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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
3.5 stars
"Great GPS in a Small Package"
Pros: Small size, Bluetooth, MSN Direct Enhanced, Bright Screen
Cons: No Custom Avoidances, No categories under Favorites, No Attention tone while on the phone and a turn is coming up, Bluetooth issues with some Blackberries, no remote
Summary: I have been a Garmin supporter for along time. I am coming from a feature packed 2820 and I have had to sacrifice a lot of features going to the Nuvi.I am going to start off with the negative first:
I had a lot of issues with the Bluetooth version 3.0 with my Blackberry with disconnects. I called Garmin and they had me downgrade the Bluetooth software and now it works great.
I also live in Houston and I used custom avoidances on my 2820. What was nice about that feature is a could tell the unit to NEVER take me a certain way. This was useful because certain roads look great on a map but are a pain to drive.
I am also getting used to not having a remote. If I was on a call I used to be able to just push volume up on my remote. Now I have to reach over and go into the menu.
I use my GPS for work and personal. Having categories in your favorite folder was useful for me. I had a work folder and a personal folder. So when I want to go somewhere with the wife I don't have to sort through 100's of doctors.
My last gripe has to do with the handsfree operation. While on a call and you are following a route there is no longer a ding to let you know that a turn is coming up. I have already missed a ton of turns because I am in sles and live on the phone between going to Doctors' offices. Also the speaker is weak and tinny when you bump up the volume. If you are on a highway you have to be at 80% or above for it to be a comfortable conversation. I will be hardwireing my audio out to my car radio as a result of the poor performance.
Now for the good, traffic alerts work well and so does the MSN info. The screen is bright and very readable. The vehicle icons are cool and you can download more. You can run a mic to the cradle base for better sound while on a call. The size od the unit is great.
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What type of sales do you do (surgical or pharmaceutical)? Can you please contact me at soapball0@yahoo.com I am highly interested in breaking into this field, particularly in Orlando,FL. Anyways, I have heard complaints about the 760/780 taking longer than a minute to load up and just about the same amount of time on subsequent starts, is this true? I want to my purchase my first GPS and have been researching plenty on the 660 because its within my budget and based on CNET's editor rating. But recently I notice the 760/780 and it seems to have all the same features as the 660 and more! what to do what to do.
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I just bought a Nuvi 780 and have found no way to get an attention tone before a turn. Am I missing something? Dentalrep implies that a tone is there unless bluetooth is connected. Help. How can I get a tone. I miss it. Had a 660 before.
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