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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Review of the Garmin Nuvi 880 High-Powered GPS

By Joseph Aaron

The Garmin Nuvi 880 GPS Navigation System offers a comprehensive list of features and functions that boost it to the top tier for any person who wants a top quality GPS system. The system is somewhat operated by voice and also works using the touch screen. The Garmin Nuvi 880 is among the most popular GPS systems on the market today.

Features

The Garmin Nuvi 880 provides several features that cause it to be one of the most high quality GPS systems around. The unit will be armed with wireless abilities, allowing you to communicate through the cell phone even when driving. There are two front speakers positioned on the unit so that you can hear the person you are conversing with easily.

The Nuvi 880 also offers you excellent voice recognition capabilities. This hands-free function is the best option when you are zipping along congested highways and in cities where you have to put all of your attention on your route. The FM radio transmitter is also a standard feature and you can get real time traffic updates if you request them.

Traffic updates are spoken using your sound system so if you are hearing an MP3 on your Garmin Nuvi 880, the music will be interrupted by the instructions. This helps give you confidence that you will not drive past your turn and that new routes will automatically be at your disposal.

The Garmin Nuvi 880 Automotive GPS Navigator also gives simple-to-follow instructions by referring to the street names instead of the distance you must travel. The voice system is simple to operate and comprehend, especially since all you have to do is key in the end point and the address from which you are beginning your drive to use the system.

Charging Your Nuvi 880

You Nuvi 880 is easily removed so that you can take it anywhere. The battery will hold a charge even away from an outside power source for up to five hours. To power up your Nuvi 880 you can plug it into a cigarette lighter adaptor, your USB cable, or a garden-variety wall socket adaptor.

Adding Maps

The Garmin Nuvi 880 GPS Navigation System comes with maps of North America built in but you can get extra instructions when you want to by downloading the desired routes from the company website. If you are visiting a hitherto unknown country then you might also want to get a travel guide for the location you are visiting. The travel guide will make it easy to discover neat things to do in the country and help you get to hotels, fuel and other must-haves.

You can save your most well-liked restaurants and ships in the unit, also. This helps you to easily find your favorite foods and items in a new place.

Finding Parking

If you can never remember the location of your vehicle once you have parked, you will really appreciate the feature that keeps track of your parking spot. This benefit is guaranteed to be on your Garmin 880.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ultimately, though, the price was worth it to me. To be able to just speak an address, or even better, just a restaurant name, and have directions instantly is incredible. Highly, highly recommended.

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