GPS Portable Navigation Game Changer

I honestly do not know why it took soooo long for this to happen.  The last time someone tried something like this they closed shop in 2009 so I ended up with a very expensive brick (Dash Express Two-Way Internet-Connected Portable GPS Navigator).  I loved that device, but the monthly fees probably killed it among other things.  Too bad, it had the best traffic updates ever - real live traffic updates.

Magellan - SmartGPS 5" GPS with Built-In Bluetooth and Lifetime Map and Traffic Updates

Magellan - SmartGPS 5

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The State of Portable Navigation for Cars - 2012 April

I will be adding annotations (which are only viewable directly on youtube), so you may want to view on youtube from a computer to get the most information out of this.

My current top choice(s) would be the google maps on Android (free) or TomTom for iPhone / iPad with subscriptions paid for traffic.

If I had to go for a standalone GPS device for driving, it'd be:

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iPhone 4 GPS with Navigon vs TomTom 540TM XXL

Going by the philosophy two is one, and one is none, I travel with backups of anything important to get the job done.  For car navigation, that means my iPhone 4 with Navigon and my TomTom 540TM XXL.  The following is based on my observations based on using a dedicated TomTom unit versus the Navigon GPS navigation software on my iPhone 4.

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