Garmin Nuvi 650 | Garmin nüvi 650 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator

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	• Garmin nüvi 650 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator Garmin Garmin average customer review:based on 238 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great product but it is showing its technology age...

Great unit, accurate and quick. Great screen, things move smoothly. Text to speech is a little robotic sounding and mispronouces street names here and there. Its a great unit, but has been surpassed with newer technology. However, for the price range it is in now, its a steal!

Garmin Nuvi 650

This GPS fit all of our needs "Almost" perfectly on our recent trip to Canada and Maine. At one point in Canada, instad of directing us to a shopping market, we ended up in front of 4 garbage cans in a depressed area. So, we named the unit "Mata", short for Mata Hari as it had betrayed us. This was really the only time though, and we grew more and more dependent upon it and it's ability to locate all kinds of information for us such as available lodging, fuel etc. It didn't contain ALL lodging possibilities but enough to give us a good idea as to whether or not we would be able to stay someplace. We enabled the chime to sound when a turn was upon us and we enjoyed having "Mata" mention street names and distances. I would definitely recommend this unit.

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Worth it

I love this device, very user friendly and i can't find any negative about it. Great price when I bought it and two thumbs up!

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Great GPS; very User-friendly; good battery life

Purchased this GPS about two months ago and have taken it on several trips. It picks up satellite signal much better than my previous GPS. It is very easy to use and self explanatory. The battery life seems to be very adequate. I have already found a few businesses that no longer exist that are listed. It would be nice if you had a free update for one year. This GPS is small enough to carry in your pocket if needed.

Very good but not great

I bought the 650 for my mother after owning the 660 for about a year. I found I didn't use the Bluetooth or FM transmitter features at all and figured she wouldn't either. I find the navigation to be very good but less accurate than the Magellan NeverLost systems I've used in rental cars. The Nuvi frequently wants to route me off the highway and thru towns that I know will be much slower. Also, it doesn't take into account traffic lights and stop signs, so you can't trust the estimated arrival time it displays.

I use it in the car and on planes to listen to podcasts I've downloaded to it, so the dual use is especially wonderful. I found the photo viewer quite poor in that it doesn't reliably display the pictures full-screen. Also annoying is the warning screen that pops up every time you turn the unit on, whether or not you're moving. No other type of electronic device warns you not to use it while you're driving; it's just stupid, clumsy blather.

Another poor design aspect is the fact that when you lock the interface to avoid accidental touches, the Nuvi displays a static message that it's locked--even when you are navigating. Instead, it should just display the navigation or audio controls with the screen darkened to save battery life. There are plenty of times that I would be happy to use the thing in darkened and locked mode but the display is useless. Last, the Nuvi should still work while it's charging or connected by USB like a cell phone does, but instead it displays a static image.

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