No secret that I travel a lot!! Nothing for me to traverse the US a couple of times a year with plenty of other long trips in between.
I have run from Texas to Minnesota to NY to North Carolina to Florida to Alabama to Winnipeg to Pennsylvania back to Texas to North Dakota to San Francisco and finally back to Texas with lots of stops in between and considered it a normal duty trip!! Course I stay a while in most of the places to handle contractual items, so isn't like I run into town for a day or two. For shorty trips, time wise, I fly.
In the process of doing my tooling around the home ball earth, I use a Garmin GPS to keep me on track. Tried all the others, Garmin suits me best. It gets me where I need to go with a minimum of fiddling and fuss. I been known to take it with me on the plane on my short, so flying, trips. Great in the rental. Never, ever lets me down. NYC, LA, Houston, Chicago, the sticks, wilds of Canada... Never, Ever...
So been looking forward to the new voice activated item from Garmin with all the new bells and whistles and it, finally, is on the way. The Nuvi 880!! This baby has it all!!
Got everything I need, or even want, including a steering wheel mounted remote to allow directed voice commands. The competitions' products are always listening and are not very accurate; prone to mishearing and errors. Press the button, utter the commands, and zap!! Instant accurate instructions/information.
Even allows you to do a Mapquest or Google search and load it directly into the GPS!! All right!! Read the list below. I attached some of the salient features directly from the Amazon site.
So sue me Amazon!! You get paid if they follow the link and buy!! But, Tolo whispers, make sure you shop around for the best deal!!!
Looking forward to my upgrade!! A new toy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You've given me a NEW TOY!!!! Oh, thank you, oh, Master Harry!!!
If it has a customizable, sexy voice, it might just make dating obsolete!!!!!!
(NOT)
Give it a look and tell me what YOU think!!
Amazon.com Product Description--May 2, 2008
With the nüvi 800 series, Garmin adds smooth speech recognition to its bestselling line of sleek portable GPS navigators. As with all nüvis, you get a slim, pocket-sized navigator with a gorgeous display, detailed NAVTEQ maps that let you search by name for more than 6 million points of interest like stores, restaurants or hospitals, and an easy, intuitive interface. All of the 800-series navigators also feature a rich array of features including spoken directions in real street names, integrated traffic receivers, MP3 player and photo viewer, and an FM transmitter that will play all the nüvi's audio, including voice prompts, MP3s, audio books, and more, directly through your vehicle's stereo system. The top-of-the-line nüvi 880 adds Bluetooth for hands-free phone calls, an integrated traffic receiver and enhanced MSN Direct content with traffic data, reas-time gas prices, movie times and more.
slim form factorKey Features/Benefits
* New -- Voice Recognition -- Just tell it what you're looking for (Learn more)
* New -- Enhanced MSN Direct Content -- find the cheapest gas nearby, see how fast traffic is moving, get local weather forecasts, event information and more (Learn More)
* Easy to use interface (Learn More)
* Integrated Antenna for a slim form factor
* Pre-Loaded Maps for North America with 6 million searchable points of interest (POIs), plus add your own custom POIs (Learn more)
* Multi-Destination Routing -- tells you the best way to get to a lot of different places in one trip (Learn More)
* Bluetooth for hands-free phone calling capability (Learn More)
* FM Transmitter lets you hear spoken navigation prompts, MP3s or audio books through your car's stereo system
* Where Am I? -- instantly shows you all of the emergency services nearby (Learn More)
* Where's My Car? -- never forget where you parked again (Learn More)
* Widescreen -- gives you a better idea of what's around you (Learn More)
* microSD card slot -- store extra maps, travel guides, photos or MP3s
* Photo Viewer and MP3 Player (Learn More)
* Customize Your Onscreen Vehicle Icon (Learn More)
* Garmin Lock (Learn More) -- keep others from using your navigator
* New -- Photo Navigation lets you upload geo-coded photos from a phone, geo-coding camera or photo site and navigate to them. (Learn more)
* New -- Send addresses directly to your Garmin from Google Maps or Mapquest (Learn more)
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