Things to Consider Before Purchasing a GPS Unit

How often you found yourself getting lost whilecustomer satisfaction for year 2008 by looking at six
driving in unfamiliar places and contributing to fuelrating factors: ease of use; routing; system
wastage? Have you ever found yourself being lateappearance; speed of system; voice direction and
for appointments with important customers becausenavigation display screen.
you had lost your way? If you do, then you mayThere are few things to consider before purchasing a
want to take a closer look at Global PositioningGPS unit. You need to know what will be your main
System (GPS).use for the GPS. If you are buying just for getting
What is GPS? The GPS is a satellite-based navigationdirections, then you can go for an entry level
system, originally developed only for United Statespersonal GPS unit like Garmin Nuvi 350. The Garmin
military purposes, but today, GPS is available toNuvi 350 has all the basic functions such as 3.5-inch
everyone, everywhere and anytime on earth ascolor touch-screen display, turn-by-turn voice-guided
location and direction finders. For instance, a GPS cannavigation assistance and text-to-speech which the
tell you where your current location is and show youstreet names will be read out to you while you are
the way how to reach your desired destinationdriving. If you already have a Bluetooth-enabled cell
based on the fastest time or shortest route.phone and want a GPS unit with Bluetooth capabilities
In the market, there are 3 main providers for GPSfor hands-free calling while you are driving, then you
devices being Garmin, Tom Tom and Magellan.can consider Garmin Nuvi 360. Basically, Garmin Nuvi
Personally, I would choose Garmin GPS due to its360 has the same features as Garmin Nuvi 350 and
popularity and quality. J.D. Power and Associates hasthe only extra in Garmin Nuvi 360 is that it supports
ranked Garmin as number one in terms of GPSBluetooth.