Omnitech 4 Widescreen GPS

Omnitech 4 Widescreen GPS

The Omnitech 4 GPS is another entry level unit at en entry level price in the ever expanding GPS arena. The maker of all things electronic has its GPS entry that offers several key features that make it an interesting value. The 4.3-inch screen unit has text to speech, maps of the 48 states, and 1.5 million Points of Interest (a bit light on POI here - see my post on How Many Points of Interest is Good). The internal battery is rated for up to 5 hour's use.

I first wrote about an Omnitech about a year ago, and saw some trouble around the internet. I continue to see poor comments. The trouble here is that when you take a look around at the consumer feedback on this unit, it's pretty bad - with buyers citing it freezing up, and just dying.

(Via GPS Lodge.)

Omnitech 4.3" Widescreen GPS

Omnitech 4.3" Widescreen GPS

A lot of folks are asking about the Omnitech GPS - a widescreen GPS that comes pre-loaded with US and Canadian NAVTEQ maps. The unit comes with a SiRF star III chipset, a 4.3 inch touchscreen, a 12V power cord and an A/C home charger. The unit also comes with Text-to-speech, which is the ability to say road names. Immensely helpful when roads are closely situated, not such a big deal when you are in a more remote situation where the road that you are going to turn onto is the only one for a mile....

The price has been all over the place on the unit, so shop around if you are interested in buying this.

In doing some searches around the internet, I found several resources where users wrote in about the unit freezing up when calculating routes, and that it creates some very odd routes; definitely a bad sign. To be balanced there are some people who rave about the performance and the ease of use. I still go back to the idea that it’s easy to design a GPS, but it’s hard to design a good GPS; I am not yet convinced that this is a good GPS.

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(Via GPS Lodge.)