We all have at least one in our life. You know, the relatives or the friends who can't read a map and are always showing up late to events because they got lost. Well, this holiday season, keep them on track by getting them a portable navigation device. These in-car GPS devices come preloaded with maps and offer voice-guided directions, and they also make great gifts for the road warriors, as some systems offer real-time traffic to help them avoid commuter headaches.
Editors' top pick
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.
Price:
$736.98
The bottom line: The two-way connectivity of the Dash Express portable navigation system offers powerful search and traffic capabilities to drivers and increases the value of GPS to the next level, but the system needs some refinements before we're willing to invest in it.
The bottom line: The Magellan Maestro 3100 is an affordable, simple, and basic portable navigation system for first-time buyers, but you can get better performance from other similar systems.
Price:
$142.99
The bottom line: The TomTom One 130S is a reasonably priced entry-level GPS with a solid set of features and ease of use. Unfortunately, the system's barely audible voice directions ruin the experience.
Price:
$119.95 - $179.99
