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| Garmin nüvi 360 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Bluetooth and Text-to-Speech | 
 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $279.99
Buy Used: $170.00
You Save: $109.99 (39%)
New (25) Used (10) Refurbished (10)
Avg. Customer Rating:  1018 reviews
Sales Rank: 18
Color: Li-Io
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320x240
Display Size: 3.5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 3.9 x 0.9 x 2.9
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Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: Garmin nüvi products purchased through Troy Ford will receive a full 3-Year Warranty. This is a FULL 2-Years longer than the warranty a consumer would receive, if a similar product was purchased through a consumer retailer.
MPN: 010-00538-00
Model: 010-00538-00
UPC: 053759058846
EAN: 0753759058845
ASIN: B000EXS1BS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Everything I Hoped It Would Be July 4, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought the nuvi 360 for my wife. She is both technology averse and directionally challenged. Originally, she didn't like the idea of a gps, but after I promised to teach her (without raising my voice) how to use it, she reluctantly agreed to the purchase.
When the nuvi arrived, I played with it for about 10 minutes, and decided to just install it in my wifes Beetle. I showed my wife how to turn it on, and pointed out the pretty umbrella, I'd set up for the startup screen - that's it, end of training.
I told her to just play with it some and then I'd answer any questions she had. She was navigating, saving locations to her favorites, and exploring the stored locations - all on her own - in no time.
After giving her about a week to get used to navigating, I sync'd her Razr to the nuvi via bluetooth.
Again, making, and receiving phone calls was dead easy, no training required. Now she is 100% sold on her nuvi. She uses it all the time.
Having a product that helps you navigate around this old world -while talking hands-free on the phone - is great. Having a product that allows you to do that intuitively is truly a marvel!
The only reason the nuvi didn't get a full 5 stars from me is the mounting mechanism hasn't worked out so well. My wife has a Beetle, so mounting the nuvi on the windshield makes it too far away. The suction cup won't adhere to the Beetle's rounded and textured dash. The adhesive disk, worked well for awhile, but the adhesive gave out after only a couple of weeks - probably due to the summer sun (although her Beetle lives in our garage most of the time). I'm thinking about checking out aftermarket mounting devices, but would have prefered to have the mounting solution come with the nuvi, given the pricetag.
 In-Freaking-Credible July 4, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's amazing what this product does. It's even better than I thought. I just moved to a new town and didn't know the area at all. This got me around the city with ease. Also the many 7 hour trips I took while moving went by quick using the Audible player. It's amazing.
Wonderful item July 4, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very Very good at what it does. Bluetooth works well. Very easy to learn. I recommend it to everyone
Great GPS Navigator July 3, 2007
Garmin Nuvi 360 Pocket Vehicle GPS Navigator and Personal Travel Assistant
Great GPS! My wife has a built in GPS in her car but I wanted one for use in rental cars and my own car. It is compact and easy to pack. The interface is very intuitive. The blue tooth linked easily with my cell phone. Its guidance system works great. I really like mine.
Nuvi 350 vs 360 vs Tom Tom One - software version (v8 vs v9 maps) June 28, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I purchased the Nuvi versus the Tom Tom One because of the speech-to-text recognition that announces "turn left on Fillmore Avenue in once-quarter mile" versus "turn left in one-quarter mile." Its a subtle difference, but in a crowded city or suburb with rapid-fire streets the signage announcement keeps you from looking at the screen to see if you're turning on the correct street (Nuvi 350 is $78 more than the TT1 at this writing). I upgraded to the Nuvi 360 for bluetooth which is cool, but probably not worth the extra $50 for me). The interface is simple, the windshield mount extremely well designed, and the overall package exceptional.
However I am returning the unit simply because it came with v8 of maps, and v9 will be out very shortly (weeks) - with a $75 price tag to upgrade bringing the overall cost to over $500. Garmin tech support is non-committal whether they will upgrade recent v8 purchases. Apparently, some Nuvi 360 units are shipping with v9, so its available somewhere.
Overall, total thumbs-up on this product, I just want to hold-off a wee bit.
UPDATE - I've had this for 2-weeks and used it on a 1500 mile road trip. And I just returned it due to aging map software that will be renewed soon (Garmin: "could be weeks, could be months"). Garmin doesn't commit on whether they will offer a free upgrade to recent Nuvi buyers (they do for recently released version of European maps).
The TTS feature is great, and Karen is hot (the Australian female voice). A few weird routes (a very circuitous route Oakland California was a little scary), but overall, very effective.
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