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black friday GPS – BJ’s

Nov 21, 2007 garmin, gps navigation, magellan, tomtom

BJ’s has deals on GPS navigation systems for Black Friday, in fact one from each major manufacturer: Garmin, Magellan, and TomTom.

Nuvi 680 – $600: After a $100 coupon you can pick the nuvi 680 for $600 at BJ’s. You can also get the same deal on BJs.com. But Amazon already offers nuvi 680 for the same price. Moving along…

Directions and on-demand travel info from MSN Direct with nüvi 680. This widescreen, personal travel assistant is packed with preloaded maps, hands-free calling and FM transmitter — plus real-time local weather, traffic, movie times and gas prices. Like the rest of the wide nüvi 600-series, its large touchscreen display puts the world at your fingertips.

Maestro 3100 – $150: From Magellan BJ’s is offering Maestro 3100 for $150. Which means if you can’t pick up any at Office Max for $140, this should be your second choice. Maestro 3100 sells for $160 on Amazon.

Magellan Maestro 3100 offers simple GPS navigation that’s affordable. The most intuitive graphical 3.5″ touch-screen interface available makes navigation easy. Enter virtually any destination and get turn-by-turn voice guidance to locations all over the contiguous United States. Smart touch-icons and Magellan’s QuickSpell function enable error-free spelling, minimizing steps, so you get a customized route to your destination with just a few touches of the screen. Preprogrammed points of interest make it easy to find restaurants, gas stations, ATM and more.

Choose the 2D or 3D view and see your location, route, direction, next turn, destination and more. SmartDetour will help you find your way out of traffic jams or stopped freeway traffic.

TomTom ONE 3rd Edition for $130: TomTom ONE 3rd Edition for $130 sounds like a good deal – it sells for for $247 on Amazon. You can also read reviews from actual users on this page where almost all users gave it a 4 or 5 stars out of 5.

This entry-level GPS device is similar to the TomTom One but adds the Map Share technology and “Help Me” safety feature that was first introduced in the TomTom GO 720. Map Share allows you to make adjustments to your maps (such as noting blocked roads, updating points of interest, adding new streets, and so on) and then share the information with other drivers. You can make the changes right on your device, save them, and then upload and share them with other users via the TomTom HOME desktop companion. Meanwhile, the Help Me safety function tells you where you can find the nearest police station, hospital, or car service center, based on your current location. As a basic system, you don’t get text-to-speech functionality, but you do get the standard text- and voice-guided turn-by-turn directions as well as a 3.5-inch touch screen.

If you want to pick up a TomTom on Black Friday you may also be interested on TomTom ONE LE which will be available at Best Buy stores for only $120. You’ll have to get up really early to get one of these though.