DeLorme Earthmate BT-20 GPS [OLD VERSION] by DeLorme US Software

A smart, flexible GPS, mapping, and routing solution offering both Bluetooth and USB connectivity. Plugs into your USB laptop PC or UMPC, or works wirelessly with your Bluetooth-enabled laptop, UMPC, PDA, or touchscreen phone (Palm OS or Windows Mobile). Included Street Atlas USA PLUS DVD software delivers voice-guided navigation, updated street-level detail for the U.S. and Canada, highways and main roads in Mexico. Import and geo-locate your own databases, or the 150 million included phone listings. Create driving routes automatically, with user controls for road preferences. Locate 4 million places of interest--restaurants, lodgings, attractions, truck stops, and businesses of all kinds. Download aerial imagery. Add custom detail. Insert photos, documents, and Web links into your map files. Use MapShare to easily share maps, routes, and directions via secure Web link. Print a variety of map packages, including large-format plots. Package includes 12-volt (lighter jack) and A/C chargers, plus a 3-foot USB power cable.

A smart, flexible GPS, mapping, and routing solution offering both Bluetooth and USB connectivity.

Smart, flexible design, works via Bluetooth or laptop USB connection
Wireless connectivity for your Bluetooth-enabled laptop PC, PDA or touch-screen phone (Palm OS or Windows Mobile); also connects to laptop PCs via USB.

NEW! Support for UMPCs
New--NavMode with large, easy-to-read data fields and optional 3-D perspective (laptops and UMPCs only)
New--Hundreds of thousands of new roads and updated road names
GPS voice navigation
Fast satellite acquisition
Slim, compact size--outside dimensions smaller than a business card
3-way power options: lithium-ion battery with A/C charger; 12-volt in-car charger, and 3' USB cable to power device from your laptop PC

Includes Street Atlas USA Plus DVD mapping software
When you're driving in the car and you get lost, don't you ever wish you didn't have to deal with a bulky atlas? Or when you're walking around in an unfamiliar city, don't you wish you didn't have to deal with a huge map? Now you don't have to with Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS. You can put these maps on your GPS, PDA, PC or even your UMPC. Know where you're going with street-level detail of the U.S. and Canada, and also highways and main roads in Mexico. There are over 4 million places of interest in the U.S. and Canada for when you're looking for something specific.

An affordable yet powerful set of mapping tools that allow businesses and advanced mapping enthusiasts to visualize their data on detailed DeLorme maps. Import and geo-locate your own text files from Excel, ACT!, and other database programs. Updated street-level detail for the U.S. and Canada, major roads for Mexico. Use the 150 million included phone listings to create databases (e.g., supermarkets within a radius), or find friends or services. Create driving routes automatically, with user controls to take the roads you prefer--avoid congestion or take scenic drives. Locate 4 million places of interest--restaurants, lodgings, attractions, truck stops, sports venues, and businesses of all kinds. Add custom detail. Insert photos, documents, and Web links into your map files. Use MapShare to easily share maps, routes, and directions via secure Web link. Print a variety of map packages, including large-format plots. GPS-ready with voice navigation and other high-end features.

Use new NavMode for a 3-D perspective.

NEW in Street Atlas USA 2009 and Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS:

Support for Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers (UMPCs)
Hundreds of thousands of new roads and road name updates
Improved features when GPS tracking, including 3-D perspective and larger, more accessible user controls

Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS

All the features and capabilities found in standard version
Put Your contact manager listings on the map
- Import and edit an unlimited number
- Display their map locations, for strategic planning, routing, more
Print large-format wall maps
Link photos, documents and URLs to the maps
Get 150 million U.S. and Canadia residential and business phone listings FREE--newly updated
- Import up to 1,000 at a time
- Query by Yellow Page headings and create your own databases
- Right-click on a street and get all its phone listings
Ability to delete duplicate records from Yellow Page phone search results
Street-level detail for the U.S. and Canada, highways and main roads in Mexico
Over 4 million places of interest in U.S. and Canada
Easy, automatic routing
GPS ready, with voice-guided navigation
Versatile, flexible editing and print capabilities
Application included for mapping, routing, and GPS navigation with Palm OS, Windows Mobile devices
Incorporate aerial imagery into your maps and routes--download $40 worth free
Share customized maps, routes, and directions with others via a secure Web link
GPS-accurate placement for individual locations in 90+ chains in the U.S. and Canada
Truck stop data with extended information about service offerings
900+ malls and access roads
Airport access roads
Major sports venues college, professional, NASCAR
Translucent route highlights to better display underlying map data
Support for multiple monitors

Sample Maps -- Click to Enlarge

Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
I very much like the DeLorme EarthmateŽ BT-20, but I can't say the same for the DeLorme Street Atlas USAŽ 2009 software. The DeLorme EarthmateŽ BT-20 works like a charm, both USB connected and Bluetooth connected. Via Bluetooth, it's a serial port ("virtual COM port") device. Via USB, I'm using the "DeLorme Serial Emulation Driver for EarthmateŽ GPS Receivers" with it (http://www.delorme.com/support/supporttemplate.aspx?id=319). Hence, via USB, it's also a serial port ("virtual COM port") device. It's working very well for me with the DeLorme Street Atlas USAŽ 2009 software and also with other software that communicates with a GPS device via a serial port. Vis-a-vis the DeLorme Street Atlas USAŽ 2009 software, I like the look and feel of the user interface and I don't have any trouble using it. Features and functions wise, it's great. But, for me at least, the map data is useless. In my neck of the woods (Seminole County in central Florida), its map data is egregiously riddled with errors and omissions: many roads are missing, many roads are incorrectly named/labeled, and many points of interest are misplaced. In the DeLorme Forums, there are user comments that the same is true elsewhere around the country.