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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: $175.57
You Save: $104.42 (37%)
New (31) Used (6) Refurbished (8)
Avg. Customer Rating:  1043 reviews
Sales Rank: 18
Color: Li-Io
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320x240
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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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
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| Customer Reviews:
 Works great out of the box! June 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This came recommended by a freind - and it measured up to my expectations. The Bluetooth is really cool. Love the ease of use of the touch screen. The windshield mount isn't perfected yet.
Why You Would Want To Buy *This* GPS June 6, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love my Nuvi - it is so groovy.
I owned a top of the line Garmin handheld GPS. It was great, but the screen was small and the user interface was cumbersome.
Nuvi's are personal travel assistants. They are aimed at pedestrian or auto travelers. The 360 has the same great radio as the highend handhelds and the same great maps. But it has a touchscreen and is easy to read. It does MP3s and pictures swell. It has lots of other fun features.
Why pick a 360 over a 660? Size. The 360 fits in my shirt pocket. I carry when I am walking around a strange city. The 660 is bigger, which in a car would be nice. However I use my 360 in the car just fine.
One "feature" is that the receiver shuts off when the antenna is folded down, to save power. However I often like it to leave it on when I am walking or jogging, to keep track of my travel speed walking. So I attached small binder clip over the antenna to keep it open just a little when it is in my pocket.
Also, I use inexpensive plastic screen protectors to protect the screen. (Available through Amazon.) I have used PDAs for over 10 years and these REALLY help to keep the screen from getting damaged.
gps 360 garmin June 5, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I can believe it ,i always feel safe when i drive on road,highway and everywhere that i want to come,look like have real people beside me to guide to the rightplace that i want.thank you 360 garmin.
paul pham.
 Really easy to use June 4, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is my first GPS and I love having a GPS. It's like when I first got my E-Z Pass: I wonder why I didn't get one sooner!
This is so easy to use, I have only read the manual to make sure I didn't forget anything when I hooked it up to my car. I was able to tell it to take me somewhere after powering it up for the first time and I was up and navigating. I did spend time later to find out more features and customizing it just by pressing things on the screen.
There are a whole lot of things I like about the nuvi. Since other reviewers have already talked about them (and you can find out even more about the features on Garmin's site), I'll just list my favorites: text-to-speech (TTS) saying street names, colored 3D view (water is blue, parks are green, etc), points of interest (POI) with address and phone numbers as well as direction and distance from current location, real-time driving statistics (avg MPH, ETA, time stopped, etc), one press operation for the next direction and it automatically goes back to the map, way point insertion via map.
I did wonder whether the bluetooth functionality was worth it since my phone already has a speaker phone function. But I am really glad I got the 360 instead of the 350. If nothing else, it's like having a heads-up caller ID. It also directly accesses my address book on my Blackberry 7105t. So I can receive and make calls without taking my phone out of its holster (which is sometimes a hassle with the seatbelt buckle/jacket/coat in the way). I have my nuvi connected to my stereo via a cassette adapter so I can clearly hear the caller. For privacy, the 360 allows you to send the call back to your phone but it requires three presses on the screen which is a bit inconvenient.
Now for the things I don't like so much:
* Many times, the person on the other side of the call has trouble hearing me. I've ordered the external microphone which will hopefully take care of this.
* The MP3 player works well, but my MP3 files are much louder than the navigation audio. This pretty much makes the MP3 player useless to me while navigating since I would either have to listen to the music much louder than I want or struggle to hear the navigation audio. I've sent Garmin a request to make this adjustable.
* The data is outdated even if "new". I guess this is not specific to Garmin and is the nature of the beast, but I've gotten wrong directions and been taken to places (POI) that no longer exist because the data is basically two years old. Even though they update once a year ($75 each update), by the time a consumer gets it, the data is already closer to two years old. For example, the newest data was released on April 2006 but it wasn't shipped until September 2006. And just because it was released on April 2006, I don't think it means everything was up to date at that time. But that's just conjecture on my part. What I do know is, it lists stores/restaurants in my area that I know were no longer in business way before April 2006. I think some of them even closed in 2005 but they are still listed in my nuvi.
* It's not perfect. It didn't know about a concrete barrier so it kept telling me to go through it. It was trying to get me to go through a private road once. Sometimes the route isn't the best.
Summary:
Even with its flaws, I am glad I bought the 360 as it has given me a greater sense of adventure and security that I will not get totally lost. Instead of spending minutes looking on the web for directions where to go, I just make sure I have the address before I walk to the car. In a 10-day period recently, I drove to a wedding in NJ, to a vacation in NC (Outer Banks) and back to a wedding locally in VA. The nuvi got me to all three places without getting lost once, while some of my friends got lost to some of those places (but they didn't have any GPS).
UPDATE:
Here's my thoughts after 6 months of use:
I still love it!
Garmin was generous and gave everyone who bought a nuvi by a cutoff date the 2008 update free. It was easy to upgrade although it did take a few hours to complete. Getting more up-to-date info is definitely a big plus. I wish they would update twice a year (at half the cost each time, of course).
Garmin said they cannot do anything about the MP3 problem I emailed them about. They're not even sure they will incorporate it in future models. It's a shame since it's not practical for me to use the MP3 function while navigating with the way it is now.
The external microphone helped but I think the real problem is me plugging in the Nuvi output to my tape player. Now, when someone calls, I make sure it's not playing through my tape player and I've gotten less complaints from callers about echoes or not being able to hear me.
The Detour function seems to help a lot when there's a big delay when you're in a major highway. It does a good job of getting you to a different way which has been avoiding the delay most of the time. Note: I do not have the traffic service so it's just re-directing you.
nuvi 360 June 3, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Product is very intuitive. Three minor issues:
. GPS is a bit confuse when first starting it in non-moving vehicle, you need a sense of whether you need to go west, north or east/west
. I have not yet found a way to find a POI when driving if I want that POI to be in abut 30 miles, next to an exit and I do not know the name of the next city coming up
. In rural areas,the GPS probably estimates the location of a specific street number and can be incorrect
Overall however, it is really great and we use it all the time. It has been very helpful in major metro areas and I would strongly recommend it to anybody looking for a GPS
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