Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Electronics
Brand: GarminGarmin
Color: Li-Io
Display Size: 3.5 inches
EAN: 0753759066499
Includes Mp3 Player: 1
Item Dimensions: 29138710087
Label: Garmin
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Garmin
Model: 010-00538-00
MPN: 010-00538-00
Native Resolution: 320x240
Publisher: Garmin
Release Date: October 04, 2008
Studio: Garmin
Variation Description: Li-Io
Warranty: Garmin nüvi products purchased through Troy Ford will receive a full 3-Year Warranty. This is a FULL 2-Years longer than the warranty a consumer would receive, if a similar product was purchased through a consumer retailer.
Features:
Bluetooth wireless technology, built-in microphone, and speaker for hands-free calls with compatible phones
MP3 player with pre-loaded sample songs and audio books, JPEG picture viewer, travel alarm, and currency converters
2D or 3D views; pre-loaded with most recent Navteq-driven maps for United States, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Canada
Turn-by-turn directions with actual street names; real-time traffic and weather info
Super-bright 2.8 x 2.1-inch sunlight-readable color screen
Rating: - Garmin Nuvi 360
I love it, easy to use, can fit in my pocket when walking around, makes getting yhere much less stressfull.
Rating: - My experience with the Garmin 360.
Garmin nüvi 360 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Bluetooth and Text-to-Speech
Ok, I'm ready to talk about it now!!! I'm being a little dramatic, only to try and grab your attention, but I was so excited when I first got this unit, I could hardly wait to write a review, but I decided to wait till I'd read the entire owners manual, and really used this little guy for a few weeks. I think I can talk fairly intellegently about it now that I have some "real world" experience under my belt.
Before I get into some detail and pros and cons about the unit, I realize that many of you, like me, are reading these reviews in order to try and make a decision on which one to buy. I really felt I did my homework on this one, and after reading many reviews about some Magellan products, Tom tom, and especially the Garmin 760 and other Garmin units, I finally decided to get this baby. The "decision maker" for me on this unit was partly the price, partly the scary things I read about the blue tooth issues, in relation to noise, radio reception, etc. but probably the most important aspect of all this review thing for me was all the GOOD REVIEWS, I seemed to read about the 360, and how well the bare bones features like GPS NAVIGATION, seemed to be touted in a positive sense. You know, I like bells and whistles too, but when it comes right down to it, for me the "main deal" for me about a GPS unit is: How well does it find my location, without a bunch of problems, and I'm happy to say, that I'm about 98% satisfied with this unit. (I'll tell you about the other 2% in a minute).
I'd say that I'm a pretty "techey", kind of guy, but I think I'm still keeping a perspective when I say that "right out of the box", I was able to just about set it to a destination, and go for it. After saying that, (for all you "instruction manual", haters, I'd still have to say, read them anyway. You'll be glad you did. I learned a lot of other info that helps me tremendously from the owners manual. Might I add, that another part of the "deal maker" for me was that they actually included a CD rom with the owners manual on it, a lether carring case, a "real" car charger, "real" AC charger, (for home), and a USB cable to charge it from my computer or download the latest version of maps from Garmin FOR FREE, within the first 30 days of ownership, and a suction cup. Try that with some of the other units!!!!!!!! Ok, that being said, I fired this sucker up, and low and belhold,,, it actually led me to my destination in style.
Ok, now let's get down to brass tacks. I'm not gonna say much more about the picture download feature, the MP3 stuff, or any of that stuff, because to me, I mainly bought this unit to find a location, but I did listen to a few of the "pre-loaded" music clips and like one of the other reviewers said: Make no mistake, this isn't a "stereo system", unless you run it into an amplifier and bigger speakers, where it might do a decent job, which, by the way, is one possible way to eleviate, that "small speaker syndrom" that every one of these units that I've ever used seems to have. Hey, folks, lets face it. Your not gonna have a boom box sound with a teeny, tiny speaker on a small GPS unit, HOWEVER, the real blessing here for all of you is there is a headphone output, that could possibly be sent to some kind of amplifier and bigger speakers to enhance the sound. I'll leave it at that on this issue.
In the real world, I cranked up the volume to the top end and if you roll up your windows, you can hear that "sexy", Australian lady, tell you directions, but even if it's a hot day, there's still the "printed word" on the unit, telling you to "turn left on Main St." or where ever, and by the way, this feature of telling you the street where to turn, as far as I'm concerned is a "must have feature". She's not gonna always tell you 3 blocks ahead of time, but if you pay attention, she or the text does a pretty good job of directing you when and where to turn.
As far as "typing in" the City, Street, number, etc. I had a little issue on part of this but I think I found a way around the problem. Here's the problem: When you type in the city or street name, sometimes the "computer" as it were, puts the names in front of you, that are possiblilities, but sometimes the possiblilities aren't your city or street, your looking for. The way I found "around this", and listen closely here: Before you type in the "full name" of the street or city and hit the "done" button, just type in part of the name, and hit done. By doing that, the unit gives you more choices to choose from and so far every time I've done this, I could find the street or city I was looking for. I think this is poor engineering on Garmin's part, but at least this is kind of a "work around on this problem".
I went to a parking lot down the steet and programed in a "point of interest" or something to that respect (sorry, I'm not precise on this, but read the manual, and you'll find how to do it). Once I did this, I was able to find the little "flag" they give you to find where I parked my car, probably within 20 feet. Not to bad, considering, they don't even "tout" this in the "ad" on this unit.
Kind of "wrapping this thing up", here, I'd like to see a little more "robust" POI list, but you might be able to download a bigger POI list from Garmin. One more negative for me was that they don't seem to include a "zip code" feature on this unit, (where you can find the city and area by zip code, but another work around on this is that you can find a map of the area you want, and literally with your finger slide the map to exactly where your looking to go and zoom in on that area too. On e last feature that I like is that it can save a pretty big list (maybe 500) of addresses and/or destinations that you've previously been to, and with the "spell feature", you can narrow that down to what your looking for.
All in all, I'd have to say that this "bad boy" really kicks butt, and does what it says it will do and then some. I'm very pleased with the clear consice visual readout, the audio information to back all that up, and the fact that 98% of the time it takes me right to the house I'm trying to deliver too. (Oh, by the way, I'm a delivery driver, by trade).
Rating: - Very useful and worth every penny of the purchase
I bought it for my road trip from California to Washington and it worked like a charm. Its boot time is relatively fast and the software is very intuitive and easy to use.
The only downside was that it doesn't have good reception in high building area; the processing became slow and a teeny bit inaccurate when I used it in Seattle downtown (hence minus 1 star, although it should be just 1/2 or maybe 1/8). However, in the end I managed to arrive at my destination without much difficulty.
The package came with all equipment needed to use in a car, so I don't need to buy more. For $199, I don't think it can get better than Garmin nüvi 360. It's not an overstatement to say that it exceeded my expectation.
Rating: - Garmin nuvi 360
This product is easy to use and is very user friendly. The display is large enough to see while driving and the voice commands are usually far enough in advance to not miss turns.
Garmin nüvi 360 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Bluetooth and Text-to-Speech Reviews
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