Saturday, December 17, 2011

Garmin nu"vi 2350LMT 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator

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The widescreen nüvi 2350LMT comes with free lifetime traffic and maps for the U.S., Canada and Mexico. It also includes lane assist with junction view*, trafficTrends historical traffic, myTrends predictive routing and ecoRoute. Pedestrian capabilities can be enhanced with optional cityXplorer maps for mass transit information.

With nüvi 2350LMT's widescreen display, you'll always get the big picture. Click to enlarge.

Experience nüRoute Technology with trafficTrends and myTrends nüvi 2350LMT includes nüRoute technology with trafficTrends historical traffic and myTrends predictive routing. With trafficTrends, your nüvi 2350LMT automatically learns daytime trends for traffic flow to improve your routes and better predict your estimated time of arrival based on time of day and day of week. With myTrends, when you save your regular destinations in your "Favorites," your nüvi 2350LMT will, over time, begin to figure out where you're going even without your telling it! It provides time of arrival and relevant traffic information. So whether you're driving to and from work or a regularly scheduled weekly event, your nüvi 2350LMT will help you get there on time. No subscription or additional cost required.

Know the Lane Before It's Too Late No more guessing which lane you need to be in to make an upcoming turn. Lane assist with junction view guides you to the correct lane for an approaching turn or exit, making unfamiliar intersections and exits easy to navigate. It realistically displays road signs and junctions on your route along with arrows that indicate the proper lane for navigation.

Receive Free Lifetime Map and Traffic Updates With free Lifetime Map** and Traffic*** updates, you always have the most up-to-date maps, points of interest and navigation information available at your fingertips. Traffic information is updated constantly, and map updates are available for download up to 4 times a year. Both features are ready to go, right out of the box, with no subscription or update fees and no expiration dates.

Select Fuel-efficient Routes nüvi 2350LMT saves you gas and money with ecoRoute--a green feature that calculates a more fuel-efficient route, tracks fuel usage and more. With ecoRoute, you have a "less fuel" option as a routing preference. When selected, nüvi will determine if a more fuel efficient route exists based upon road speed data and vehicle acceleration data for a given route.

Get voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names to your destination.

nüvi calculates your position faster to get you there quicker.

Navigate City Transit With its enhanced pedestrian navigation capabilities, nüvi 2350LMT is the perfect travel companion for getting around town. Download optional cityXplorer content to help you navigate city public transit. Know where to walk, where to catch the bus, subway, tram or other transportation and how long it will take to get there. cityXplorer maps are available for select cities throughout North America and Europe. And with prices as low as $9.99, you'll have money left over to spend in the big city.

See More With nüvi 2350LMT's widescreen display, you'll always get the big picture. View map detail, driving directions, photos and more in bright, brilliant color. Its sunlight-readable, 4.3" (10.92 cm) display is easy to read--from any direction.

Get Turn-by-Turn Directions nüvi 2350LMT has an intuitive interface that greets you with two simple questions: "Where To?" and "View Map." Touch the color screen to easily look up addresses and services and get voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names to your destination. It comes preloaded with detailed City Navigator NT street maps for the U.S, Canada and Mexico with nearly 6 million points of interest (POIs) such as stores, restaurants, hotels, entertainment venues, gas stations, ATMs and more, and speed limits for most major roads.

Go Beyond Navigation Navigation is just the beginning. The 2350LMT includes many travel tools, including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. With photo navigation, you can download pictures from Garmin Connect Photos and navigate to them. With its "Where Am I?" emergency locator, you always know your location. Simply tap the screen to get your exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and fuel stations. The 2350LMT features Garmin Lock, an anti-theft feature, and is compatible with our free Garmin Garage where you can download custom custom voices and vehicles. Enhance your travel experience with optional plug-in microSD cards.

*Not available at all intersections/interchanges in all areas.

**Free Lifetime Map Updates entitle you to receive up to 4 map data updates per year, when and as such updates are made available on the Garmin website, for this specific Garmin product only until this product's useful life expires or Garmin no longer receives map data from its third party supplier, whichever is shorter. The updates you receive will be updates to the same geographic map data originally included with your Garmin product when originally purchased. Garmin may terminate your Lifetime Map Updates at any time if you violate any of the terms of the End User License Agreement accompanying your nüvi product.

***Lifetime traffic extends for the useful life of your Garmin traffic receiver (as long as you own a compatible Garmin GPS) or as long as Garmin receives traffic data from its traffic supplier, whichever is shorter. Traffic content not available for all areas. See www.navteq /rdstraffic for traffic coverage areas and www.garmin /traffic/fm/navteq.html for program License Agreement containing complete terms and conditions.

Compare the nüvi 2300 Series Features

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What's in the Box nüvi 2350LMT; Preloaded City Navigator NT North America (U.S, Canada and Mexico); Lifetime Maps and Traffic; FM Traffic Receiver With Vehicle Power Cable; Vehicle Suction Cup Mount; USB Cable; Dashboard Disc; Quick Start Manual


This review is from: Garmin nu"vi 2350LMT 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic & Map Updates (Electronics)
I am very disappointed in the 2350LMT and have returned it.

Background: I am an experienced GPS user and have had two previous Garmin units. Before that I used an external GPS with my notebook PC.

I currently have a Nuvi 750 which I liked very much. But it was getting older and needed a map update, so I decided to buy the 2350LMT after going through Garmin's configurator. But I had to wait months for it to ship.

I got the unit yesterday, and first proceeded to migrate my Favorites and Routes. I called Garmin tech support to help, and surprise they answered on the first ring and the same on every one of the half dozen calls I made yesterday. Points to Garmin on fixing their tech support that used to make us wait 30 minutes.

My Favorites copied fine, but not my Routes. I called back and they told me that the technique used to store routes was different and that they could not be copied. Since my old unit only allowed 10 routes anyhow, I didn't think it would be a big deal to re-create them.

But the 2350 does not have Routes in the old sense, even though the Garmin website indicates that this unit allows 100 Routes. It does have Trip Planner, but I found out after experimenting that this is not the same as Routes. All it allows you to do is to specify the places you want to stop at during a trip, but will not guide you through the Vias as the older Route software would. You basically have to manually select your next destination each time you get to a Via. Obviously, somebody missed the point here big-time.

After many calls to support, I finally was told that they are aware of this issue and plan to fix it in some unspecified future firmware update.

My other main problem was with the screen touch sensitivity and multi-touch. I have two multi-touch devices (iPad and HTC Inspire cellphone) and both work beautifully in selecting and zooming on the screen. But the 2350 would only detect a fingernail touch and not just the tip of a finger. And attempting a two finger zoom was terrible and the screen display often jumped somewhere else that I was pointing.

I tried this on another unit at the local store, with the same issues.

So, a big disappointment overall, and back it goes.

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