Can you recommend a portable GPS auto navigation unit for me to purchase
online in America to be given as a gift to an Italian (carried in luggage)?

I've heard that some GPS units that have European maps, while they text in
meters and kilometers, still speak the units in "piedi" (i.e., feet) and
"miglio" (i.e., mile) instead of in kilometers.

Also, the power supply and charger would need to handle 220v gracefully
(without too many adaptors) and probably also USB (luckily there is at
least one power USB standard on this earth!).

Can you recommend a portable GPS, bought in the USA, but given in Italy as
a gift?

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:48:15 -0700, Tom wrote:

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Can you recommend a portable GPS, bought in the USA, but given in Italy as
a gift?

Order the European version of your favorite GPS unit from
http://www.amazon.co.uk . You also have the option to have it shipped
direct to Italy, which should save you a little luggage space, and shipping
cost.
--
Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 01:33:57 -0700, Mike Russell wrote:

Can you recommend a portable GPS, bought in the USA,
but given in Italy as a gift?

Order the European version of your favorite GPS unit from
http://www.amazon.co.uk

Garmin only makes American units so you'll have to buy a TomTom or Magellan
instead.

"Susan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 01:33:57 -0700, Mike Russell wrote:

Can you recommend a portable GPS, bought in the USA,
but given in Italy as a gift?

Order the European version of your favorite GPS unit from
http://www.amazon.co.uk

Garmin only makes American units so you'll have to buy a TomTom or
Magellan
instead.

EUUUH more info plaese, because i don't believe this!!!!!!!!!

On Jul 3, 1:47 pm, Susan wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 01:33:57 -0700, Mike Russell wrote:
Can you recommend a portable GPS, bought in the USA,
but given in Italy as a gift?

Order the European version of your favorite GPS unit from
http://www.amazon.co.uk

Garmin only makes American units so you'll have to buy a TomTom or Magellan
instead.

You are completely misinformed! http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/ontheRoad/

Regards,
Stamba

Stamba writes:

On Jul 3, 1:47 pm, Susan wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 01:33:57 -0700, Mike Russell wrote:
Can you recommend a portable GPS, bought in the USA,
but given in Italy as a gift?

Garmin only makes American units so you'll have to buy a TomTom or Magellan
instead.

You are completely misinformed! http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/ontheRoad/

There is a very valid point. Garmin's idea of addressing outside the
US stinks. The address lookup features on my GPSMAP 60C are absolutely
useless.

Jon

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:48:15 -0700, Tom wrote:

Can you recommend a portable GPS, bought in the USA, but given in Italy as
a gift?

The only GPS that you can buy in the usa that works in europe is the tom
tom one.

Jonathan Schneider wrote:
Stamba writes:

On Jul 3, 1:47 pm, Susan wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 01:33:57 -0700, Mike Russell wrote:
Can you recommend a portable GPS, bought in the USA,
but given in Italy as a gift?
Garmin only makes American units so you'll have to buy a TomTom or Magellan
instead.
You are completely misinformed! http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/ontheRoad/

There is a very valid point. Garmin's idea of addressing outside the
US stinks. The address lookup features on my GPSMAP 60C are absolutely
useless.

Well, i live in Europe and using nuvi 200 without any problem at all - so i
really do not understand what you are talking about?

Regards,
Stramba

David Remley wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:48:15 -0700, Tom wrote:

Can you recommend a portable GPS, bought in the USA, but given in Italy as
a gift?

The only GPS that you can buy in the usa that works in europe is the tom
tom one.

*any* GPS for which you can find maps will work anywhere in the world -
Magellan, Garmin, TomTom, Navigon, Mio, PocketPC with iGo or GarminXT ...

Regards,
Stamba

On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:24:45 +0200, Stamba wrote:

*any* GPS for which you can find maps will work anywhere in the world -
Magellan, Garmin, TomTom, Navigon, Mio, PocketPC with iGo or GarminXT ...

It has to speak decent Italian and the menus must be in Italian.
Will every GPS do that?

Which does it well?