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03-26-2006, 06:41 AM
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It looks like you can't avoid the due diligence.  Part of the fun of buying toys is doing the research and knowing you bought what you wanted. If the Tom Tom 700 and Nuvi350 are within $50 of each other, you have to get the Nuvi. The fact that it fits in a shift pocket is a huge selling point for me. The deal at Costco.com sounds plenty attractive. BTW - Costco.com also has an ad for the Tom Tom 700, but it currently shows as unavailable. I don't know what the cost was. Did you see the Costco.com ad for the Lowrance350C which comes with a 4GB HD? They show unavailable as of today, but they did have units in stock last week with a selling price of $399. I played with one at Circuit City. It doesn't stand up to the Tom Tom 700 or Nuvi, but it's better than anything else in its price range. Somewhere down the line, I'm sure some new portable convergence device will incorporate the functions of my Treo 650, my iPod, and my PSP, and a Nuvi350 and it's probably not that far away... Have fun. Regards, Mike 
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03-26-2006, 01:01 PM
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It looks like a lot of folks have a GPS nav system. Sorry for the newb question, however, do you really use them that much? Is it easier than simply getting directions on yahoo or mapquest?
Maybe this is one of those products that you dont' realize how useful they are unitl you acutally own one. 
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03-26-2006, 01:09 PM
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I use my 2610 a lot, especially since i just moved to a new state and don't know my way around that much yet. I also take it with me on trips, especially my yearly "get in the car and just start driving" week long vaction, it gives you the confidence to just go and not worry about getting completely lost. So in answer to your question, yes, they're better than mapquest, and once you start using 1, you use it a lot.
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11-21-2006, 09:06 PM
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1. Like gresch said a lot easier to see a live moving map than looking at a piece of paper while driving. 2. Easier to see upcoming streets on the Garmin than squinting to see street signs (especially at night). 3. If you take a wrong term it automatically recalculates a new route in seconds. 4. You can change your route on the fly. 5. Points of interest are great and especially good in the Garmin. Want to find a Chinese restaurant - easy. 6. ETA is a nice feature so you know when you will arrive. 7. If you want to try a new route you can give it a go without worry about getting lost. 8. Traffic rerouting is nice. 9. Lost - simply hit the home button. 10. The copilot leaves me alone.
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03-26-2006, 11:15 PM
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Totally agreee. Also, you have a firm ETA with nav, no guessing on when you arrive. No crabbing with the co-pilot, eiher.
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03-27-2006, 02:09 AM
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I really like the Tom Tom but that Nuvi is worth waiting for so I think I'm going to hang back and see what Costco sells it for. It seems that Costco has been picking up some almost-out-of-date products lately as the Nuvi 350 is going to be topped by the 360 with built in BT. On a side note, Costco has been getting buttloads of Apple iMac G5's and Mac Minis all without the Intel chips.
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Is this better than a Magellan 800? If so why? http://tinyurl.com/ryxea
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