Having a killer satnav sitting on your dashboard pretty much guarantees that you’ll never get lost on the highways and byways again, and the good news is that there are plenty of top-notch direction-givers out there, whatever your budget. Read on for our top picks.
Budget
Garmin Nuvi 200
£121.38
Despite its wallet-friendly price tag, the Nuvi 200 sports a lush 4.3-inch touch screen, so you can clock its high-detail maps of the UK and Ireland without having to take your peepers off the road ahead. There’s also a huge safety camera database preloaded.
Mid-range
Navman S90i
£179.99
Sporting some clean minimalist lines, this compact model features full maps of the UK and Ireland, plus Western Europe. In a quirky twist, it packs a 2-megapixel camera that lets you take snaps of a destination, then later navigate back to it at any time by tapping the photo on the touch screen.
Luxury
TomTom GO 920
£295
If money is no object and you’re constantly eating up the miles in your motor, satnavs don’t come much better than this. Its 4GB memory banks are stuffed with detailed maps of Western Europe, the US and Canada, which it displays in crisp loveliness on the 4.3-inch touch screen. It even packs motion sensors enabling it to work out where you are when there’s no GPS signal available – like in a tunnel or the bottom of a lake!
Budget mobile option
Copilot Live 6 for Nokia N95
£69.99
Got an N95? Well, you can make the most of its GPS talents by installing this app, which delivers full, feature-packed satnav – plus a dashboard mount and in-car charger. With proper voice instructions, a clear map and turn-by-turn directions, it’s one of the niftiest mobile phone satnav apps around.
Luxury mobile option
Route 66 Mobile 7 for Windows Smartphone
£114.99
Route 66 is a big name in mobile phone satnav apps, and if you slap this on your Windows Mobile handset you’ll quickly find out why: it delivers subscription-free real-time traffic information to reroute you around jams, plus full-fat navigation and maps of the UK and Ireland. And because it packs
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