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"A nüvi 370, ugyanúgy mint a nüvi 360 és a nüvi 310 Bluetooth® vezeték nélküli kihangosítót tartalmaz beépített mikrofonnal és hangszóróval, mely segítségével kezét telefonálás közben is szabadon használhatja (az arra alkalmas telefonokkal). Egyszerűen tárcsázza a kívánt telefonszámot a nüvi érintőkijelzőjén megjelenő billentyűzeten, vagy fogadja a hívásokat a képernyő megérintésével, majd a telefonáláshoz csak beszéljen a beépített mikrofonba.
Könnyedén kezdeményezhet hívásokat a telefon telefonkönyvéből vagy a hívásnaplóból. Nem tudja a kívánt cég telefonszámát? Keresse ki a készülék POI adatbázisából azt, majd hívja fel a képernyő megérintésével (az adatbázis tartalmaz számos éttermet, szállodát, üzletet, túristalátványosságot, stb...)."
Now I understand exactly what you meant.
Is it reasonably priced? it is now.....$399.....another 1% off buying thru ebates.com to get to apples website....it'll get lower when 2nd gen comes out.
Is it an “unlocked” phone, so I can use it with a carrier other than Cingular/at&t? –not unlocked....but people have figured out workarounds. not easy, but has been done.
Will there be a non-Cingular/ATT. there already is if you count the ones that have been forcibly made non ATT by savvy hackers:)
Can I add new programs to it? Of course you can. Tons are available at ibrickr and other sites. many many third parties have come up with free applications.
Does it run programs from Palm, Symbian, Windows? the applications to make this work are on the way. someone's been able to make it work without look. well, not just someone...it's working with outlook if you kmow where to look.
Does it have games? yup...that's an easy add.
Is it ambidextrous? how ridiculous. of course it is. as much as any other phone is.
Does it have GPS? does now....someone figured it out. google iphone gps and you'll find it. it's available.
Voice recognition? Voice dialing? Voice memos? yes to the latter. the others will be coming no doubt as simple downloads.
Does it get onto the HSDPA (3G) high-speed Internet network that Cingular/at&t has rolled out in a few cities? itttt's coming.
Does the Web browser support Flash or Java? –No.
Can you change the battery yourself? –No. You’ll have to send the phone in to Apple for battery replacement. considering what some here are wiling to do to their cars, changing the batter on the iphone is no different. for the average user, no. for someone wiling to tackle? sure.
Can it open Word and Excel documents? –No.
Are there any speed-dial keys? not yet....soon though.
Can I make a call while driving a car? –Not as easily as on a regular cellphone. i agree.
Does the camera record video? –No. i expect a workaround soon though.
Will it sync with Outlook? uh, yes. not easily yet, but definitely doable.
Won’t the screen get smudgy? –It does. like any peice of glass or plastic, um anything.
Navigation on a sub-par phone network cannot compare with the capabilities already widely available on dedicated pocketable GPS navigation systems.
In a few years, some other phone may come out with similar functionality for their cell providers and then they will be able to use those or other devices for GPS navigation.
There is no one device that 100% of people will use including the iPhone.
Besides, Verizon generally requires their own user interface, and that's something that I HIGHLY doubt Apple would be OK with.
What, you can't understand that
Mark
http://www.garmin.hu/products/index.php?pid=468
Their customer support was great though. I received a replacement Nuvi from Garmin about a week before my trip so I needed a new unlock code to get the Hungarian maps. When I emailed them they replied the next morning and even sent me a hard disk in the mail! That's why I would recommend their product for anyone who has to travel there.
As a side note, before going to Hungary I occasionally saw something about the country. Since I've been back my local paper did a big article about the country, and a TV show I watch did 3 or 4 episodes based in the country.
BTW, we have friends living in England so on a lark while in Hungary I put their address into the Nuvi. It told me how I could drive there in about 15 hours (+Channel crossing time). It even took me to the Chunnel! If i had an extra week I would have been tempted to try it
Mark
I just found this page that explains the coverage in more depth:
http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/mapSource/citynavntEurope.jsp
For Hungary, it states Detailed coverage of the Greater Budapest area, the Balaton area, Debrecen, Miskolc, Eger and Tokaj.
There are plenty of similar holes listed. That's somewhat disappointing for someone expecting full coverage as here at home.
Can it be used with anything but Cingular/ATT - yes, if you know someone who can hack it for you
Is it an “unlocked” phone, so I can use it with a carrier other than Cingular/at&t? –not unlocked....but people have figured out workarounds. not easy, but has been done.
Will there be a non-Cingular/ATT. there already is if you count the ones that have been forcibly made non ATT by savvy hackers:)
Read on here:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/09/25/apple-promises-to-kill-un- locked-iphones
We all pay for hackers with higher cell bills.
That is their habit.
Why would Verizon take a deal like that, when they don't have to split revenues with any other phone manufacturer?
Navigation is available on many cellphone models, if that's what you want. I'll stick with the much more full featured dedicated navigation systems. My cell phone is for making and receiving phone calls.
I just bought a new Sequoia with built-in NAV. It seems to work OK, with a few exceptions.
I thought all GPS NAV units gave you real time MPH and elevation?
I can tell you if I had to pay full price for a vehicle with NAV I would never do it again. Maybe I will like it on vacation. The novelty wore off in 3 days. Thankfully I paid way under invoice for this vehicle. I wanted it to map the location of property we look at. Having the elevation is important.
Mark
Mark
Having nav is kind of like having a detailed road atlas in the car. You're glad it's there when you need it.
accuracy - in feet (top)
elevation (upper right)
sky view of available satellites (center)
signal strengths of available satellites (right side)
latitude & longitude (lower left)
speed (upper left)
direction of travel (varies)
http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/
Realize that you can (by touching the screen at your current location) save and name the location as a Favorite for future recall.
Gyros and voice commands are nice, but I bet if they offered a $2000 DVD based system with voice contol and a $500 system that ran off an SD card and had no voice control, but was also integrated into the factory stereo, the $500 system would sell in much higher numbers and would sell to people buying lower priced cars.
There are now 4 and 8GB SD cards that can hold as much data as or much more data than a DVD.
You wrote "I was curious how long the NAV would save the places you mark. Does it all go away if you change the car battery. Or is there a hard drive in the NAV unit? Is there a good way to integrate XM into the NAV unit?"
When you wrote NAV, I presume that you were referring to one of the Garmin nüvi models. In that case, when you save a Favorite with a name, it remains in a file in the unit. You should back up the entire unit to your PC's hard drive, as you would any other data. In doing so, you've also backed up your Favorites. The nüvi just shows up on your PC as another drive with its own folders.
Changing your car battery has no affect on the nüvi units since they use their own internal rechargeable lithium ion batteries.
There is no hard drive in nüvi units. They are all solid state. Dropping one wouldn't be as much of a problem as it would with other brands that use spinning disks.
I'm pretty sure that none of the nüvi models have built-in XM satellite radios. However, the Garmin StreetPilot 2820, 7200 and 7500 do. However, they are pricy and larger than I'd prefer.
If you already have one of the portable XM radios such as the Delphi SyFi2, you can use its built-in FM modulator to play it through some of the nüvi models. But why bother when you can play it through your car radio over an FM channel with much better fidelity.
If you're going to plot your own route why do you need the book? You can still use the screen as a map & reference only.
Any how, I rented a c330 for about $11 a day, and got to try it out.
We have a c320 (wife's) and a c340 (mine). I've been spoiled by the c340, and feel the software is a bit better and it's a bit more accurate. Supposedly, all it adds is the text-to-speech and a hard drive vs. the SD card for the c320, but in practice it's a little faster, more accurate, and smarter as far as re-routing.
Well, after sampling the c330, I still say the c340 is better. Not just the text-to-speech, but again it's just more accurate than the c330.
I'm not sure why, in fact I thought the antennae and everything else was the same, but the c330 just did not perform as well as my c340.
I'm not complaining, just making a note of some minor differences between these siblings.
As of today, the GpsPasSion forums have 1,263 topics and 8,126 posts covering three Garmin series (iX, C3x0 and C5x0) navigation systems here:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=160
As of today, the GpsPasSion forums have 3,026 topics and 31,663 posts covering only the Garmin nüvi navigation systems here:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=172
Is there a message there?
Plus, when they came out with the low-cost Nuvi that pretty much sealed the fate for the c series.
You still get a lot of bang for your buck with the c, given current pricing.
The larger 600 series rectangular Nuvis are loud enough, but cost a lot more than a C series with similar features.
My c340 has text-to-speech, and I think that sets the price point fairly high on the Nuvi series.
I'd still love a nuvi 6xx with the big 4.3" screen, those are SWEET!
You wrote "The smaller, 200 and 300 square series Nuvi's have very weak internal speakers compared to a C series. You will have trouble hearing a small Nuvi over road noise."
My nüvi 350 has very capable speakers. I've NEVER experienced any concerns hearing them, and that's at the 80% level where it's always set. Try it, you'll like it.
If you have a super-quiet car and play your radio at very low volume, it is probably OK.
If you have an AUX input, you can plug it into the car stereo to eliminate this problem, but then you can't listen to live radio and get traffic or news reports etc..
I looked at the displays at Best Buy and the C series and larger Nuvis were noticeably louder than the small Nuvis.
As with any other audio system, maximum volume settings lead to distortion.
You wrote: "Volume level is a common complaint in user reviews at Amazon.com."
See if you can find such complaints where nüvi users (so far) have posted 31,787 times:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=172
Mark
Amazon is a more generic cross-section of the buying public. If they don't like something they probably just return it.
You wrote "gpspassion will have owner/members, most likely advanced users at that. You go there for hack codes, POI databases, etc. If they don't like something they find a way to modify it."
I don't concur. If you follow the nüvi threads there, you'll find significantly fewer than one percent of the posts discussing those subjects. People are discussing everyday issues.
I know its possible because I've turned the car on and it started to play on the nav screen.
Big screen, but an interface that didn't seem very easy to use.
Hopefully a Pioneer veteran can chime in with more details.
I was close to getting the newer model (D3? I think) but then I realized it was not compatible with my steering wheel audio controls, and I didn't want to give those up.
Also, the D3 only takes 1 DVD or CD, so when you navigate you can't play other CDs. Still, it lists for $999.
I ended up with a 2nd Garmin GPS.