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GPS Navigator System
Garmin Nuvi 350
Pocket GPS Navigator System
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Product Description
What if one device could help you navigate
anywhere in the U.S. and Canada, while offering travel tips,
storing your favorite tunes and photos, providing translation
assistance, and more? That device is here, and it's not much
bigger than a deck of cards. The Garmin nüvi 350 is set to
revolutionize what we expect from a GPS navigation device, or
from any device for that matter.
Design
With a total
weight of 5.1 ounces and slim measurements of 3.87 x 2.91 x
0.87 inches (WxHxD), the nüvi 350 is just right for the pocket
or purse. A bright, 64,000-color display dominates the front of
the device and a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels means that
there's plenty of room for displaying map data and other
elements of the device's interface. An SD memory card slot is
provided for expansion software, such as a points of interest
database, media files and electronic guides (see below). The
flip-up antenna includes an MCX-type connector for connecting
the unit to an external GPS antenna. Meanwhile, a powerful
built-in speaker resides on the back of device. A built-in
lithium ion battery will give you for to eight hours of battery
life, depending on use. In addition to an AC charger, the unit
also ships with a 12-volt power adapter for vehicle charging,
as well as a windshield suction cup mount.
Fortunately, Garmin has made it easy to interface with the nüvi
350's 700 megabytes of onboard memory, thanks to
"plug-and-play" USB mass storage support. Just plug the device
into your computer's USB port and you've got instantaneous
access to all the audio books, music, photos, supplemental maps
and other data on the nüvi 350's internal and SD card
memory.
Navigation
The nüvi 350 is first and foremost a personal GPS device.
Wherever you go -- in your car or on foot-- the device offers
extremely accurate position data, thanks to a high-sensitivity
integrated GPS receiver by SiRF and WAAS-enabled, 12-satellite
reception. Combined with detailed maps of the U.S., Canada and
Puerto Rico the nüvi 350 provides automatic routing,
turn-by-turn voice directions, and touchscreen control-- making
it easy to find your way anywhere. Plus, the unique
"text-to-speech" feature calls out turns by street name, and
you can choose from either 2D or 3D mapping perspectives when
you're viewing your route on the display. Additionally, the
nüvi 350 is compatible with Garmin's GTM 10 FM TMC traffic
receiver*, which allows users to avoid traffic tie-ups by
simply pushing a button that will calculate a new route.
As mentioned, the nüvi 350 comes packed with
mapping data for North America, but you can can also load up
your custom points of interest. Set up proximity alerts for
school zones, safety cameras, and more using Garmin's free POI
(points of interest) loader program (available from
garmin.com).
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what customers are saying:
"Possibly the Best Electronic Device
Ever!"
By, Michael D. Jones "Michael Jones" (Washington
DC)
"For years, I've used and relied on a Garmin
StreetPilot III and thought it was great. But technology has
obviously improved over the past few years, and I couldn't be
more impressed with my Nuvi 350. Imagine a device about the
size of a PDA, only much lighter, which contains detailed road
data for the entire country. It's so light, in fact, that I
don't believe that the suction cup mount will ever give out. I
love the way it clearly speaks the directions, including the
names of the streets. But the REALLY cool thing about the Nuvi
is that there's no learning curve! Due to the super-easy touch
screen, you can take the device right out of the box and easily
use it right away without reading any material at all. In fact,
you could tell your 90-year old grandmother to please go to
your car and program a destination into the device, and she
could do it with amazing ease. This may be one of the more
expensive portable GPS devices out there, but it's worth every
penny. If you're shopping around, stop now. This is the best
GPS in the world!"
"Pretty cool... but a little spooky!"
By, Dr. Edward Dow (Pewaukee, WI USA)
"Okay, I like techy things, but the Garmin Nuvi
350 is really neat. I am currently on a trip across the US. I
have now traveled over 1700 miles and the thing has yet to give
me bad directions. I have traveled in town, freeways, rural
roads with no signs, and into the mountains. I have lost signal
twice, both times happened when I went into mountain tunnels,
more on this in a minute.
Setup:
Out of the box it took about 2 minutes before I was up and
running. The window attachement is quite good and I don't think
it's coming off my window without help. The interanl battery is
good for about 5 hours...the DC adapter has a long cord so you
can use it in a secondary DC plug-in.
*Small in size it doesn't
obstruct the view.*
*The screen is quite
bright.*
*The speaker and volume are quite
good.*
Use:
Type in address and go. Pretty simple. It held the tracking
signal even in mountain canyons, as I was driving I started
thinking about how hard that had to be. Anyway, the maps were
great as they let me see the turns up ahead before I got there.
The voice prompts were absolutely on target. At one point, Nuvi
told me to take a named road, but there were no signs. So I
ignored the voice prompt. Nuvi recalculated the route in about
5 seconds and got me back on track. Oh, by-the-way, I should
have listened as Nuvi was correct.
Nuvi can also provide a list hotels, food
places, and gas stations in your vicinity with phone numbers.
This was quite handy. The only thing that I would recommend to
Garmin is that when you cross time zones that it should update
the time of arrival in the time of the new zone. This has a
been a very good purchase. Oh, and my wife likes it too."
"Amazing, much better than Hertz
Neverlost (Magellan)"
By, World Traveller (CT USA)
"I did tons of research and read all user reviews before
settling on the Garmin Nuvi. It was sent to me on vacation and
I used it immediately in New Mexico. Wow. It is a much better
product than the Magellan-based systems I use in rental cars.
1) it instantly locates itself when turned on,
due to a brand new chip. 2) it knew all
the little dirt roads and even private roads in state forest
property. I was absolutely amazed. Very up to date. It never
steered me wrong. 3) it's simple to figure out
all features without the manual. 4) You can
easily set a current location as "home," such as a hotel or
even a parking spot, and then go off and explore in the car or
on foot, and use the navigation to steer you back.
5) a fun thing is how it tracks statistics,
such as your average speed, top speed, total stopped time, etc.
I enjoyed playing with this when taking it for a hike or when
we hit a traffic jam. 6) it is easy to put in
a pocket or hide in glove compartment if you want to take it
with you or keep it out of sight. 7) the
spoken turn-by-turn directions work great, and you can choose
the Australian accent for fun. You should hear the female voice
try to pronounce "Ojo Caliente" phonetically in Australian.
You will not be disappointed with it. It's one
of those technology products that makes your life better, and
you just fall in love with it, to your own embarrassment. We've
named it Shiela. I haven't had any problems with it at all ,and
we've used it heavily for over a month."
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