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Garmin Nuvi 350 Consummer review

By on December 9, 2005 in GPS Reviews

Here is a raving consummer review of the Garmin Nuvi 350. Read it here

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Garmin nuvi 350 review

By on December 7, 2005 in Automotive GPS, GPS Reviews, Handheld GPS
Garmin nuvi 350

PC Magazine has posted a review of the Garmin nüvi 350 GPS device.

Features

Type: Automobile, Portable
Turn-by-turn: yes
3D View: yes
Display Type: Touch
Dimensions: 3.87 x 2.91 x 0.87 inches
Hard Drive: no
Additional Memory Type: SD/MMC
Preloaded maps: yes
Waterproof: no
Speaker: built-in
Power: Adapter, Battery
MP3: yes
Multi Segment Routing: no

Pros

Small, lightweight, and easy to use. Preloaded with map and Points of Interest data. Great GPS receiver sensitivity. Fast satellite-acquisition time. Good battery life.

Cons

Optional Language ($74.99) and Travel ($75 per region) guides make the total package fairly pricey. No playlist support for MP3 player. Not currently available in the U.S. (as of October 2005)

You can read the full review here

Garmin Nuvi 350 Images

Garmin nuvi 350 right view
Garmin nuvi 350 side view
Garmin nuvi 350 in use
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iNav iGuidance 2.1.3 Review

By on December 6, 2005 in GPS Reviews, GPS Software

Pocketgpsworld has posted a review of the iNav iGuidance 2.1.3

Conclusion

iNav iGuidance is a very solid and easy to learn entry level program with the advantage of good map management and the ability to be used both on your mobile device and your laptop computer.

It doesn’t offer the advanced functions of the leading programs (like itinerary or POI warnings) but it does have some unique and useful features like speed limit warning and side-of-the-road announcement.

iNav iGuidance is a good value for money, currently selling for 109 USD at the Yahoo store.



You can read the rest of the review here

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Navman iCN 320

By on December 6, 2005 in Automotive GPS, GPS Reviews, Handheld GPS

Navman has introduced a in-car satellite navigation system the Navman iCN 320.

Navman iCN 320 in-car satellite navigation sytem preview

According to Nvman some of its key features include

    * Portable & user friendly
    * Door-to-door navigation
    * Voice-guided directions
    * Rechargeable battery
    * No PC connection required


Its lightweight design allows you to use it even outside the car as a handheld GPS device.
In addition to the above the price of the iCN 320 which is currently 410$ (at Newegg) make it look really tempting.
However a review from Pocket-lint is quite disapointing


VERDICT

With full functioning GPS units only a fraction more than this unit, Navman have cut too many features for us to really make this worth considering.

The small screen and lack of a decent sized map meant that at one point we actually had to consult a paper map to see what was going on (not good).

What makes it worse is that the replacement for the map is neither here nor there. If you are going to have arrows then Navman, in our mind, should have made them bigger and ditched the map all together, after all it is so damn small there seems little point in it anyway.

If you don’t like the idea of a distracting map in front of you, this might be the solution (after all Mrs Pocket-lint loved it for its simplicity) however for us, spending £279 we expected less corners to be cut.


You can read the full review here

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