tim_k
Buttons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, Kasey
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join:2002-02-02
Stewartstown, PA
 ·Millenicom
 ·WildBlue
| reply to Gemologist
Re: GPS, Which Would You Buy!?
Amazon just shipped the 780 to me. At $200, I thought it is a very good price. »www.amazon.com/Garmin-780-Widesc···1&sr=8-1
My Garmin Streetpilot 2720 has worked fine for years, but time for an upgrade.
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lmacmil
join:2001-01-26
South Bend, IN
| said by tim_k  :Amazon just shipped the 780 to me. My Garmin Streetpilot 2720 has worked fine for years, but time for an upgrade. I'm using a 2610 and it does everything I need a GPS to do. Just curious why you felt the need to upgrade to a new unit. |
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tim_k
Buttons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, Kasey
Premium
join:2002-02-02
Stewartstown, PA
·Millenicom
·WildBlue
| said by lmacmil :said by tim_k :Amazon just shipped the 780 to me. My Garmin Streetpilot 2720 has worked fine for years, but time for an upgrade. I'm using a 2610 and it does everything I need a GPS to do. Just curious why you felt the need to upgrade to a new unit. Ran into a couple times where I really could have used the 2720, but the wife was using it. Now we each have our own and with the built in battery I can easily mount it to the motorcycle.
The guy who wrote the software for this thing should be fired. He certainly doesn't understand the term "user friendly". When you add a location, instead of taking you back to the main screen, you have to hit the back button as much as eight times to get back to the main screen. Idiot! I'm also disappointed that detailed lane info isn't available. I thought it would be a standard feature by now. There were a few times with the 2720 where I entered a confusing intersection and had to look at the screen to see where to go. Forget about it with this unit. I also thought that one review said this came with lifetime traffic, it didn't. To get traffic info I had to buy the MSN service, it didn't come separate. It does have some neat features, the handsfree bluetooth is really cool. My cell phone contacts come right up on the screen and the quality of the sound when talking is pretty good.
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RIP my babys Buttons 1/15/94-2/9/07 & Beamer 7/24/08, Buttons, Buttons video, Beamer
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chandom
join:2001-05-23
Tallahassee, FL
| You are hitting one of my greatest peeves with Garmin.
Instead of updating the firmware of their devices to add new features they insist on creating a new line of units.
As of right now the one Gamins that offer the lane assist feature is the 7*5T and 8*5T series plus a few others (1350+T, 1370T, 1390T, 1490T, 1690). I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to add lane assist to the previous 7*0 and 8*0 lines.
I also have a few rants about the Mobile XT and Mobile PC line that I won't go into right now. |
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bshelly
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join:2002-02-17
Schaumburg, IL
clubs:
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·AT&T CallVantage
| They could probably even add lane assist to the 6x0 line of Nuvi's. They simply choose not too. They could nickel and dime us for software/firmware updates, but they choose not to  I want a Power User Nuvi that is fully customizable. I bet it would sell like hotcakes. |
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chandom
join:2001-05-23
Tallahassee, FL
| From what I recall the closest they had to a power user Nuvi was the 7200. However, Garmin set it up to fail, had no battery and a 5 inch screen that priced it out of most users range.
From what I recall the 7200 had most of the customization features from the 26xx and 27xx series.
For got where I read it but Garmin had stated the limitations to end user customization was because they did not want to have a product that would overly confuse the end user. |
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Its a Secret
Whatever
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join:2008-02-23
U B Funny
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said by tim_k : When you add a location, instead of taking you back to the main screen, you have to hit the back button as much as eight times to get back to the main screen. Idiot! Hold the back button for a second or 2, and you'll be back at the main screen.
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MATA7
join:2005-05-29
Mississauga, ON | i just order Garmin 885T from amazon, cant wait to get it |
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