<p>My D has an internship in another state in an unfamiliar city. So, we are looking for an easy to use GPS unit so she can find her way around.</p>
<p>Any suggestions, please? And please no suggestions that suggest Mapquest or other on line mapping tools - she will staying with an older relative who has no internet access.</p>
<p>TomTom ONE.</p>
<p>My grandmother has one and hasn’t had any problems. It’s very straightforward and the touchscreen instructions are very simple.</p>
<p>Does she have an iphone? The GPS is decent and they are about to come out with talking GPS. I’m sure other smart phones must have the same.</p>
<p>The reception for iphones is horrid in the area she attends university so she does not have an iphone.</p>
<p>She does not have her car at university so we are just looking for a GPS system for her to use this summer and after graduation.</p>
<p>I am no techie, and I have been very happy with my Garmin Nuvi 200. I looked at the more expensive models and they did some superfluous features–like you can load your pictures in it. My husband has the top of the line Navigon that gives you real time traffic information etc. I don’t think I’d want to fool with learning how to work it. Mine was pretty self explanatory, and other than various routing information it can also pull up restaurants, hotels, and attractions based on your current location. </p>
<p>My son prefers the Tom Tom for one reason, you can change the voice. I did find the Garmin lady pretty annoying after driving from Indiana to Massachusetts and back again. You can also mute the voice. </p>
<p>My husband votes for a mid-range model, but I bought the cheapest and have been very happy. :)</p>
<p>I bought a Garmin Nuvi 255W for my DH for Christmas, we both liked it so much that I just bought a second one for DS who is graduating in May. You can get one for under $200 on Amazon. I believe it is the least expensive model that will speak street names. And the wide screen is nice.</p>
<p>You can get some good Garmins for <$200. They’re easy to use.</p>
<p>I have a Magellan and it’s very helpful and easy to use, but it does have some problems in remote areas (driving through rural Arkansas and Missouri a couple weeks ago was pretty funny, since Magellan was lost).</p>
<p>i have a garmin nuvi 200 - the widescreen version. i love it.</p>
<p>Garmin Nuvi 255W. Easy and speaks the name of the upcoming street/exit that you have to turn off onto.</p>
<p>i love my TomTom. Don’t leave home without it ;)…</p>
<p>another vote for the Garmin nuvi’s. There are a lot of different models…depends on what extra features you add. For one of their basic 200-series…they are awesome for what your kid should need. We gave one to D as an early birthday present, after hearing that she ended up in Delaware when trying to drive from Annapolis back to College Park, MD. She has named it and she selected one of the sexy male voices to give her the directions (you can choose languages or even American/British/South African/Australian). If she successfully handles her cell phone, she won’t have any problems with a Garmin nuvi.</p>
<p>I just picked up the Garmin 255W for my wife and daughter. Did a side by side comparison with the Magellan 2370. The user interface on the Garmin is very user friendly. The Magellan offers more features and settings that are selectable when setting a destination but the user interface is more cumbersome. I am accustomed to the Magellan, having used an older Roadmate 750 for several years but selected the Garmin because of the simpler user interface.</p>
<p>Ihave a TomTom and like it very much. It will speak street names but I found that to be a real pain because it would give me every possible ID for the street – all the possible route numbers (maybe 3 different ones) plus every possible English name – another 1 or 2. I have the street name function turned off.</p>
<p>Another Garmin Nuvi lover here - no need to be a techie to work it; have had mine for years, upgraded and passed on the older one to S. Just make sure you get the one that tells you the street names, other than “Take the next right.” Good place to get user comments/ratings on GPS is Amazon.</p>
<p>I originally bought a Magellan for my non-techie D (she has friends change the ink on her printer for her!). It was too complicated. She now has the Tom Tom One, and absolutely loves it. She went into Best Buy and said she wants the simplest but most complete one they’ve got. Simple to use, gives her all the info she needs. We can subscribe to a service that would give her real-time traffic reports and detours, but right now she doesn’t need that.</p>
<p>I have a Garmin 260 and I love it.</p>
<p>I have the Nuvi too. I used have it as an option in my car, and it would be 2000 extra. With a small portable one, I take it when we travel too. It was very useful to have it driving around a new city. The only complain I have is it takes a while to get satellite signal when first start up. I have updated the software, it seems to be a little bit better, but still could take up to a few minutes before satellite is found. Not sure if other people have similar problem.</p>