Investors fled GPS-makers' shares today after Google announced it would offer free turn-by-turn GPS directions in its Android phones and as a service for other mobile phones, like Apple's iPhone. Garmin shares dropped 17% and TomTom shares dropped 21%. What about Google's shortcomings, like its inability to store maps locally on devices? Daring Fireball's John Gruber has a nice rebuttal . The biggest objection is that the dedicated devices store all the map data locally. That’s great, a

Amazon has a web low for the Garmin nuvi 765T GPS . This GPS has a 4.3-inch touchscreen, SD card, auto routing, text to speech, built-in MP3 player, FM transmitter, Bluetooth and more. …

Garmin nuvi 285WT 4.3" Bluetooth GPS Navigator for $198.99 shipped. Here is a screenshot for your reference. It features a 4.3" touchscreen LCD, Bluetooth, real-time traffic receiver, text-to-speech with spoken street names, and many other features. You may also want to check out this deal. Most places have this GPS unit for about $249. You may also be interested in these deals.Garmin nuvi 755T 4.3" GPS with 3-D Building View & Lifetime Traffic for $231.44 ShippedTomTom XL 340S 4.3" Widescre

Tags: 189-97-shipped, battery, bluetooth, gps I’ve seen the Garmin nuvi 265WT GPS for slightly cheaper, but that deal has expired. Now Buydig.com carries the 4.3-inch touchsreen GPS for a new web. Other features include text to speech, traffic info, Bluetooth, 4 hour battery and SD card slot, plus much more. It’s $189.97 + free shipping = $189.97 shipped!

Garmin recently announced support for raster imagery like aerial photos and topo maps for some of their handheld GPS units, specifically their newer product lines: Colorado, Oregon and Dakota. See recent posts at GPS Tracklog and GPS Fix for more information on this new feature. It requires download and installation of beta firmware on your Garmin GPS unit, and conversion of the raster images to a compatible format. Fortunately, the compatible format is the open format KMZ image overlay, which c