Got excect one from Newegg for $60 on BF (early bird), I am impressed.

I own several Gamins, but I found TomTom's routing makes more sense, especially when you want to detour from original route. From time to time, Garmin led me into small streets or heavey trafic roads while TomTom seemed to minimize uses of small road even though both GPSs were set to use the "fastest" and free use of toll road.

I compared Garmin 255 and this model side by side. And I have to say TomTom's routing is better, even I like Garmin graphic interface better. And of course, this TomTom model 140 doesn't have TTS, but TomTom 140s has it, which cost $20 more.

Thanks. I'll consider this over a Garmin 205 (typically $89 to $100).

OK, I sm somewhat of an expert in satellite data so here:

Each GPS manufacturer must launch or pay to have launched their own GPS satellite(s). The GPS unit in your car can only "speak" to it's own company's satellite. The satellites in turn "speak back" to the individual GPS units. That is why they were so expensive several years ago.

The bigger companies have more units communicating with the distinct possibility of overload or crash. This has happened many times recently with Garming and TomTom since they are the most popular. If too many people are using their GPS at the same time, the satellites overload and can actually crash into another planet, star, meteor or asteroid...or worsed case back down to Earth.

Also, the beams that are transmitted as the GPS units "speak" to the satellites can cause beam deflection errors which usually occur on bridges or the entrances to tunnels.

Also, the satellites can lock their beams to the wrong GPS units and it is possible to reeive someone elses meant transmission which force people to get totally lost. For example, you live in San Francisco but you receive the satellite beam from the TomTom satellite unit of a person living in Prague. This is why I only buy offbrand GPS units

Ehh, sure...

I have no idea what you are talking about #3.. I've owned a Garmin for the last 3 years with zero issues, other than the occasional road having not made it onto the map in a timely manner. But that's the same issue you'd get from the map companies that the GPS companies buy their mapping data from.

Wow, #3 isn't even smart enough to fix his typos before re-posting his gibberish on every GPS deal listed.