Garmin nuvi portable GPS (global positioning systems) units are extremely popular today. Whether you drive a lot or simply have to get your children to another soccer contest, the garmin Nuvi which range all the way from pocket sized navigators to advanced systems with voice activated navigation, has a gps unit that may fit your needs.

Here's a list of the garmin Nuvi series gps units:

Nuvi 205 series

These affordable navigators fit any budget and give you turn-by-turn directions to the front door.

Nuvi 500 series

Drive, hike, bike or boat. These water-resistant multi-mode devices are rough enough for any excitement.

Nuvi 705 series

These advanced navigators include premium navigation capabilities like route planning, lane assist with junction view and 3-D building view for reassurance on a busy schedule.

Nuvi 805 series

Voice-activated navigation with lane aid. Now you can keep both hands on the wheel, tell nvi where to go and maneuver difficult interchanges without trouble.

Nuvi 1200 series

Ultra-slim, affoardable, feature-rich navigators that go anywhere.

Nuvi 1300 series

These ultra-slim, reasonable navigators add a widescreen display and lane assist (some versions) to the 1200-series.

Dependent on how much money you are prepared to spend will lead you toward a certain series. If you are on a limited budget, then your best fit would be the junior level Nuvi 205 series. If money is not a problem, then you can look at all of the options and extras that each series offers and find the best gps unit that fits your requirements.

All nuvis come with detailed NAVTEQ maps of the continental US, hawaii and puerto rico and more than 6 million pre loaded point of interest locations.

Other elements of the nuvis are:

• Maps of AK, Canada and Europe
• Text to speech technology
• Integrated FM Traffic Receiver
• Bluetooth technology
• MP3 player and photo viewer
• FM Transmitter (audio through car stereo system)
• Multi-point routing

All of these features aren't available on all Nuvi units. If you would like any of these features on your gps unit, feel free to check before purchasing. If you are purchasing online, check the page for a chart that's all the features listed for each model number.

In the final analysis, regardless of what garmin gps unit you choose , they're superb for getting to your destination in the fastest way practical.

Barry Cummins is a web site developer who travels a great deal. Visting clients all over requires good directions and he uses the Garmin Nuvi Portable. Barry has been in the sector for 25 years and has depended on nuvi gps for a lot of them.

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