Garmin nüvi 360 3.5-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Text-To-Speech by Garmin
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Digital camera reviews of Garmin nüvi 360 3.5-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Text-To-Speech
Digital camera Review: A good Companion
Summary: 5 Stars
This Garmin Nuvi is really a very helpful tool.There is lot more than just navigation.Found it accurate.
I highly recomend this product with such a low price.
Digital camera Review: A great buy...
Summary: 5 Stars
Everything that i expected in a GPS was found in the Nuvi 360. I wasn't sure if i wanted the bluetooth functionality, but decided to go ahead and splurge the few extra dollars. That turned out to be a good decision since its very handy. Though the GPS takes about 2 to 3 minutes in acquiring the satellites, i've never lost the signal. Sometimes when i'm on the road above the Holland tunnel, it thinks i'm in the tunnel. But then i just ignore it's directions, and then it recalculates & comes up with the right directions. Otherwise, the directions it gives are very accurate and has taken me safely through unknown territories :) For those who are thinking about getting a GPS for the first time, i would recommend this one as it's one of the best ones out there in this price range.
Pros:
Accurate tracking (most of the time)
Good voice clarity & volume
Bright & easy to see screen, even in sunlight
Hands free dialing
MP3, Photo viewer, Language Translations, etc (though i don't use these)
Cons:
Takes a few minutes to acquire satellites (don't know how it compares to other brands in this aspect)
Makes mistakes sometimes (like how i described above)
But overall, it's a great buy & would strongly recommend to anyone...
Digital camera Review: A great product
Summary: 4 Stars
I purhased this product as a christmas present for my boyfriend. We are both pleased with the purchase! The whole process with Amazon was great from the ordering to the actual delivery of the product! I would definetly recommend this site to my friends and family! The Garmin nuvi 360 GPS unit was a great puchase and we are very pleased with the quality of the unit!Digital camera Review: A great tool for travel.
Summary: 5 Stars
Absolutely fantastic!
Gets me to my destination without the use of cumbersome maps!
Love it!
Digital camera Review: A killer app on the level of TiVo
Summary: 5 Stars
We purchased this device after my wife had gotten lost while using Yahoo! Maps on a business trip late at night. We have since used the our Nuvi several times (although not as much as most people, since we live in NYC and don't drive much).
Most recently, we used our Nuvi to go on a long weekend to the Hudson Valley. Had we not had a GPS device, we would have had to print a dozen or more maps from Yahoo! - to the Inn, from the Inn to Dinner, back to the Inn, Inn to the winery for a tasting, back to the Inn, and on and on. Instead, all I did was look up a few of our destinations before the trip started, enter them as favorites and off we went! It made the trip and driving absolutely stress free, especially with some tricky turns in one of the towns, and locating a restaurant that was so set back from the street, we never would have found it otherwise.
My wife calls GPS the 'next killer app' and she compares it to TiVo - there isn't a better compliment in my mind.
Many people complain that their GPS device doesn't always give them the best route and I agree. However, NOTHING will ever beat local knowledge. I don't rely on my Nuvi when I am near home (although I do keep it on in case it finds a better route, like it did to the Queens Costco). I need my Nuvi when I don't know where I am or where I am going, and in that case, I don't care if it isn't the most effecient route, as long as it is a correct route. That is something the Nuvi has never let me down on.
UPDATE DECEMBER 2007: now that I've been using the Nuvi for several months, I still love it and can't imagine not have GPS. However, there are a few features that other manufacturers support that aren't supported by the Nuvi. For example, the Magellen devices have two great features:
1) More control over the detour function. When detouring with the Nuvi, you don't have any control over the distance of road it will detour you around. I believe Magellen allows you indicate the distance the detour should last before putting you back on the road (great if you know there is traffic for 2 more miles). Very often, I hit detour on the Nuvi and it takes me a completely different route, when all I wanted to do was avoid a couple of miles of traffic due to an accident (even with the traffic service, this doesn't work well on the Nuvi)
2) Multi-point routing (or multiple via points). This allows you to enter several intermediate destinations and the device will calculate the most effecient route to hit all points. Great when doing sightseeing type of things (or visiting wineries!)
At the time I purchsed the Nuvi, the Magellen devices were larger and more unwieldy, with buttons all around the face. However, Magellen has recently introduced a line that appears to be closer to the Nuvi form factor. I can't compare to the TomTom, as I didn't do much research on that brand when I was looking originally, since I wanted Navteq maps.