Originally Posted by
alect
So I am interested in something I can use in both cars and handheld, have maps for US, Europe, Australia, and be the most cost effective balancing basic functionality (though the street naming feature sounds nifty).
I'm a Garmin fan (don't work there or have any stock in the company, just a happy user.) They've got a lot of different models and I think their underlying mapping is hard to beat.
Some of their models also can get real-time traffic info if you wanted to get around those LA traffic jams!