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From: Jeff Strickland on 3 Nov 2009 20:48 "dbu`" <nospam(a)nobama.com.invalid> wrote in message news:XvSdnWrua9bfOW3XnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > In article > <6d5d4e23-5559-436a-9724-37b21e1c17c3(a)15g2000yqy.googlegroups.com>, > "Mr.mobile" <moty666(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Help choosing a GPS >> >> Hello everyone >> >> >> I found a GPS that I want to buy. Garmin n�vi 260W 4.3-Inch Widescreen >> Portable GPS Navigator >> Does anyone know and can recommend. >> >> http://astore.amazon.com/gpsstore0a6-20/detail/B0011ULQNI >> >> >> Thanks > > I have a NUVI 660 and I've tried it out a couple times. I find it too > distracting to use in the city. I also don't like the idea that if I > want to update data it will cost me $$. Frankly, I can get along just > fine with plain old maps. If you travel a lot I'd highly recommend AAA > and their trip service. When we made several trips back East we used it > every time and were most pleased with the trip maps they provided as > part of being a member. As for the GPS in the car, be sure that's what > you want and need. It can be very distracting especially while in city > traffic. Use caution. Save your money. Having said all of that, if > you are a boat owner and traverse on the great lakes or oceans, I > wouldn't be with out one plus a backup. > -- > My limited experience is the polar opposite of what you said. I've only had my GPS for a couple of months, so my experience is very limited. But I can give it an address while parked, and it will take me to within a few feet of the address I told it I wanted to go to. I once gave it an address that was on the other side of the median strip. As I completed my left turn at the intersection, I was confused by an immediate instruction to make a U-Turn as soon as possible. The confusion was that I was told to make a left in a half mile, then make it now, then as I was making the left, the damn thing was screaming at me to make a U-turn -- I was stuck on, why make a U when you just told me to make a left? I went a block or so and parked, got out and looked around and saw my desitnation across the median. As confused as I was, the GPS was right. It tells me the lane assignments on the exit ramps and at freeway interchanges. It displays all sorts of stuff like Starbucks, McDonalds and Home Depot. I have a model with AAA destinations in it, so I can ask for information about the auto club discounts and so on. Granted, it's not an exact science, but neither is the Thomas Guide. I have a Magellan 1340 that I got at Costco -- they beat Fry's price by a country mile -- but when I push the buttons on the key pad, it calls out the character but doesn't always display it. I have to type the character more than once. I think it's a firmware issue, but I plan on returning it and getting the Garmin 265w, which has traffic monitoring built in that is supposed to guide you around construction zones and hopefully accidents. The Garmin is a wide screen too, the Magellin is not.
From: Cathy on 4 Nov 2009 21:44 "Mr.mobile" <moty666(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:6d5d4e23-5559-436a-9724-37b21e1c17c3(a)15g2000yqy.googlegroups.com... Help choosing a GPS Hello everyone I found a GPS that I want to buy. Garmin n�vi 260W 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator Does anyone know and can recommend. http://astore.amazon.com/gpsstore0a6-20/detail/B0011ULQNI Thanks ===== That's a good one, AFAIK. I wound up getting a similar nuvi which also voices the names of the streets/roads vs. just ""turn in x number of feet" deal. Cathy
From: Capt Nemo on 7 Nov 2009 16:34 We have 2 of the garmin265wt and love them. Excellent gps! "Cathy" <clfr(a)roadrunner.com> wrote in message news:KoudneLIsNifoW_XnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > "Mr.mobile" <moty666(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:6d5d4e23-5559-436a-9724-37b21e1c17c3(a)15g2000yqy.googlegroups.com... > Help choosing a GPS > > Hello everyone > > > I found a GPS that I want to buy. Garmin n�vi 260W 4.3-Inch Widescreen > Portable GPS Navigator > Does anyone know and can recommend. > > http://astore.amazon.com/gpsstore0a6-20/detail/B0011ULQNI > > > Thanks > ===== > > That's a good one, AFAIK. I wound up getting a similar nuvi which also > voices the names of the streets/roads vs. just ""turn in x number of feet" > deal. > > Cathy > > >
From: Jeff Strickland on 7 Nov 2009 16:46 Those are the units at Costco, right? I bought my Magellan 1340 at Costco, but I'm gonna do the cost-up and exchange it for the Garmin 265wt. My Magellan speaks out the key presses as I make them, but does not display the key press. If I don't read the display, I can misspell a destination because the voice says I hit a key, but the character is not displayed before I input the next character. I suspect a firmware problem, but I can fix the whole issue with the 265wt, and get traffic monitoring built in -- I can buy an accessory for my Magellan, but returning it and getting the widescreen only costs about $10 more than buying the accessory. Is the traffic monitor useful? What metro area do you live in? "Capt Nemo" <captnemo_rn(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hd4p63$1a6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > We have 2 of the garmin265wt and love them. Excellent gps! > > > "Cathy" <clfr(a)roadrunner.com> wrote in message > news:KoudneLIsNifoW_XnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> >> "Mr.mobile" <moty666(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:6d5d4e23-5559-436a-9724-37b21e1c17c3(a)15g2000yqy.googlegroups.com... >> Help choosing a GPS >> >> Hello everyone >> >> >> I found a GPS that I want to buy. Garmin n�vi 260W 4.3-Inch Widescreen >> Portable GPS Navigator >> Does anyone know and can recommend. >> >> http://astore.amazon.com/gpsstore0a6-20/detail/B0011ULQNI >> >> >> Thanks >> ===== >> >> That's a good one, AFAIK. I wound up getting a similar nuvi which also >> voices the names of the streets/roads vs. just ""turn in x number of >> feet" deal. >> >> Cathy >> >> >> > >
From: Capt Nemo on 8 Nov 2009 14:25 Live in the Chicago metro area. Traffic monitor seems to work fine. I would not pay a monthly fee for it, it is free with the 265wt. You can find the garmin 265wt for $199 "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hd4pr2$6r6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Those are the units at Costco, right? > > I bought my Magellan 1340 at Costco, but I'm gonna do the cost-up and > exchange it for the Garmin 265wt. My Magellan speaks out the key presses > as I make them, but does not display the key press. If I don't read the > display, I can misspell a destination because the voice says I hit a key, > but the character is not displayed before I input the next character. I > suspect a firmware problem, but I can fix the whole issue with the 265wt, > and get traffic monitoring built in -- I can buy an accessory for my > Magellan, but returning it and getting the widescreen only costs about $10 > more than buying the accessory. > > Is the traffic monitor useful? What metro area do you live in? > > > > > > > "Capt Nemo" <captnemo_rn(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:hd4p63$1a6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> We have 2 of the garmin265wt and love them. Excellent gps! >> >> >> "Cathy" <clfr(a)roadrunner.com> wrote in message >> news:KoudneLIsNifoW_XnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >>> >>> "Mr.mobile" <moty666(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:6d5d4e23-5559-436a-9724-37b21e1c17c3(a)15g2000yqy.googlegroups.com... >>> Help choosing a GPS >>> >>> Hello everyone >>> >>> >>> I found a GPS that I want to buy. Garmin n�vi 260W 4.3-Inch Widescreen >>> Portable GPS Navigator >>> Does anyone know and can recommend. >>> >>> http://astore.amazon.com/gpsstore0a6-20/detail/B0011ULQNI >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> ===== >>> >>> That's a good one, AFAIK. I wound up getting a similar nuvi which also >>> voices the names of the streets/roads vs. just ""turn in x number of >>> feet" deal. >>> >>> Cathy >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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