http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/ Engadget Comments for Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: GPS devices http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
On a side note, I only wish I could consider those prices "stocking stuffers".]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
But hey, if you wanna give the gift that keeps on giving...]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
The droid should be included in this list. I would take the droid over any of these because of all the other things it is. It can record DVD quality movies, it can take good 5MP pictures (at least for the next 20+ days...), it can search the internet, it can now make voice over IP calls using skype and fring, etc.

]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/-Taylor]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
The hole point of the GPS was and still is: It's free and you can use it anywhere in the world.

By requiring a data connection / plan you're seriously narrowing the locations where you can use the device.

]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
It has had turn by turn directions from day 1 via the FREE Sprint Navigation app. Works awesome I use it all the time!]]>Nov 18th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
As to the "stocking stuffer" label, I think that it might have something to do with engadget pulling in a 20 million dollar profit each year. :D]]>Nov 18th 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Dec 6th 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/buying a separate device now is just wasted space and money.]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Well, lots of people already pay that much for a phone... so they might as well get the best one on the market.
-Taylor]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
Better go with the Nokia 5800 Navigation. $250 for lifetime turn-by-turn navigation with voice text-to-speech. It works without a data package...even without a SIM card!

Also, you get a phone, mp3 player, internet browser, camera, video player, etc. 1 gadget is all you need]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
It'd be awsome if you done this for the feeds..]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
I'd have included it just for posterity's sake... because it's just as good, if not better, than most of the standalone GPS devices available. Although it also has some peculiarities too.]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
With Verizon, 3G is pretty consistent... getting up there with GPS as something you'll probably receive wherever you roam in the states.

iPhone's GPS is a good deal for some, but so is the Droid's GPS. ]]>Nov 18th 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
GPS is absolutely a time saver when you need to find a place for the first time. I never thought I would find it so amazingly useful.

One of the places I tend to read daily (as I do with engadget to get some fun reading) to get some good deals is
http://www.uberi.com

Maybe someone will find it useful too. While you are there, I would suggest checking out the "Amazon Filler Item" among other things there when you get a chance as well as the "discount table" It's quite amusing.]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
It seems a lot of those don't even have Bluetooth, and cost more that mine did. Ouch.]]>Nov 18th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
Thanks man I needed a laugh.]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/THIS.
IS.
SPARTAAAAAA.]]>Nov 25th 2009 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
build in GPS navigation out of box, and free!]]>Nov 18th 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
GPSs save time and money if you travel to strange towns a lot. You get lost less and waste less time and gas. You can find what you need, which often is tremendously efficient.

It's safer, smarter, and better than a map.]]>Nov 18th 2009 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 18th 2009 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/
I mean, 30 bucks per month for data usage, part of that 50 per month voice plan which actually goes towards paying for the phone subsidy, and then the initial 200 bucks for the smartphone. Over two years, that phone costs 30x24 + 200 +10x24 ~= $1200.

If you have a smartphone and dataplan, then yeah... a standalone GPS is kind of a waste as you have some good options for GPS already.

However, most people do NOT have smartphones. Buying a 1200 dollar phone for GPS is not a great cost-saver either. Therefore these people are better off going to a Black Friday sale and getting a basic TomTom 330 with text to speech (or equivalent) for 100 bucks.]]>Nov 19th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 20th 2009 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Nov 25th 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Dec 8th 2009 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/Dec 8th 2009 5:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-gps-devices/http://www.eastmobiles.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105:free-mobile-tracking-&catid=35:gps&Itemid=59]]>Jan 17th 2010 6:48AM