I just ordered the DeLorme Earthmate GPS LT-20 with the new 2006 Atlas. For about $100 Mrs. Fredd, who already uses our laptop regularly when we're on road trips, can use it to augment her own instructions to me rather than just playing Free Cell.

I've been checking the DeLorme website almost daily because they wouldn't accept advance orders for the 2006 version, and previously told me that the "upgrade" would cost $40.

I'm posting here in case anybody else was interested in picking up the newest version. FWIW they claim "inventories are low" and direct the buyer toward a phone number. Maybe I'm just an easy mark.

Thanks to all who posted here with a great variety of pros and cons about the various products on the market. ^