Garmin GPS Vs Magellan - Who Wins?

Garmin GPS vs Magellan? Who wins this showGarmin's new nuLink software. This is basically a
down? I've been covering the consumer GPSsuite of services that are linked directly to your
marketplace for two years for various websites,device, which can show you everything, maps,
and a year ago I would have said that it's still areal time information about what's available around
toss up between Garmin and Magellan. Within theyou, and much, much more. I know Magellan has
last year, however, Garmin has left Magellan inthe Triple A tour book on many of their devices,
the dust!and this is really cool, but nuLink beats that hands
Take Garmin's newer nuvi 1200 series. You candown.
get all the great features on a 3.5-inch screen forOf course, the Garmin vs Magellan competition is
only a little more than $100! Spend slightly morenot over. And hopefully it never will be.
and you get Bluetooth and real time traffic. Sure,Competition lowers prices and also creates better
Magellan has GPS units that sell for around theproducts and both Garmin and Magellan has
same and have these features, but they don'tresponded aggressively to the competition
have Garmin's optional pedestrian maps, foroffered by the other company. Garmin, however,
instance. These are maps for certain pedestrianlooks like it's winning the "gadget war" with
friendly cities, which let you use your GPS deviceMagellan. Garmins prices have dropped
while you walk.considerably over the past year. And they've
That's one reason why I think Garmin pulls aheadadded a ton of new features and technologies.
in the Garmin GPS vs Magellan show down.This is not to say you should not buy a Magellan. I
Another reason is at the higher end of thereally like Magellan. The Garmin GPS vs Magellan
marketplace. Above $200, I think Garmin surelycompetition benefits you. And right now, I would
has Magellan beat. The nuvi 1690, for instance, notsay that Garmin is winning.
only has the pedestrian maps, but they have