I have just had my Cobra 3500 crash and it is worht the money to upgrade the map and repair the unit. I’m considering a higher end unit like the TO Tom 920.

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text-to-speech feature (Say Where that audibly announces the street or highway name of the next maneuver)

Smart Detour – Automatically prompts you to route around heavy or stopped traffic

traffic updates

SiRFstarIII chip set

I could not find any GPS that came loaded for both Israel and the USA. So on that trip earlier this year, I did not take any GPS along with me. I did do some shopping when I was in Israel on that last trip and I found many GPS units that had Israeli maps and spoke English, but none had USA maps with them. Their price range was between $500 and $800. I did check the web at that time and all of the USA maps that would play on those GPS units that I found in Israel were about $300. So buying a GPS unit in Israel that will meet all my needs would be a very costly experience. But the story does continue. I will be returning to Israel in mid-August and I still need a GPS. So I just got the Mio C-520 (I got mine for $369 at Circuit City [it was marked $399 but they price matched their own website price, - I saw saw them much cheaper at some websites, but I was in a hurry] and I plan to pick up Israeli GPS maps while in Israel [they will run about $260]. Still not cheap, but I think a better solution. Mio appears to be big in Israel and getting Israeli GPS maps for the Mio seems to be relatively easy. On an Israeli website, they do sell a Mio C250, which is an older and much less feature-rich GPS, but it does come with the USA and Israeli maps preloaded for about $650 plus shipping. These same Israeli maps will work on other Mio units starting at about $200 for a simple unit.

I hope this was helpful,

David L.
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