Reviews of the new Garmin nuvi 855 and 855T portable GPS navigators have been highly positive. While offering nothing dramatically new, the Garmin 855 brings increased refinement and performance to nuvi lineup.

Garmin nuvi 1200 and Garmin nuvi 1300 are two new pocket-sized GPS navigators for 2009.

GPS giant Garmin has switched to a new subscription-based GPS map updates program. The Garmin nuMaps Lifetime service allows users to download quarterly map and POI updates for the life of their GPS device.

Garmin updates maps
Since Garmin came out with its latest GPS update package in April there’s been a lot of discussion on the various GPS user forums. Here I’ll try to provide a condensed summary of some of the issues raised, and questions asked and answered, regarding the 2009 Garmin City Navigator North America map [...]

“I bought an expensive GPS navigator. Why is it always wrong?” New GPS owners are sometimes perplexed when their high-tech gadget gives them bad information, or can’t locate the street or business they are trying to find. In almost all cases the problem is not with the GPS, which is doing exactly what [...]