Holiday gift guide: Best GPS navigation devices for Christmas

We round up the best GPS navigation devices on sale this Christmas, from leading brands including TomTom, Garmin and Navman.

Once costing in excess of $1000, GPS navigation units, or sat navs, can now be purchased for very reasonable prices. Christmas is one of the best times to buy a GPS unit and throw away your street directory for good; the cheapest GPS devices can be bought for under $200, while even the top of the line models can now be bought for well under $500.

We've rounded up the best GPS navigation devices on sale this Christmas, from leading brands including TomTom, Garmin and Navman.

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Garmin nuvi 1490T

This is a great Garmin GPS unit with a simple but effective user interface. It provides an outstanding navigational experience on the whole. Highly recommended.

  • Review Date:
  • Reviewer:
  • Manufacturer:
  • 11th Feb., 2010
  • Ross Catanzariti
  • Garmin
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  • Price:
  • 4.25
  • $ 399.00
  • Pros:
  • Large, responsive touch screen, quick to get a GPS fix and to reroute, effective UI, great lane guidance, Bluetooth, New Zealand maps included
  • Cons:
  • Map lacks detail compared to competitors, traffic antenna built into car-charger, no FM transmitter

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