Garmin nuvi 200 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Garmin nuvi 200 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)
Garmin nuvi 200 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)
I paid probably $180 for this unit, and I am still satisfied with my choice. Weaknesses: Booting it up is slow, entering in an address is painful (it doesn't gray out the unusable keyboard letters based on what letters you've already typed, which the good ones do), occasionally it takes you to an incorrect location (I entered in an address on "Boston" Post Rd in Darien, and it tried to take me the other direction, to Post Rd in Fairfield), and it often doesn't explain tricky turns that it should (and instead doesn't break them out at all, pretending that it's obvious how you should follow twisty roads into complicated intersections). Sometimes its POI database doesn't have some places that I'd hope. The 4 things that I wish it did (which it doesn't do at all, but which I've never seen any GPS unit do well): allow me to customize my route completely (like Google Maps), connect to my cell phone to allow me to make/receive calls, play MP3s via my car speakers, and inform me about traffic slowdowns. [Some other units advertise features like these 4, but if you read the reviews or test them yourself, I doubt they'll impress.] Strengths: it does have a lot of POIs, which I've found useful, and I think the color screen is good, and the voice prompts are helpful. I really hated using maps or printing out Google Maps directions (and would often get lost even when using them), so I'm happy to have a cheap GPS unit that pretty reliably gets me to where I need to be.
Garmin nuvi 200 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)
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