ViaMichelin X970 Integrated SiRF STAR III GPS Receiver

Great product for the price. Excellent value. Slim design fits nicely into my son's smaller car and also easily hidden in glove box to avoid theft problems. As a birthday gift for my son it was an excellent purchase of a GPS "package" including auto and home chargers, a carrying case for pocket carry. Blue tooth capable, so you can answer the cell phone right through the GPS. Great technology at a great price.

The ViaMichelin X970 has a lot of good features and works well, but the product was originally design for European use, so it lacks some American functionality. There are plenty of European support and hardware/software upgrades for the device, but very little support and mapping upgrades for the American side. I like the possibilities, but I am unsure if it will be for North America. It takes a while to get use to, but once you figure out what information it needs to function correctly, the X970 is a "dream come true".

The coolest feature on this is that it is Bluetooth, you can answer you cellphone right thru the GPS. It is a handsfree phone besides being a great GPS from a company everyone knows MICHELIN the tire company.