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| Garmin nüvi 680 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $964.27
Buy Refurbished: $188.95
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New (73) Used (4) Refurbished (10)
Avg. Customer Rating:  160 reviews
Sales Rank: 851
Platform: Not Machine Specific
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 2.9 x 4.9
nv:Type: Receiver
Acquisition Time Cold: 38 Seconds
Acquisition Time Warm: 1 Second
Update Rate: 1/second, continuous
GPS Accuracy Position: 10 meters
GPS Accuracy Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec RMS
Inputs: USB
Inputs: Bluetooth
Display: TFT
Touch Screen: Yes
Voice: Yes
Expansion Slots: SD Card
Battery Type: Nonreplaceable Lithium-Ion Battery
Battery Life: 3 hours
Antenna: SIRF-GPS antenna
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: The Official Ford Licemsed Garmin nüvi 680 product features a full 3-Year Warranty from Garmin. The Ford Licensed Garmin nuiv 680 comes with a 3 year warranty certificate from Garmin in the box. This is a FULL 2-Years longer than the Garmin warranty offered by other retailers.
MPN: 010-00540-25
Model: 010-00540-25
UPC: 053759067992
EAN: 0753759067991
ASIN: B000MF4N42
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Garmin nuvi 680 Travel Assistant November 16, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Garmin nuvi 680 Travek assistant, We just had it installed in the car, with blue tooth for as many phones, works great, traffic works great, gas prices, everything you want to know at your fingertips, really love it.
 Maps not as good as IQUE3600 November 16, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Since Garmin is known for its mapping, I thought the nuvi680 would have the same if not better mapping features as my IQUE3600. Wrong! The surrounding street names on the map are not populated until you get off the route you're on and start driving on a different road. That's not the case if you've selected a route to a destination, then that route has the various street names you'll be traveling on. I would think that Garmin would have built on the previous technology and added that to the nuvi series. I tried taking the SD card from my IQUE and placing it in the nuvi, but the nuvi could not open the maps installed on the card. This is something I think Garmin could correct very easily. Other than this mapping problem, as a PDA the nuvi680 has some interesting features. I do like the Bluetooth capability and locating restaurants near your location as well. Although, some updating needs to done in that area too. Some restaurants in my area that have been out of business for the past 6 years are still named in the nuvi directory.
So, I have mixed thoughts on the nuvi. The color of the screen is much improved and much easier to see in the daylight, the directions using street names is a plus and capturing satellites is much quicker. It's just the mapping that I don't like.
Travel with the nuvi 680 November 14, 2007
Garmin nüvi 680 Travel Assistant
Used it several times. Once from Buffalo NY to Pontiac MI.
It functioned as expected except for one little glitch - on the way from MI to home, it decided to get off the main track. after stopping at a familiar place near home, I reinserted home & it got back on track. Other than that it functioned to expectations.
Senior Citizens and We love it... November 13, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's so easy to use that even my blonde wife can use it (her statement). My wife isn't really that blonde, but she finds the 680 much easier to use than the GPS V, and far easier to see. The ability to find POI along your current route really comes in handy. I also like the way it restarts after a stop. We are also finding the mp3 player handy to listen to prerecorded radio shows, and it automatically pauses while the GPS provides verbal directions. If you Pause the mp3 player before stopping the GPS it will be waiting to start again where it left off. All of the functions have been intuitively obvious, with the exception of miles to destination. My GPS V always displayed Miles to Destination on the main screen. I had to ask Garmin Support how to find it on the 680 - Hint: Green bar at top, List of turns, go to Bottom turn, Double Click and the Miles to that point are displayed.
The MSN Direct seems to work very well also. Wish it covered the entire USA and ALL construction. The GPS automatically routed us around a construction area in our home town, but at the same time kept directing us to use a major neighborhood street that had been closed for two months for widening. While traveling through Indianapolis it told us about delays along our route. Going South, a 5 minute delay 30 miles ahead. It cleared before we got to it. Going North a 1 minute delay that also clear before we got to it. The GPS also has displayed "Severe Weather" warnings on two different occasions. A lightning bolt in a circle appeared on the main screen, when touched a display describing the event came up. I didn't know if that is another part of the MSN Direct, but I like it.
Closing comment from his wife. We were traveling along the highway when I spotted a billboard advertising a candle company outlet. I didn't have time to make note of the location, so pulled up shopping, specialty stores and there it was less than two miles for our current location. Ladies, this feature alone increased the value of his new toy. Plus the fact he no longer threatens to send me away for an 18-month map reading program! :-)
Good GPS Unit, needs some polishing November 12, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Like many other people reviewing this unit, I thought that this is the best GPS unit out there. Now don't get me wrong, this is a very good GPS unit and works well, but there are a few features that could use a bit of polishing.
As a car unit, this GPS works well. The screen is wide and has a decent resolution and contrast levels. This makes it easy to read at most times while driving. The touch screen also works well; it is not calibrated so sensitively so that the slightest brush would invoke a menu, nor is it calibrated so that you need to poke a hole through the screen to get it to work. The menu options are laid out quite well, once you get the hang where certain options are located. Most of the time when entering in information about where to go to, the nuvi will only need a few letters to figure out where you're going. However there is one caveat during this process. The nuvi has the ability to search its database according to the whole name or parts of the keywords. This process while nice, doesn't always work when you're beyond a certain range. For example, in New York City while mapping a route to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and History, the nuvi could not locate the museum. I entered in Metropolitan Museum thinking that it would find it, the nuvi did not. When I reduced the keywords to museum, it still did not find it. Only when I entered the entire name did it find the museum. Later on when I was within 15 miles of the museum, I did a search for the museum again, this time it found it quickly. Strange if you ask me.
Although the nuvi seems like a portable unit that can be used in the car or in your pocket, it's more at home in the car. The unit, far from being big, isn't all that small either. It also isn't heavy, lighter than my cell phone. However it definitely will not fit in your shirt or pant pocket and activating the GPS receiver requires you to flip up the antenna. While not a bother to flip up the receiver, it adds extra dimensions to the unit. In addition, sometimes it takes a while for the receiver to lock on to the satellites. In Atlanta, the GPS unit works fine, picking up the satellites within a minute or less. In places like New York City, more often than not I could not acquire a satellite lock. The average time it took to lock on to a satellite was 5 minutes or longer. While 5 minutes might not be much sitting in a Starbucks, it is an eternity when you're lost. Sometimes on the highway, especially on the New Jersey Turnpike, the unit said to turn left or right, even though the road is straight with no exits. This probably has more to do with the maps loaded in the unit rather than the unit itself.
So it seems like I'm ripping the nuvi for its shortcomings, but there are good points to it too. When you miss a turn or go the wrong way, the unit will quickly recalculate your next route. The mp3 player functionality is an added extra, however this drains the already short battery life. The photo album is more of a gimmick, but if you're traveling around and want to show people pictures, this definitely helps to reduce extra electronics that you would need to carry on. As an all in one travel assistant, the nuvi probably succeeds in being a good GPS unit. Being the best of the GPS units leaves much to be desired. The 2-D maps can be interacted with, allowing you to drag the map to a certain location. So there are a few good points about this unit. It is a very good unit, but if you're looking for a personal GPS unit that you would carry in your pocket and expect a fast response time to lock on to the satellites, look somewhere else.
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