+allory Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Garmin Introduces the nüvi - the Ultimate Travel Companion http://www.garmin.com/products/nuvi/ Press release: http://www.garmin.com/pressroom/mobile/091205.html not exactly a caching unit, but interesting. Quote Link to comment
lumpynose Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I don't understand the advantage of this thing over the Windows Mobile or Palm PC based units Garmin sells. It's certainly more expensive so there's apparently some advantage. Quote Link to comment
Neo_Geo Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 (edited) Looks like a pretty cool toy. Sure does cost a pretty penny though... I don't understand the advantage of this thing over the Windows Mobile or Palm PC based units Garmin sells. It's certainly more expensive so there's apparently some advantage. A few differences noted below: High-sensitivity integrated GPS receiver by SiRF Text-to-Speech — unit prompts you to “Turn right on Main St” instead of “Turn right in 500 feet” Traffic alerts with optional GTM 10 FM TMC traffic receiver* Offers a three dimensional mapping perspective, or 2-D overhead view Edited September 13, 2005 by Neo_Geo Quote Link to comment
+Blind Avocado Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 It also has a SD card slot. Maybe this is the beginning of them putting SD slots in their units? Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 (edited) Europe only. Whoops. The 300 is EU only. The 350 is for the USA. If I lived in a Metro area the Traffic Tranciever would be nice to have. Edited September 13, 2005 by Renegade Knight Quote Link to comment
peter Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Europe only. No, there's a version that only has maps for a specified region of Europe that's limited to european sales, but the other version has maps for either all of Europe or for the US & Canada depending on where you purchase it. Quote Link to comment
+scottjl Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 looks neat. very pricy toy though. but considering it comes with city select v7 pre-loaded that's $100 on the price right there (now i wonder if you can upgrade it when the time comes and how much that will cost). would i blow $1k for it to go geocaching? no. for driving, maybe, but i already have a 60cs that works just fine. being a brand new unit with new technology/software running it. i'd say wait for version 1.5 or something after all the bugs are worked out. still, a nice look at things to come.. now that name, ugh.. WTF were they thinking? nuvi? Quote Link to comment
sdsdv10 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Based on price comparisons of the Streetpilot 2620 and 2720 MSRP and street price (both MSRP >$1K but sell on the web for ~$750-$850), the actual street price should be ~$550-650 (the Nuvi has a similar MSRP as the C330 and Quest 2, which both sell for the street price listed above). While still high, this is not the much more than a PPC, BT reciever and Navigation software (actually probably a little less). Nonetheless, total functionality of the Nuvi will be lower than a PPC combo. Don Quote Link to comment
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