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Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Garmin Nuvi 610T Satellite Navigation System - UK Mapping, Widescreen, Traffic, Bluetooth
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Manufacturer: Garmin
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Garmin
EAN: 0753759067298
Label: Garmin
Manufacturer: Garmin
Model: 010-00540-24
Publisher: Garmin
Release Date: 2007-04-09
Studio: Garmin
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Summary: better than expected for £115
Comment: i bought this from amazon after reading reviews and also the price was one of the cheapest when it arrived it was so easy to set up the bluetooth connection to my apple 3g iphone was superb the phonebook sync'd across no probs the actual quality of the maps and the routing has been fine on the several times i have used it one neat quirk is that you can download different vehicles from the garmin web site to have as your vehicle.overall this is a very good and useful sat nav for the money and is better than several of my friends who have tom toms it also picks up the satalites pretty quick also has life time sub's to traffic update again very good i rate it but we are all different hope you enjoy it if you buy it
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Summary: Don't buy this product
Comment: I'm amazed at how many positive reviews there are for this product.
I think they must be written by the Garmin marketing team.
I can't trust the Nuvi to take me by a sensible route. It's taken me on too many pointless detours and choses endless minor roads rather than a more direct major route.
I'd like to use it for a holiday to France and Austria, but find that I can't enter French postal codes and it won't recognise any of the towns I want to go to.
Very, very disappointed.
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Summary: This is the WORST ever!!
Comment: Never had such problems with TomTom. This takes you from the worst possible route to your destination (if it gets it right!). usually takes you through B roads and farm tracks!!! No wonder it has been discontinued from Garmin.
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Summary: Good, but (for me) a fatal flaw.
Comment: This is my 3rd Garmin GPS. I`ve had it for about 15 months and it broke down once (very quickly replaced, no hassle, by Garmin. I took it myself to the UK importers near Southampton).
This unit does all that I ask of a satnav. Full Postcode search, Bluetooth, automatic day/ night setting, very quick satellite lock on, a true (bright) sunlight readable screen and north up, course up or 3D view. All very useful.
HOWEVER, when this unit broke down I borrowed a friends Tomtom (I forget which model), and I have to say I thought the TT was a LOT nicer to use. For one, when inputing addresses, the TT uses a kind of predictive text. Put in an S, and it comes up straight away with all places starting with S. Then put in a O and it looks up all places starting with SO, etc etc. The Garmin has a similar system, but it is VERY hit and miss. Sometimes you can spell out the whole town/city name and you STILL have to press "Search" at the end. The TT also had a lot more features that can be configured to your personal taste.
Another thing the TT has over the Garmin is how smoothly the map moves, particularly around roundabouts. The Garmin on the other hand is very jerky, even after a software download that does improve this situation slightly.
The BIGGEST flaw though, in my opinion, is the Autozoom feature, which you cannot disable. This alone knocks off at least 2 stars from my rating, and also means my next GPS purchase will NOT be Garmin!
To me, autozoom means that as you get closer to your destination, the screen automatically zooms in to give you a larger scale and therefore more detail. My job involves delivering to pubs throughout the S of England, which means driving in a lot of strange towns and cities. Many of these places, especially the older towns, have streets very close to each other, JUST the time you need large scale on the GPS. So, JUST when you need large scale what does the Garmin do? Autozooms out to fill the screen with virtually the entire city centre! Not gradually mind, just a sudden leap into small scale. So you press the "+" (several times) to zoom it in again to the scale you want. Oh, no the Garmin is having none of that! It INSTANTLY zooms out again.
The consequence is of course driving around, one hand on the wheel, and the other CONSTANTLY pressing the "+". This "un" feature alone has nearly had me throwing the thing out of the window in a white hot rage on many occasion, not good at all when driving around busy unfamiliar streets!
Garmin are arguably the leaders in aviation and marine GPS, but I do feel that they were caught napping somewhat when standalone portable automotive GPS took off 3 or 4 years ago. The impression I get from this unit is that a panicked Garmin sent a few hapless bods over to a Chinese consumer electronics trade fair to find something, anything, that they could stick a Garmin logo to, to get it to market ASAP. I used to be a Garmin bore, telling anyone who would listen to go with Garmin, no questions asked. I`m afraid I`ve lost that particular religion...
UPDATE 25/05/08: Bluetooth has packed up yet again and it suddenly loses satellite coverage almost daily, again. Have had enough and ordered a Tomtom 730. Watch out for a review there.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Shockingly Poor
Comment: After reading all the reviews I could I chosse a Garmin Nuvi 610T and what a mistake. I can only assume that I have got a dud. A simple journey from Sheffield to Leicestershire is basically down the M1. At no time did the device direct me onto the motorway (which incidentally was clear). I ignored it and got onto the motorway and at every junction going south it told me to turn off, incl at Trowell Services! Ignoring the device meant I was home 45 ins before the ETA stated when I originally set my destination! Just this week, travelling from Southampton to a village near Witney, Oxon. I was given a journey time of 1hour 50 mins! The normal route is M3 & A34 but at no time did it direct me that way. Again I ignored it and did a journey time of 1 hour 10 minutes! By the way the traffic alert does not work either!
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