I get to review some pretty cool stuff here on Mobile Magazine, but now you can get in on the "play with new gadgets for free" game too thanks to a fun promotion by the people at Dash. If you head on over to the official website, you'll have an opportunity to fill out a survey, giving you a chance to beta test the Dash GPS portable navigation unit. And it's not just one or two people to whom they'll dish out the goods: they're choosing "2000 car loving gadget heads who can put their next generation GPS systems to the test this summer."

Mio has set out to deliver one the most compact GPS navigation solutions for North American travelers. Their new Mio136 CE .NET Pocket PC integrates a GPS receiver, MP3 Player and expandable SD/MMC slot all measuring under 4.72-inches.

MioTech today unveiled two of their latest handheld GPS navigation systems, the Mitac Mio268 and the Mio269, thfirst harddrive based handheld GPS system. Both powered by the Intel PXA-255 300 MHz, a sharp 3.5-inch 320 x 240 65K TFT Touchscreen LCD, 32MB ROM, 64MB SDRAM, built-in loud speaker and SD/MMC expansion slots. The Mio269 will come with a 1”, 2.5 GB Hard Disk Drive loaded with maps of Europe (500MB free for MP3 files), both players come with MP3 player software for some entertainment once your each your final destination.

The Passport 9500i, from Escort, is just such a device, packing in GPS and voice messaging systems so it's one handy thing to have in your vehicle. It even has a USB port, for transferring data from the Web to the Passport.