Darian

If you have PDA without GPS support, now, you never need to be lost again. Whatever you are doing and wherever you are, Tom Tom’s Bluetooth device is designed for people who already own a PDA that supports Bluetooth. This external GPS receiver gives your PDA GPS functionality, which will let you know where you are going and how best to get there exactly, when combined with Tom Tom’s Navigator software and maps.

External GPS Receiver

Wherever you might happen to go, the receiver utilizes Bluetooth technology to eliminate the need for connecting cables, and a high-performance GPS antenna to ensure the best possible reception.

TomTom Bluetooth GPS Receiver as External GPS Receiver has small size and light weight, this handy receiver can fit easily in a purse, pocket, or anywhere else off the beaten track.

The GPS antenna on this unit will stay connected to make sure you find your way whether you are driving down the road or walking down the street, and because of its Bluetooth connectivity.

This external GPS receiver is compatible with most popular brands and models of PDAs, including; O2, Palm Treo, Nokia, Acer, Imate, Dell, HP, Orange, T-Mobile, Qtek and Eten.

Unfortunately, this external GPS receiver is expensive for an older tech receiver. And once you have powered this on it works well enough. When it loses Bluetooth connection to whatever it is talking to it shuts off. When the client comes back this unit has to be manually powered on again.

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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.

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GPS was originally intended for military applications, but over the past couple of years, more people are taking

Auto Navigation System

advantage of it to make easier to find out where they are going, plan their journeys, and keep track of where they are.

Today, the people who spend many hours in their car, truck, or SUV and the people who do extensive travels need the benefits from an auto navigation system.

Most people might just be thinking of one concern, which they will decide the best navigation unit they really need. There are simple things that you need to know are the different auto navigation systems and determine which of these units your needs more.

The different auto navigation systems on the market today:

• Stand-alone Auto Navigation System provides the most detailed and complete mapping utilities.
• Multipurpose Handheld Navigation Devices do not have the full-detailed information that the former can offer you than Stand-alone auto navigation.
• Laptop/Palm Based Systems is better, if you already have your Palm or laptop devices and you often bring them with you while traveling.

How you can use the auto navigation system and GPS technology during your every travel:

• Before you get in your car and start the engine, of course, you need first to Planning your trip and where your destination will be. Auto navigation system will help you to give the best direction.
• While you are in travel, there are some points that you might need to eat some or stop for a while to take rest. So keep track of gas station, malls, hotels, restaurants or theatres.

GPS in the Auto Navigation System allow easy navigation that it tells you exactly where you are and lets you find the shortest way that you can reach your destination. Traveling was never been this easy. And you no longer need that huge atlas or the commercial tour guide. It’s mean you can save fuel, money, time and energy.

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By Yenie S. Darian

There are many GPS navigation brands out there which each brand has unique feature and characteristics that are not found in other brands. Today I try to write the strengths and weakness of TomTom GPS Navigation as one of the most popular GPS Navigation devices available.

Strengths

• Easy to use: TomTom GPS Navigation is simple to use interface that most users experience with their feature
  

  TomTom GPS Navigation

  easy-to-see commands and straight-forward.

• Good Guidance: TomTom GPS Navigation allows good guidance with text-to-speech directions that any beginners could operate effortlessness. They can learning quickly and can use it for everyday navigating.
• Traffic information: The feature traffic information receivers on the advance type of TomTom GPS Navigation, allows information of upcoming traffic jams and heavy traffic up ahead.
• Quick signal-locking GPS receivers: TomTom GPS Navigation also features quick signal-locking GPS receivers that are complemented with a fast 400 MHz built-in processor that competent performing with smooth refresh rate and quick command response.
• Driver Tools: Some of more advanced TomTom features driver tools that let you know if you are over the speed limit, and also Lane Guidance tool, an in-depth look to lane switches in busy and complicated interchange.
• “Help Me!” feature: shows local emergency facilities and phone numbers, plus the current location of your unit in cases of emergency.
• A buddy tracker: For notifies the user where their buddies are, several TomTom products even features a buddy tracker that notifies the user where on the map their buddies are.

Weakness

• Design of all TomTom GPS Navigation is very similar style and colors, with the same user interface.
• For some vehicles, the mounting kits that usually come with TomTom GPS Navigation devices is difficult to reach which it makes the users difficult operate the touchscreen.
• The integrated Bluetooth hands-free technology is still too new and many users have complained of difficulty of hearing with low volume mic pick-up by the user calling.

Finally, TomTom GPS Navigation is great for users who need to have an easy, a simple device and straightforward navigation system with plenty of driver tools.

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By Yenie S. Darian

Today, smaller pocket-sized GPS units are more popular and liked than a bulkier handheld GPS receiver because of those phenomenally change of GPS receiver’s construction. And these smaller portable GPS units have reasonably priced.

Handheld GPS Unit

Handheld GPS tracking systems is demand by bikers, hikers and cross-country skiers to keep from getting lost in the wilderness. They use the handheld because they do like to have one handy in the event of an emergency.

The pocket-sized GPS unit is simplicity itself to use and has the benefit of being small enough to easily fit in a backpack or suitcase without taking up much space, so campers and travelers will be love it.

The GPS software and database installed are varying depending of the models of GPS unit. To make your GPS receiver more effective, hone and also give your location based on things like elevation and combinations of other factors in your vicinity with near pinpoint accuracy they use the GPS software tracking system. This allows you navigate almost any terrain with the help of your handheld GPS unit.

All the models have the basic instructions on the display screen to make easy the enjoyment of the interactive GPS unit. And most handheld GPS models come with instructions that will enable you to hear the information put out as well as read it on the screen.

One of the best ways to get the most out of the handheld portable GPS unit is the activation of GPS voice and tracking options, so you can locate your global position and will lead you to where you want to go with a friendly voice. It’s also giving you a sense of security in stressful times.

If you have cell phone that have a GPS tracking system installed, when you call 911, your global position can be used to find you.

Many businesses use handheld GPS unit to track their fleets and emergency personnel, like firefighters and paramedics use them in various ways.

Handheld GPS features may include: Map database, Availability of additional GPS software, WAAS technology, Voice activated GPS, Reflectionless screen, Theft prevention functions, MP3 capability, and Option for personalized screen icons.

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By Yenie S. Darian

One of the most popular Garmin portable GPS units is Garmin GPS 12. It is a small and lightweight unit, so this

Garmin GPS 12

handheld GPS unit to be an excellent value with inexpensive price.

Garmin GPS 12 is a very accurate unit that uses up to 12 satellites for accurate readings. Some people said, they have never seen it be off by more than about ten feet, and often put them exactly on the spot.

It provides either compass heading or runway path, but prefers you use the compass heading mode for the roadway guidance. It also offers 500 waypoints memory, so you can store a lot of fishing spots. Read the owner’s manual and practice to operate the waypoint input better, because it more unwieldy than another handheld units.

With four AA batteries, this Battery life of GPS unit can get 12 hours. It’s mean the battery life is only enough for one fishing trip. So buy eight AA batteries every trip just to make sure you can get more than 12 hours. But the cigarette lighter cord option fixes the battery problem.

The Garmin GPS 12 have a small plastic console mount that unfortunately it is not strong enough to hold the unit.

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The number of devices that contain GPS units has increased, since GPS technology begins, such as a GPS unit installed

Portable GPS System

in car, in boat etc.

The devices that contain portable GPS systems are used for emergency, business purposes and other very serious matters even as a fun stuff.

• Today, the mobile phone is a device that is most likely to contain GPS system, that useful to give their location in emergency case if they would call 911.
• The people that work in delivery business, sales, repair and other job that need to find their way around, are use to track their positions and keep track of their phone calls with PDA.
• Some software can create routes that are efficient by grouping customers together by their location that used in conjunction with GPS units.
• A portable GPS system also use by surveyors to map fields, plan roads and set survey boundaries or markers.
• Laptops can also be equipped with a Global Positioning System and software to use the signal for mapping, traveling and many other purposes.
• Fire services and Police also find new ways with different types of portable GPS system to save lives every day.
• You can use GPS system to track your own position, the position of someone or something else too. Even, the smaller GPS units can be used to track pets and other things that might get lost.
• Competitive glider pilots use portable GPS units to present proof that they reached the race markers.
• Geocaching is a game that is played using hidden emitters a GPS signal and players with PDAs compete to find it.
• Camera and Watches today can be found with GPS system, the possibilities of their uses are seemingly endless.

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One of the best Portable GPS navigators in the market today is The TomTom ONE 125.

This TomTom ONE 125 Portable GPS Navigator has 3,5” screen, can tells you all the name of street when you turn to one direction with text-to-speech function. You can see the route afterwards so you can see if you have made a mistake in the directions. Even, you can get information on the traffic in real times and also the weather conditions.

TomTom ONE 125 is terrifically easy to handle. It has a clever mount system which you can dismount it and handle it with you wherever you go. With the audio mode, This TomTom Portable GPS Navigator also has the option of listening to them in voice and it has around 30 languages and even more than 50 voices to choose from.

The ‘Help Me!’ menu also gives you emergency services near your current location, such as gas stations, hospitals or the police stations. With the TomTom Map Share on the GPS navigator, you can choice to shape the street names, street directions and POIs.

This TomTom Portable GPS has free software that allows you to download all the updates from the website. The TomTom ONE 125 also has a great price and gives you a guarantee that within 30 days after you purchase it, you can download more maps from the website.

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