just got a TomTom for my wife as a gift, it has the feature that says the name of the street coming up, important feature. My wife has no sense of direction so it should come in handy. It was 399. I hope she doesn't leave it out in the open.
I got the GARMIN StreetPilot c340 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16858108238
and love it. I use it all the time. Just make sure you get one that has text-to-speech feature. What I like about it is that it is totally portable, car to car in a snap/