Navigon's 2150 Max is a mid-range satellite navigation device for the car and pedestrian market. It offers a comprehensive set of features and mapping for all European countries provided on an SD card. The unit is finished in shiny black plastic, ...

The unit is finished in shiny black plastic, with soft-touch plastics around the side. Although attractive, it's a magnet for fingerprints and scratches

The Magellan Triton 2000 is a sat-nav device designed for use in the great outdoors, and is suited to activities such as hiking, skiing and water sports. The device feels reassuringly rugged and fits in the hand well. Encased in a rubber and hard ...

On the front of the device is a 2.7-inch colour touchscreen display, which makes the map interface and menu navigation easy. A small and fiddly stylus is provided, although using a finger or the sturdy buttons below may be preferable

The Medion GoPal E3215 Glamour Edition is a sat-nav system designed with women in mind. As such, it's finished in white and metallic pink and comes with a pink satin-look case. Also included in the box is a solidly constructed, but flexible windscreen ...

At 17mm in depth, the unit is very thin and light and easily fits into a pocket or handbag when not in use. The device works straight out of the box, and the user interface is highly intuitive and made very easy to use by the 3.5-inch screen and ...

Traditionally known for home telephones, Binatone also makes satellite navigation devices. The Carrera T430 is a mid-range GPS device with a comprehensive range of features. The display measures 4.3-inches, and is both bright and clear.

Those with larger fingers will also be happy to find a stylus, making it easy to enter text. The edges of the screen are lined with shortcut buttons, enabling you to zoom and change the angle from a first-person perspective to a bird's-eye view. You ...

TomTom's Go 730 is a feature-packed satellite navigation device. It's a lot thinner than previous TomTom products, helping it to slip easily into pockets, and the rubber finish is tactile and hardwearing. All functions are carried out using the 4.3 ...

The large screen offers plenty of space for the Go 730's clear and easy to read maps, with details such as the time and GPS signal strength displayed at the bottom of the display. The menus will be familiar to existing TomTom owners, with pages split ...

The NDrive G800 is a mid-range satellite navigation device with a difference. Where all its rivals come with animated mapping, the N-Drive is the first to utilise aerial photography, providing maps either from above or from an angle.

The G800 offers directions for the UK and Ireland. Getting used to the aerial photography takes a little time, as there's no option of a traditional first-person viewpoint. The images are also limited to 29 major cities – outside of which the G800 ...

The most striking feature of the TomTom XL Europe 22 Traffic is the windscreen mount. That may sound boring, but it's a practical change that makes life easier. Instead of leaving a mount fixed to the windscreen where it acts as a clarion call for ...

Apart from that, the XL sports a 4.3-inch widescreen and does all of the usual TomTom tricks. Connect the USB cable to your laptop and the XL will offer to download and install the latest version of the TomTom Home software. For some reason the Next ...

Initial impressions of the Navman S90i are disappointing as the casing looks more like a prototype than a finished product.

Once again, the hardware consists of a 4.3-inch widescreen and SiRF Star III GPS chip, so you might expect performance is on a par with the Magellan and TomTom. Not so. It took two minutes to lock on to a GPS signal with a clear view of the sky, and ...

The Magellan Maestro 4215 is an attractive unit that won't embarrass you if your neighbours spot it in your car, but beneath the shiny black fascia it uses pretty much the same hardware as the Navman and TomTom.

Although the combination of a 4.3-inch widescreen and SiRF Star III GPS chip is tried and true, we expect more from a modern Sat-Nav. Magellan claims its Navteq maps cover 24 European countries, which is more than Navman and TomTom. However, some ...

Navigon's 2150 Max is a high-end satellite navigation device, offering a comprehensive set of features and mapping for all European countries provided on an SD card.

Once on the move the mapping proved clear and concise, with maps provided by Navteq. POIs (Points of Interest) such as petrol stations and banks are listed clearly, represented by attractive icons