Garmin Nuvi 755T Review
February 25, 2009 by Admin · Leave a Comment
The Garmin Nuvi 755T is a great looking, super functional GPS system manufactured by Garmin. Garmin has gone the extra mile by making the Nuvi 755T splendidly simplistic in terms of navigation, but amazingly intricate in terms of its feature offerings. With an astounding six million points of interest and pre-installed maps, this device truly is a cut above the rest. With Nuvi 755T, you can personalize it according to your own interests and get incomaparable experience of GPS system. Outstanding clarity of images is offered on the nicely sized display screen, and full color depictions make navigation fun and easy.
The Nuvi 755T is a smart purchase for all consumers, as it is ideal for guidance on or off the road. Downtown, Nuvi’s 755T model can enable drivers to find attractions and sites of interest, along with service stations, medical clinics, schools, and so on. While one is on the road,this great nifty gadget provides full navigating instructions to any location selected on the map. Not only is this a GPS device, but it also includes a built in calculator and conversion feature and the ability to play MP3 music with the Garmin Nuvi 755T.
If the user of the Garmin Nuvi 755T wants to manage phone calls while driving, the Garmin Nuvi 755T can certainly be of great assistance. The device is totally equipped with hands-free calling technology in order to ease all outbound and incoming call management. Because of the cell phone device’s built-in speakers and microphones, the user can simply speak to callers without having to hold the device.
Consumers absolutely ought to buy the Garmin Nuvi 755T to obtain a GPS system worth its weight in gold, since this device is not only compatible with SD cards but also provides smooth map drawing, very rapid satellite acquisition, and lane assistance as well.
Garmin Nuvi 885T Specifications
For convenience of route planning the consumer gets access to multiple route planning features. For convenience of use the consumer gets access to Where am I™, as well as Where’s My Car™ features. Vocal instructions, lane guidance, and junction views round off this nicely put together package as well. Yet, feature offerings do not end there. Below are some of the features integrated into the Garmin Nuvi 885T:
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| Physical & Performance: | |
| Unit dimensions, WxHxD: | 4.9″W x 3.1″H x .7″D (12.5 x 7.8 x 1.8 cm) |
| Display size, WxH: | 3.81″W x 2.25″H (9.7 x 5.7 cm); 4.3″ diag (10.9 cm) |
| Display resolution, WxH: | 480 x 272 pixels |
| Display type: | WQVGA color TFT with white backlight |
| Weight: | 6.2 ounces (176 g) |
| Battery: | removable, rechargeable lithium-ion |
| Battery life: | up to 4 hours |
| Waterproof: | no |
| High-sensitivity receiver: | yes |
| RoHS version available: | yes |
| Maps & Memory: | |
| Basemap: | yes |
| Preloaded maps: | yes |
| Ability to add maps: | yes |
| Built-in memory: | internal solid state |
| Accepts data cards: | microSD™ card (not included) |
| Waypoints/favorites/locations: | 500 |
| Routes: | 10 |
| Features: | |
| Voice prompts (e.g. “Turn right in 500 ft.”): | yes (internal dual speakers) |
| Speaks street names (e.g. “Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft.”): | yes |
| Voice-activated navigation (operate device with spoken commands): | yes |
| Lane assist (guides you to the proper lane for navigation): | yes |
| 3-D building view (displays buildings in 3-D): | no |
| Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): | yes |
| Auto re-route (fast off-route and detour recalculation): | yes |
| Choice of route setup (faster time, shorter distance, off road): | yes |
| Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.): | yes |
| Bluetooth® wireless technology (connect to your phone for hands-free calling): | yes |
| MSN® Direct compatible: | yes (receiver included) |
| FM traffic compatible: | yes |
| XM® Navtraffic & Radio for U.S. compatible: | no |
| Speed limit indicator (displays speed limit for most major roads): | yes |
| Where Am I? (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection): | yes |
| Garmin Locate™ (marks position when removed from windshield mount): | yes |
| Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout): | yes |
| Multimode (switches modes to drive, hike, bike or boat): | no |
| Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): | yes |
| Garmin Garage™ vehicles compatible (download car-shaped icons to your device): | yes |
| Garmin Garage™ voices compatible (download custom voices to your device): | yes |
| Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos): | yes |
| World travel clock, currency & unit converter, calculator: | yes |
| Picture viewer: | yes |
| MP3 player: | yes |
| Audio book player: | yes |
| FM transmitter: | yes |
| Headphone jack/audio line-out: | yes |
| Remote control: | yes |
| Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature): | yes |
| Touchscreen: | yes |
| Dead reckoning: | no |
| Motorcycle-friendly: | no |
| Geocaching-friendly: | no |
| Additional: | This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows® 2000 or later and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later. |
Garmin Nuvi 885T Review
February 17, 2009 by Admin · Leave a Comment
The Garmin Nuvi 885T is a super slender GPS device that can be carried in a purse, handbag, backpack, or pocket. This GPS device has super fast satellite acquisition properties and is preloaded with fully detailed maps as well as over six million restaurants, hotels, and tourist attractions. Consumers looking for a full hands free experience can get just that from the Garmin Nuvi 885T, as it offers wireless calling hands free management via the integrated Bluetooth® technologies housed within the device, and the consumer can control the entire device via speech recognition features too.
The Garmin Nuvi has product dimension 6.4 inches x 6.4 inches x 3.3 inches and weighs 1.3 pounds. The device comes loaded with maps of Puerto Rico, the United States, and Canada and the consumers gets an MSN Direct Receiver with an integrated vehicle power cable. Where applicable, consumers also get three months worth of MSN Direct service for no cost. The device is also sold with a suction cup mount for the windshield, a USB cable, and a speech recognition remote which gets fastened to the steering wheel, a dashboard dish as well as a user guide.
This GPS system is ideal for anyone who is traveling by car, by bike, by boat or by foot. The Garmin Nuvi 885T gives the user plenty of conveniences in addition to extra confidence while traveling; owning the device is like having a knowledgeable travel guide wherever one goes. Imagery presented on the large, widescreen display is crystal clear, vivid, sharp, and extremely realistic. Viewing options are flexible and the device is designed to be completely user friendly.
The Garmin Nuvi 885T costs a bit more than other models in the 805 series, but that’s because unlike the Nuvi 855, the 885T comes fully loaded with an additional map of Europe and Bluetooth hands free calling options. The user of the 885T otherwise gets the full beneficial offerings outfitted in the Nuvi 855 including traffic updates, and content supplied through MSN® Direct. Users of the Garmin Nuvi 885T can come to appreciate instant access to stock exchange information, weather, traffic, fuel prices, movie information, and information about events occurring within the local area.
Route planning features supplied by the Nuvi 885T are capable of storing as many as ten different selected routes. The user of the device can see turns in a simulated view before taking a specified route, and if multiple destinations are entered the user of the GPS gets the benefit of automated sorting. This device will always keep the driver in check in terms of speed too as all speed limits on both Interstates and highways are presented on the widescreen display as well. Further, the consumer using a Nuvi 885T can utilize the trip log feature which displays where the user has been on a detailed map.
Many consumers particularly appreciate the navigate by geotagged photo options offered up by the Nuvi 885T. This device permits the user to select from millions of images supplied by Google’s Panoramio Photo Community® which can be instantly downloaded right into the 885T so that the user can then navigate to a destination by selected photo. Photos are then presented on Google maps and they are searchable via site name and/or boundary areas of mapping. Photos supplied by Google Earth are also easily viewable. This particular feature readily supports a variety of different Internet browsers including Internet Explorer (provided it is version 6 or beyond), Firefox 2 or beyond, Safari 3 and Safari 3 or beyond on Mac and Windows operating systems.
The 885T recognizes a number of different vocal commands; once the remote control is used and the speech recognition is activated, this device will respond to specific vocal commands. Samples of vocal commands are as follows:
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There are even vocal commands available for accessing MSN Direct ® material, for finding gas stations, restaurants, hospitals, police stations and any other destination of interest. Finally, users can completely customize the user experience when using the Nuvi 885T: this device offers automobile mode, bicycle mode and pedestrian mode selections.
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