Speed Car GPS (Navigation)

The Bottom Line: The Navigon 2200T takes some time to warm up but the GPS offers a lot of bang for your buck, including free traffic updates for life.

Specs: Automotive, Navigation instructions, Street name announcement, 4.3 oz

The Bottom Line: The Navigon 8100T offers an impressive feature list, including panoramic 3D map views, but the GPS doesn't deliver where it counts most: performance.

Specs: Automotive, Navigation instructions, Street name announcement, Voice command recognition, 9.4 oz

The Bottom Line: Though the Navigon 7200T doesn't have cleanest user interface, the portable GPS offers plenty of advanced navigation features and accurate directions.

Specs: Automotive, Navigation instructions, Street name announcement, Voice command recognition, 6.5 oz

The Bottom Line: The Navigon 2000S portable navigation device offers a great value, but the slow satellite acquisition time makes for a frustrating experience.

Specs: Automotive, Navigation instructions, Street name announcement, 4.3 oz

The Bottom Line: The new Navigon 2100 Max features some nice additions, including a larger screen and advanced lane guidance, but the portable navigation device is still tripped up by sluggish performance.

Specs: Automotive, 5.6 oz

The Bottom Line: The Nokia 500 Auto Navigation improves over its predecessor and offers a decent set of features and performance, but the GPS needs some work in terms of ease of use and interface.

Specs: Automotive, Navigation instructions

The Bottom Line: As we've come to expect from the Nuvi line, the Garmin Nuvi 880 offers an impressive feature list and solid performance, but it's the accurate speech recognition that really pushes the Nuvi 880 over the edge and makes it one of the best GPS we've tested to date.

Specs: Automotive, Navigation instructions, Street name announcement, 6.2 oz

The Bottom Line: The Nextar Snap3 may look good on paper with an admirable feature set and affordable price tag, but road tests prove this GPS device to be a dud.

Specs: Automotive, Navigation instructions, Street name announcement

The Bottom Line: Though the affordable price tag and text-to-speech functionality are nice, the Navigon 2100's sluggish performance and roundabout route recalculations are a turnoff; you can get a better entry-level portable navigation device in the Mio C230.

Specs: Automotive, Audible signal(s), 5.6 oz

The Bottom Line: Though the Navigon 7100 offers some handy navigation tools and integrated Bluetooth, the confusing interface and sluggish performance prevents us from giving it higher marks.

Specs: 20 channel, Automotive, Navigation instructions, Voice command recognition, 6.9 oz