GPS Aficionados?

JohnZ3MC said:
Garmin Nuvi 660.

Great maps, amazing features. Multiple voices. The standard voice was a North American female voice. I soon realized it sounded amazingly like my wife and the two voices battling for 'Turn right on Glanford Ave' or 'Turn left on Douglas St.' was just too much. I switched to a male voice and left the wife at home.

Naming the streets for turns is a great feature.

The FM feature lets the car radio pick up the directions and tunes and works well.

The bluetooth feature links perfectly with my Razr phone for hands free phone stuff.

The MP3 player uses the SD slot for a ton of extra tunes.

The picture gallery lets you take photos of your kids, grandkids, dogs, cars along with you.

The 660 just works extremely well.

Garmin support is wonderful.



Within 2 weeks of getting my Nuvi 660, I accidently left it down stairs on the side of a chair while I put on my shoes. An hour later, I realized I didn't have it with me. Unfortunately, 59 minutes before I realized I didn't have it, my female Renaissance Bulldog, in a motherly way, found it. Their jaw muscles generate more pounds per square inch than a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The leather case and unit were totally chewed to death.



The support gal giggled uncontrollably when I explained my predicament (and my stupidity) and offered a refurbished unit for a surprisingly small amount.

The replacement is back and working like a champ. Momma and pups are doing well.

I'd certainly recommend a Garmin unit for both the quality of the product and the quality of the service.

(The eyes aren't open yet but we've decided on a perfect name for a little brown and white English beauty (as much as a bulldog can be a beauty) - Caramella Parker Bowles.)

-John C.
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This is the one I'm going to get and I've found it for $29x.xx shipped to my door new in box not a refurb or an open box item. I may pull the trigger on this soon but it looks as if this is the items price and not a sale price. When I'm ready to order I'll call the place and make sure these are not refurbs and new in box items.
 
Wytstang,

You're going to love that unit. Mind you, you should be thrown in jail for robbery at that price. It's like you're stealing it. When I got mine, the suggested list was up over 800, almost 9, so your price at just under 3 is the deal of the century. At that price, you should buy 2 in case your dog eats the first one.

-John C.
 
Actually there are a few Estores selling it for a few dollars more (with in $15) but yeah $29x.xx shipped to me.
 
I've been thinking of getting one and am pretty set on the Nuvi line, but not sure which one yet. Amazon seems to have nice prices on them, compared to places like Best Buy.
 
Isn't it preferred to be able to edit and update your maps? I look to Mapshare for that, and thats why I ended up siding with a ONE versus a Nuvi.



I'm going through a phase where I'm trying to learn the streets on my own, I depend on my GPS way too much!



Anyone else like that? A complete louse with directions unless you have your GPS?
 
That would be me. I've lived in an area all my life and never remember street names. I've always relied on memory to get me back. I can honestly say I NEED a gps to get around town or just travel as I suck at it.
 
Wytstang,

Your Nuvi will be perfect for you then. Once you get it charged up and linked to satellites, you set a location called 'home'. It becomes a preferred favourite. Then when you're totally confused, you can just plot a course to 'home'.

While you're waiting, get an extra 4 gb SD card and load it up with tunes and pics.

-John C.
 
I have a Garmin Street pilot c340 thats great but my parents are moving out of south Fl and to Georgia. My mom doesn't know the area as well as my dad so I'm giving her my c340 and I'm upgrading to the 660 (it's my excuse to do so lol)
 
I have a Garmin Nuvi 750, and I love it. I've got nothing at all negative to say. The multi-point routing is super useful and works extremely well. It displays speed limits on highways. The breadcrumb feature is really cool, especially on vacation.
 
JohnZ3MC said:
Wytstang,

Your Nuvi will be perfect for you then. Once you get it charged up and linked to satellites, you set a location called 'home'. It becomes a preferred favourite. Then when you're totally confused, you can just plot a course to 'home'.

While you're waiting, get an extra 4 gb SD card and load it up with tunes and pics.

-John C.
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You can set the Home location on most GPS devices, I know that I set mine yesterday on my TomTom ONE (because I moved recently).



Wait - who needs 4 Gb of music on their GPS? I've heard of the GO 720's endless features, but I simply prefer a simple, reliable GPS.



(shrug)
 
Ctowner said:
Wait - who needs 4 Gb of music on their GPS? I've heard of the GO 720's endless features, but I simply prefer a simple, reliable GPS.



(shrug)
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Ditto! I could care less about the "extra" features on most GPS devices, i.e. music, photos, blah, blah... I'd rather the extra money be spent on better quality mapping and quality of map software, rather than useless "upsell" features that are meaningless to what a GPS device is all about. Get me there, and get me there quickly and accurately, is all I care about. Instead and unfortunately, it seems the formula is to get you somewhere, albeit rather slowly, but at least I'll have cool tunes and photos while I try to figure out where the thing sent me! I don't call those devices a GPS, but rather a POS.
 
Been using Google Maps on the CrackBerry for a while when not in the G; not fun.



Been researching and playing in Best Buy, I'm going to pull the trigger on the Garmin Nuvi 660. The salesguy saids its the best one out there and they don't even sell it anymore. With a market entry price of $1000, to pick it up around $300 now is an incredible deal.
 
i had a nice eclipse avn 5500 until somebody stole, it it worked great . . . a customer of mine gave me an older tom tom that works good for 3 year old technology but many people tell me the nuvi is great
 
G35stilez said:
Been using Google Maps on the CrackBerry for a while when not in the G; not fun.



Been researching and playing in Best Buy, I'm going to pull the trigger on the Garmin Nuvi 660. The salesguy saids its the best one out there and they don't even sell it anymore. With a market entry price of $1000, to pick it up around $300 now is an incredible deal.
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There is a new app for newer Blackberrys from Microsoft called TellMe that you might want to check out. I haven't played with it extensively but the reviews seem to be pretty positive.



Microsoft Releases Tellme Voice Search for BlackBerry | CrackBerry.com
 
I got a Magellan Crossover 2500T several weeks ago and it is pretty good for the price. Its not the GPS for everyone, since theres quite a few firmware updates and tweaking to get it to perform above and beyond its advertised features.



Strong points, extremely long battery life of 8-10 hours and IPX-4 water resistant unit.



The Crossover is 3 types GPS units in one hence the name Crossover, has the detailed TTS NavTeq street maps, Topo maps when you are off roads and marine maps when you are boating.



I have Topo Canada , USA and European maps on the SD card and it is very very accurate for topos with POIs even ! This is proberly the best priced IPX-4 GPS unit around other than the ultra expensive Garmin Zumo that does much less.
 
That's an amazingly reasonable price for the 660. The SD cards on the other hand seem a bit pricey compared to local shops.

As a reminder, don't put your 660 anywhere near your dog. :)

-John C.
 
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