| GPS and Garmin have become synonymous. | | | | destination. |
| They are the leading GPS manufacturer in the | | | | Garmin Nuvi 250 |
| world today by a long way. They started out in | | | | The Nuvi 250 is famous for its simplicity. It doesnt |
| 1989 and today they have sold millions of GPS | | | | have the advanced options most of us never use. |
| receivers. | | | | So many buyers waste money on GPS systems |
| So how do we know which Garmin GPS device | | | | that have features they will never use. They |
| will be perfect for our needs? There are so many | | | | could have saved a lot of money and at the |
| which makes it very difficult to decide. The | | | | same time satisfy all there needs with a cheaper |
| Garmin Nuvi and StreetPilot are some of the | | | | GPS system. If youre not the hard core type |
| most popular GPS devices on the planet. Lets | | | | then the Garmin Nuvi 250 will be the perfect |
| take a look at some of the automobile GPS | | | | match for you. |
| systems and compare the differences. | | | | The Garmin Nuvi 250 comes with a 3.5 inch |
| Garmin StreetPilot 340 | | | | display, which is the standard among the entry |
| The Garmin StreetPilot c340 has a big advantage | | | | level GPS devices. 3.5 inch display is a big enough |
| over the c330. That advantage is text converted | | | | screen to find your way with ease. You can also |
| to speech. Instead of GPS saying, turn right in 50 | | | | insert a SD card if you would like to load additional |
| meters, it will say, turn right at Glover Street. | | | | products and maps. |
| This feature helps a lot when you dont want to | | | | The only feature the Nuvi 250 doesnt have is the |
| look down at the device to confirm the street | | | | text to speech feature I explained with the |
| name. | | | | Garmin StreetPilot c340. Things like Bluetooth, MP3 |
| Another great feature of the c340 is that it can | | | | player, FM transmitter and widescreen is not |
| easily be upgraded with an optional FM traffic | | | | available on the Garmin Nuvi 250 but many will |
| receiver. What this means is that live traffic | | | | agree that its not necessary. If Garmin decided to |
| information can be sent to your GPS device to | | | | include text to speech it would have been the |
| warn you of construction work, accidents etc. | | | | perfect GPS system at entry level but if that |
| The StreetPilot c340 can then show you the way | | | | doesnt bother you it might just be the one for |
| around the traffic and guide you to your | | | | you. |