I bought one of those for my wife, and she loves it. The display is very easy to read, even for someone with low vision, and it is extremely portable, and easy to move from car to car, or even to use on a bicycle, motorcycle, or as a pedestrian. Andy -----Original Message----- From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Grabowski Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 7:53 AM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: GPS Recommendation for a Sighted Person Hi, have you seen the garmin nuvi? the following is a quote from amazon.com Product Description Product Description The nÜvi is a portable GPS navigator, traveler's reference, and digital entertainment system, all in one. I'm sure you could find much better discriptions on the net though. Hope this helps. Chris *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 12/5/2006 at 10:40 AM Peter Scialli wrote: >Hi, > I'm thinking about getting a portable GPS unit for someone sighted. >It >should have turn by turn directions. Synthetic speech for street names >would be nice, but is not essential. It should have quick acquisition >time. >I've seen a Magellan unit that takes a really long time to acquire the >position. Also, I'd like it to come with the whole U.S. maps and POIs >built in. It should also have a battery so it can be used handheld or >if the power source in the car is temporarily unavailable. Any >suggestions? > Peter