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The Nuvi 200 offers directions turn-by-turn, text and voice-directed, but not functionality supports text-to-speech. This means that the system will not speak actual street names; instead, will give you more generic directions like, "turn right in 500 feet." The Nuvi 200 also supports automatic route recalculation and includes a detour function if you want to avoid a certain piece of the path given. The maps are available in 2D and 3D view with colors ...
...so north is always at the top of your screen or the direction in which you are driving. A plus and minus icon on the map screen allows approaches inside and out, and there is also a page of information that displays your travel speed, direction, travel time, and so on. The Nuvi 200 has a comprehensive database of POI with all the major categories (gas stations, lodging, ATMs, and so on) and the more specific you can even search for restaurants by ... Read review

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... Description: The Garmin Nüvi 350 is a complete solution for car navigation that is characterized by: Integra SiRF chipset Star III high sensitivity. It incorporates the functionality text-to-speech that allows the team so audible announce the names of upcoming streets and points of interest selected. It incorporates an MP3 player, audio book player, JPEG image viewer, world clock (hours per areas), currency converter and measures, ... Read review

Advantages: Quick routing, bright readable screen, customizable, good quality build
Disadvantages: Terrible Menu system, hard to change setting

I used 720 for over 6 months of daily usage this is what you need to know. The screen is bright and clear 4.3" LCD touch screen and very easy to read. The screen is customizable, you can download different map colors, customize the readout info, eta, arrival time, etc.. Routing is quick and generally accurate occasionally the routing will not be the optimum way to go , but the final destination is usually 95% accurate. Miss a turn and a new route ...
...software the 720 will update itself with the latest map corrections, a nice feature. Battery life is about 4 hours at 75% brightness setting. The 720 has a SiRFstarIII chipset which very fast acquiring signals. Rarely did I lose a signal. Now the bad part,the menu layout sucks finding the right menu to change a setting is NOT easy compared to garmin nuvi. Overall a very good unit ... Read review

Advantages: Accurate, friendly, system itself is excellent
Disadvantages: Couldn't find one yet

I was amazed. It was excellent in almost every way. The accuracy was perfect, the interference is friendly, and the step-by-step direction system was easy to understand. If you accidently go the wrong way, in 5 seconds it finds a new road for you. I get lost easily, but after I bought this, the worries were gone completely. Once, I was going in a way that I had gone few times but it was very unfamiliar. One day the road was on construction. I was ... Read review

Advantages: large screen, allows you to attach a backup camera, lots of settings
Disadvantages: maps seem to be old

A great GPS. The large screen is really nice. It calculaters your route based on shortest time or shortest distance. Will automatically recalculate the route if you experience road construction or pit stop. Shows speed limits and ETAs. Will also locate nearby businesses based on category. Will automatically zoom in and out for developed or rural areas. Allows you to set things like whether or not you want to include gravel roads. Lots of other customized ...
...up and which lane you need to be in to make your exit. I've attached a backup camera which has been a great plus. The maps themselves seem to be rather old even though I have downloaded the 2009 maps. I've found major roads that are missing and the house numbers that are wrong. ... Read review