Garmin nüvi 850 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Voice Command and FM Transmitter (Soft Black)
Friday, September 4th, 2009 at
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| Garmin nüvi 850 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Voice Command and FM Transmitter (Soft Black) |
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| Manufacturer: Garmin |
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| List Price: $699.99 |
| Sale Price: $247.95 |
| Availibility: Usually ships in 1-2 business days |
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- Sleek, ultra-slim design fits in a pocket; high-sensitivity GPS receiver for fast satellite lock
- Pre-loaded with City Navigtor NT maps for North America, including more than 6-million name-searchable points of interest
- Speech recognition: speak menu options and keep your eyes on the road
- Multi-destination routing: enter several destinations and get the best route to all of them; "Where am I?" and "Where's my car?" features
- Full feature set: text-to-speech for spoken directions with real street names, MP3 player, and photo viewer
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 Love it! |
| Review Date: May 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Nikalette, |
I'm new to the GPS world, having purchased a Navigon several months back (which was stolen). I decided to get a unit with speech recognition, because without it I found myself unable to utilize the GPS safely.
I love my Garmin Nuvi 850, although the model is discontinued (for the 880 I believe). I would never buy another GPS without speech recognition.
I've had no problems with it recognizing my voice commands, and it's easy just to follow the onscreen menus to select commands, but it is also very intuitive, and when I have just spoken a command, such as the name of my destination, or "gas", it responds quickly. I really like being able to choose the different voices (Australian, UK English) for a variety of accents. Before this, I had the Navigon, which I liked, but the onscreen display and graphics are much more pleasing to me than the Navigon.
I tend to forget to push the button to activate speech recognition, but it is easy to use when clipped on to the steering wheel. I was disappointed to find that the MSN service doesn't work in our area...you have to be in a very large metropolitan area for that, but otherwise, this is a great product. |
Durable, Reliable and pays for itself in the end.
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| Review Date: August 8, 2009 |
| Reviewer: C. R. Goulding, Chicago, IL |
Well my original monochrome Streetpilot was called back into action but I couldn't get new maps for it. That unit still works perfect after 10 years and is used frequently on canoe trips since it's waterproof to 3ft and can use batteries.
So I needed a GPS that could handle 100hrs of usage per week and have a replaceable battery with good routing and a music player that transmits to the car stereo would be nice.
After 4 months/1600hrs usage I have not been disappointed. Maps are great, it's found 895/900 addresses in the Chicago suburbs and never complained of sitting in the direct sun all day. I have a deep voice and the voice recognition works surprisingly well for me with the windows up in a noisy van. A nice feature would be able to increase the priority of highways, quite often it suggests me taking a more direct route that is slower, since traffic usually moves well over the posted speed. I am happy that the unit offers Flat Map Viewing with the option of Track Up or North Up, the 3D view just isn't for me. The FM transmitter sends my music nicely to the radio and has a volume mixer that will announce directions while playing the music and gives me a heads up about when approaching heavy traffic (MSN Direct receiver). Another nice feature is that you can use the button on the steering wheel to control all the functions of the gps including changing the volume or skipping to the next track or play list. My dashboard is fairly free of clutter since there is only one wire that plugs in the cradle. Another routing feature I use frequently is the ability to avoid Tolls. You Can detour by roads in the route or by distance, a few reviews posted said that it wasn't an option. Apparently Garmin listened and implemented it for free with it's painless updating.
You can change the vehicle that moves across the map (changed mine to a canoe lol) and the voices for free. Tom Tom wants money for it. The MSN Direct Receiver pays for itself by showing gas prices in the area. The games even the demos are good enough to keep the kids busy for a while. The calculator comes in handy at times but the best feature about this GPS is it's reliable. :-) |
Garmin -850- Great buy
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| Review Date: July 26, 2009 |
| Reviewer: P. J. Letteri, |
To all Out there the Garmin 850 was $800 when it 1st came out .I can now buy it for $230 ,it takes a little time to get used to the voice prompts
and navigation, do yourself a favour and buy a ac adaptor to practice at home, also the antenna it comes with stinks for $20 you can get a Glisson
antenna and place it on the dash it doubles your satallite strength .
None better out there even at 2x the price! |
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