Life of A Phone Lover

Garmin Nuvi 880

Written by ImagesLab.net on Saturday, May 31, 2008

Thank god it's a Saturday, a shopping day... catch a movie day... bla bla bla.... I'm staying at home doing nothing but surfing the net. Found out a GPS device to share with you guys and it's called the Garmin Nuvi 880.

The Garmin Nuv 880 feature speech recognition (SR), preloaded maps, hands-free calling and an FM transmitter — plus real-time local weather, traffic, movie times, gas prices, stock information, local news and events.

I personally love the big screen with 4.3" inches display size. It also comes with a built in Bluetooth with speaker and microphone. What you need to do is to pair your compatible Bluetooth phone and you're set.



The "Speak command" not only tell you where and when to turn (e.g:Turn left in 500 meter) but will also listen to your command. For example, you do not have to key in the location address that you wanted to go. All you need to do is to select the "begin speaking" function, tell Nuvi "Find Address" and speak an address to start navigating. Easy? You can now fully concentrate while driving!

With preloaded City Navigator® NT street maps and millions of points of interest (POIs) such as hotels, restaurants, schools, shopping malls and more. 'Speak' a menu option or touch the color screen to enter a destination, Nuvi will take you there with 2-D or 3-D maps complete with voice directions. You may save up to 500 Waypoints/favorites and locations too.

This GPS device is not only for viewing maps or navigation, but actually comes with built in Mp3 player, JPEG picture viewer, currency converters, Garmin Games, alarm clock and more.

I personally think that the retail price of USD1,071.41 is way too expensive and is not worth the penny spent at all. I'd rather use my other phone with built in GPS functions. But of course there are more cheaper GPS devices from Garmin which you can choose from besides Nuvi. Please visit Garmin for more products.

Source: Garmin