Portable Gps Unit

Portable Gps Unit

The Best Features And Benefits Of A Portable GPS

The GPS, known as a Global Positioning System, is becoming common place in our lifestyle today. Many new model cars have a GPS built in as standard. Top range mobile phones also offer the benefits of having a GPS. You can get a car tracking GPS so you can locate your car, which comes in handy if you run a business and want to keep track of where your vehicles are. Another popular use of portable GPS units is as a golf range finder. Easily find out the range of your next shot to the tee! Portable GPS handheld units are also great for campers and hikers. A compass is great, but you cant beat the GPS for giving directions.

Benefits of using a GPS

One of the greatest benefits of a global positioning system is getting real time directions in your car as you are travelling. When you start your trip, just enter your destination. The GPS, using satellite technology, pin points your exact location, and the GPS automatically calculates the best route to get you to your location. Car GPS units are designed to attach to your windscreen, so you can easily see the directions. Whats more, the unit will also speak directions to you, so you can keep your eyes on the road. Another benefit of using a GPS when travelling in your car is if you take a wrong turn. If you are using a road map and take a wrong turn, most times you will have to stop and reassess where you are and what new route you need to take to get to your destination. However, if you are using a GPS, it will automatically recalculate the route you need to take and give you the directions. It is made so simple for you.

You will need to keep your GPS updated to ensure that any changes to the road network is reflected in your directions. It is a relatively easy process to download new maps, but a necessary step to make sure you are always up to date.

Find Specific Locations

If you are trying to find a specific place such as a petrol station, hospital, shops, in fact pretty much anywhere, just plug it into the GPS and get directions right to your required destination.

Avoid Bad Traffic Jams

Advanced GPS units get real time reports and if there are traffic problems ahead on your projected route, the GPS will advise you and provide an alternative path. Whether travelling roads you know or not, this is a major advantage.

So, as you can see, there are many benefits of owning a GPS, whether to get directions or avoid traffic jams while travelling in your car, to improve your golf game, or to find your way while hiking, the portable GPS unit is a major benefit to any user.

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Do any Magellan portable GPS units have predictive text?

Not sure if its called predictive text, but its along the same lines as what most cell phones do.

Yes, mine does have it, but it's not like on a phone.
On a Magellan GPS unit, when you start entering text, it "helps" you by highlighting the next letter and removing some letters from the screen keyboard and then showing the list of suggested entries. Actually. you can type just a couple of letters and push "enter" and get a list of suggestions. The more letters you type, the shorter the list.
So, it's like a "predictive" text, but not like on the phone.
I have a Magellan RoadMate 760 and very happy with it.