I bought a Garmin C330 recently for my wife as we just moved to a new city. She loves it as she has no problems going anywhere. It was $299 at Costco.com.

tomtom 910
 

this one is now on sale at amazon for 459$ shipped free, no tax in most states, NOT a refurb and sold by amazon.

Got an e-mail from them, they dropped $100 off the price of their One, 510, and 910, and $200 off the rider if anybody is looking.

Even though I already had a TomTom, we picked up a ONE this weekend for travel, at $249 it's the cheapest high end unit I've ever seen.

Another happy TomTom user here. Got TTN6 on and O2 XDA IIs and it works very well even though it is 'not supported' on the XDA.

New software has maps of Western Europe included now, so we were able to just bring along the little GPS unit and didn't need to pay Avis for GPS! It also meant we could use Avis for the first time (they have crap GPS system vs Hertz) and got double BA Miles :D

I recently bought the Nuvi600 after doing about 2 weeks worth of testing and research (too expensive to just go out and drop the cash without a bit of testing). I actually bought the TomTom 910 first, and tried it out on several work trips over several days. I wasn't impressed with the battery life and the POI database seems very outdated and inaccurate (I updated it immediatly after unpacking it). I returned that unit and went to the Nuvi660. It's significantly more expensive, but I feel it's worth it. The screen is slightly bigger and seems to be brighter and have better color. Battery life is insane...much better than the Tom. I also updated the software and had no problems with weird directions or missing POIs.

One edge that I will give the Tom is its 20GB internal hard drive. Obviously that gives you the ability to store lots of data (mp3s, etc.) in there. The only thing that concerns me about that is that hard drives eventually die. The Garmin has a 700MB internal flash memory and the ability to accept up to 4GB SD cards for additional data.

I have been looking at the Tomtom 910, One, and Garmin Nuvi 350.

For some reason, the Tomtom western europ maps seem to omit Ireland - http://www.tomtom.com/products/secti...tegory=0&Lid=4.

A little weird - and a PITA since one of the reasons for buying a GPS is our driving vacation in Ireland in July. The Garmin maps include Ireland.

Am I also correct in assuming the ONE and Nuvi 350 are thinner than the 910 and can fit into a shirt pocket (or the like) while the 910 is deeper and not a pocket device?

Recieved the Garmin 660 fro X-mas and love it. It directed me down some little obscure dirt back roads in SC to get me to my destination faster. Love it!^ ^

I used the Garmin nuvi 360 while on a trip in Vegas. Worked very well! I'm used to the Acura & Honda navi products but had no problems adapting to the Garmin. The only thing that was bothersome was having to learn where they put certain things: "Banks" is under "Community" top level rather than being its own top level category.

GPS Magazine has some extensive reviews here. If you can, wait a few months as there are a whole slew of new navis coming to market from Garmin, Magellan and TomTom.

Also take a look at gpsinformation.net. The GPS magazine people have always struck me as missing the point a bit (spend too much time on the looks of a GPSR and whether or not it will hold a suitable number of mp3s).......

I've used the TomTom One and I was very happy with it.

Good to know! How many months? I need it for July.

I personally have extensive experience with Magellan and Garmin.

I prefer the Garmin BY FAR.

The Garmin C320 was on sale recently for $199, a STEAL.

The Garmin nuvi 350 was on sale at CostCo for $350, a great great deal also.

The strengths of the Garmin units are great maps (NavTeq which are the most accurate and reliable). TomTom units use TeleAtlas, which are not as accurate in the US as NavTeq and that to me is a big negative.

TeleAtlas is more accurate in Europe, so if you use the GPS in Europe go with TomTom. But in the US I recommend Garmin.

The Garmin units are also VERY user friendly and intuitive. You won't need the user manual at all.

I would buy a Garmin FTW!!

I'm curious to know what PDA users think about available GPS software options. I have a Pharos GPS bluetooth receiver and currently have the Pharos Ostia software installed on my Dell Axim, but I'm far less than thrilled with it. I am not at all eager to buy a separate piece of GPS hardware, I just want to know what would be a better software choice for me. From reading this thread so far, it sounds like something from TomTom would be good. Can anyone give me a more specific recommendation?

I have the Garmin Moble 10 package I use with my Treo 700p. If I had to use this daily, I would definitely get a standalone unit. My wife's cheap Garmin i5 easily outperforms this. Now, for my occasional out-of-town usem it's fine. But performance leaves much to be desired.

Windows Mobile may be better performing than Palm OS (this package is also WM compatible), and the TomTom may be a little better than the Garmin, but the old adage of the compromises that you accept to combine multiple functions in one device holds true here.