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| Garmin nüvi 350 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Suction Cup Mount, AC Charger, and Carrying Case | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $329.99
Buy Refurbished: $124.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2743 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 3.9 x 0.9 x 2.9
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MPN: 010-00455-00
Model: 010-00455-00
UPC: 846330000132
EAN: 0846330000132
ASIN: B000BKJZ9Q
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Much more than a navigator January 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is just awsome. It guides you well, and is very precise.
The built in MP3 player is wonderful.
I am having it played through the Bose Speakers in my car. When ever there is a status change on the directions the music is automatically paused temporarily, the message is relayed, then the music resumes :-)
Note: This does not have blue tooth, but you can still plug in to your car stereo system by taking the output of it and relay it to the "TAPE" setting on your car.
Small and useful GPS system January 11, 2007
Very convinient to use since it is very small and fits almost anywhere!
Have been using it for 3 months now and haven't had any problems finding the routes.
 Good little device with some drawbacks January 11, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
There are two types of trip on which a GPS is useful. One is finding an address you don't know in your own city: is this case it's best for the last mile, delivering you right to the address you need. The chances are that around your own home or office you'll have a favorite route which is different to what the Garmin chooses, so you just have to ignore it and let it recalculate, which it happily does. The second type of trip is a driving vacation. Here this machine is at its best and worst. What's good: it will take you from wherever you are to your destination address in the next town or city on your itinerary, however many miles away. It will do so with spoken words, including the names of streets you are about to turn into. It will also take you to major attractions without you necessarily knowing their address. En route, you have a choice of views. I find that in town, where there are lots of turns, you want the classic 3D view, where the car (or arrow, you can change the symbol) is in the foreground and the streets come towards you. Cleverly, if you're sitting on a wide view, the machine will cut to a close-up view automatically as a turn approaches. On the open road, however, the 3D view is pretty meaningless and you want to switch to the North up view and touch the minus (-) sign a few times. With the North up view it's like looking at a traditional map: if you're driving south-east, for example, the arrow or car symbol will be pointing to the bottom right. By zooming out, you give yourself perspective: you can see towns and attractions situated a few miles in any direction. What's bad: it takes an endless amount of touches to change the view from 3D to North up and back: definitely not safe unless you stop the car. Also, and this is serious, for smaller towns, either they don't bother gathering local information about one-way streets and other restrictions, or the information they have is out of date. Case in point, Natchez, Mississippi, a town where all major streets are one way, alternately going in one direction or the other. The Garmin tried, tried and tried again to send us down one way streets in the wrong direction. When we (fortunately) noticed and ignored it, it then recalculated to take us round the block and back on to the same one way street in the wrong direction. Eventually we gave up on it and found our own way out of town, thus negating the whole point of having a GPS. There are other, less serious niggles: for example, if you just want to visit the downtown of a city, there seems no way to tell it that other than making up a fictional address: we found that most towns have a 100 Jefferson St or Washington St. Anyway, once you get used to it, the device is fun and most of the time useful. It's very small size means you can not only easily travel with it, you can also remove it and take it in your pocket when you park your car. If you hate trailing wires, the Garmin has several hours of battery life and can be recharged with any mini-USB charger, probably the same as your cellphone uses. All in all I was glad to have it on vacation, but they really need to sort out the local information problem and build in the ability to create shortcuts to favorite views.
Very Useful GPS January 11, 2007
Since I bought this gadget, it has helped me tremendously in navigating through areas I am not so familar with. It has limited maps from Las Vegas (some areas are not yet listed) but LA is ok. One problem however is that sometimes, it takes you on a circuitous route when you could have taken a shorter way to get to where you are. Having the street names called out (although some street names used are already obsolete) instead of just using distances to make your turns is a very big plus. Overall however, it is a pretty neat gadget and I would recommend it for those who are first time buyers who are not so fussy and who live in big metropolitan areas.
I Love my Gypsy (GPS) January 11, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have named my Nuvi, Gypsy, as she guides me all over the U.S. It is a wonderful product, easy to use, accurate, and extremely helpful. I use velcro to "paste" it onto my dash boards as I travel about.
Five Stars!
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