March 10, 2007

Steals and Deals - 3/10

Just catching up with all the goings on this past week:

GPS Unit News

Magellan Maestro 4000, 4040, 4050 Officially Announced

TomTom GO 715 leaked

Garmin Zumo 550 Major Software upgrade

Magellan Crossover Review

Dual NavAtlas XNav 3550 Review

Mapping News

TeleAtlas Q&A Session - lots of reader questions answered.

NAVTEQ completes deal on buying Traffic.com

The best deal of the week has to be the Lowrance 250C for $177, with an additional $10 off if you use Google Checkout. The Lowrance 250C looks like a decent entry level GPS. Haven't used it myself, but PCMag reviewed it.

Prices on the TomTom line continue to eek down after the big price drop ahead of what looks like big new GPS announcements coming out of CeBit 2007 this coming week...

TomTom ONE - around $280 (a total steal...) See my Review of the TomTom ONE.

TomTom GO 510 - $367

TomTom GO 910 - $457

TomTom RIDER - $599

The usual Steals and Deals

Fry's blowing out the Mio C310x at $189

Big Price drop on Mio H610 travel companion - now $379 - see my review.

Garmin Forerunner Rebate - $50 back on a Forerunner 205 or 305, which drops the prices down significantly.

The Nuvi 350 - Best Selling Flat GPS at Amazon -

Garmin Nuvi 350– recent price drops put it around $450.

Garmin Nuvi 360 adds Bluetooth and is now around $530.

Other GPS's. Here’s a quick rundown:

Garmin Nuvi 660 - Price around $713 at Amazon. See our review - Also check out the GPSNow site for what has been often a lower price, and Order by 5PM weekdays, you get same day cheap shipping.

Garmin Nuvi 670 - Need to travel to Europe and navigate when you get there? Garmin Nuvi 670 comes pre-loaded with both US and Euro maps. It's the very capable Nuvi 660 base unit with the extra maps pre-loaded.

Garmin StreetPilot C330 – Now around $275 for this very capable, maps pre-loaded device.

Garmin StreetPilot C340 – Think about moving up to the Garmin StreetPilot C530 whose price is down to $389. Won't speak street names, but Better chipset, and better screen for less money.