Garmin nüvi 350 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech 010-00455-00

Garmin nüvi 350 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech, 010-00455-00
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Which nüvi is Best for You?: Click here to see a quick, simple comparison of features for all Garmin nuvi GPS navigators

The nüvi 350 is a portable GPS navigator, traveler's reference, and digital entertainment system, all in one; View product demo (requires Flash).

A simple touchscreen interface and voice guidance allow you to keep your eyes on the road; View larger.

Listen to an audio book or an MP3 while you're on the road; View larger.

Fortunately, Garmin has made it easy to interface with the nüvi 350's 700 megabytes of onboard memory, thanks to "plug-and-play" USB mass storage support; Just plug the device into your computer's USB port and you've got instantaneous access to all the audio books, music, photos, supplemental maps and other data on the nüvi 350's internal and SD card memory.

Navigation
The nüvi 350 is first and foremost a personal GPS device; Wherever you go -- in your car or on foot-- the device offers extremely accurate position data, thanks to a high-sensitivity integrated GPS receiver by SiRF and WAAS-enabled, 12-satellite reception; Combined with detailed maps of the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico the nüvi 350 provides automatic routing, turn-by-turn voice directions, and touchscreen control-- making it easy to find your way anywhere; Plus, the unique "text-to-speech" feature calls out turns by street name, and you can choose from either 2D or 3D mapping perspectives when you're viewing your route on the display; Additionally, the nüvi 350 is compatible with Garmin's GTM 10 FM TMC traffic receiver*, which allows users to avoid traffic tie-ups by simply pushing a button that will calculate a new route.

As mentioned, the nüvi 350 comes packed with mapping data for North America, but you can can also load up your custom points of interest; Set up proximity alerts for school zones, safety cameras, and more using Garmin's free POI (points of interest) loader program (available from garmin.com).

Important note about map updates: Due to our high volume of sales, almost every Garmin portable GPS navigator sold by Amazon.com will come with the most recent map version; If you ever do need a map update, you can purchase one from Amazon.com at our Garmin Store.

The device automatically calculates the fastest route and provides voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions along the way.

Tools for the Journey
Navigation is just part of the journey, and the nüvi 350 is one of the first devices to recognize that; The built-in "Travel Kit" offers an MP3 player, an audio book player from Audible.com, a jpeg-format picture viewer, a world travel clock with time zones, a currency converter, a measurement converter, and a calculator.

In addition to the included travel tools, additional software add-ons are available, such as the Garmin Language Guide, with data provided by Oxford University Press; This software suite contains a multilingual word bank, phrase bank, and five bilingual dictionaries; The multilingual word bank and phrase bank supports nine languages and dialects, including American English, British English, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, European Spanish, and Latin American Spanish; Now you can look up and translate more than 17,000 words or 20,000 phrases per language -- right in the palm of your hand; Through the unit's text-to-speech interface, users can get a spoken pronunciation of each entry in the word bank, along with gender and part of speech information.

Another useful add-on software package, the Garmin Travel Guide, is loaded with information provided by Marco Polo; These guides put in-depth travel information such as reviews and recommendations for restaurants, tourist attractions, and more at your fingertips; The software allows you to navigate to an address or search points of interest-- places like hotels, restaurants, shopping, and tourist attractions; The nüvi 350 automatically calculates the fastest route and provides voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions along the way; The unit also audibly announces the name of upcoming streets-- letting you keep your eyes on the road while navigating through busy traffic and tricky roadways; And if you stray off course, the nüvi 350 automatically calculates the quickest way to get back on track.

*Traffic services available only in select cities where RDS-TMC coverage exists; Requires the GTM 10 FM TMC traffic receiver and subscription fee to enable traffic capability.

What's in the Box
nüvi 350, Preloaded City Navigator NT for North America and Puerto Rico, Vehicle suction cup mount, AC charger, Vehicle power cable, Dashboard disc, USB cable, Carrying case, Quick reference guide

Which nüvi is Best for You?
For a slightly higher pricepoint, Garmin's nüvi 600 and 700 series devices have richer feature sets including: MP3 players, JPEG photo viewers, the ability to receive traffic and weather information, bluetooth for hands-free calling, FM transmitters that deliver audio through your cars own stereo system, and multi-destination routing that will tell you the best way to make a trip that involves several destinations;

	Screen Size inches (w x h)	Included Maps			Text-to-Speech (Directions in Real Street Names)	Traffic	Bluetooth	Media	FM Transmitter (audio through car stereo system)	Multi- Point Routing	Battery life (hours)
		Cont; U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico	AK and Canada	Europe
nüvi 200	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 200w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 250	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 250w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 260	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 260w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 270	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 350	2.8 x 2.1					FM (with opt; receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 8
nüvi 360	2.8 x 2.1					FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 8
nüvi 370	2.8 x 2.1					FM (receiver included)		Photos, MP3s			up to 8
nüvi 650	3.81 x 2.25					FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nüvi 660	3.81 x 2.25					FM (receiver included)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nüvi 670	3.81 x 2.25					FM (receiver included)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nüvi 680	3.81 x 2.25					MSN (receiver included; 1-year free); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nüvi 750	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 760	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 770	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 780	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (receiver inc.; 3 months free) receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 850	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 880	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (receiver inc.; 3 months free); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 5000	4.5 x 2.7					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)					external battery only

Reviews for Garmin nüvi 350 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech:

This thing in a great buy!! The same one at Best Buy is OVER 300 bucks! It works just like it says it does! it's great! But sometimes is says the street names wrong..but its still a pretty cool device..

I am trying to figure out why this unit is less expensive than a Garmin n250. It does the same things plus has a chip to hold files of whatever kind,including pictures and music,which can be combined as a little picture frame with music.

This same unit was advertised for twice the Amazon price at Best Buy at the time I was buying. It made a great birthday present for my father.

Everyone should have a GPS unit,finding virtually any place is so much easier. It helps greatly to focus on driving and minimizes confusion. The time savings pays for the device quickly.

We made a trip recently to a town we weren't familiar with and had to locate both a motel and a meeting place so thought the GPS system would be a help. It was,until we got into town and were told to exit the interstate to avoid construction - the construction had recently been completed so we didn't have to. We made it to our destination but took a less than direct route. Don't know how that could have been avoided since the construction had been completed just days earlier. Found out that friends who used Mapquest to find where to go had the same problem. Evidently construction in an unfamiliar area is going to be a problem whether it's ongoing or completed! On our return trip the GPS did help us find a restuarant miles before we exited the interstate. We are wondering,however,if there is some kind of attachment we could get to mount the device on our dashboard or somewhere so we don't have to lay it in the floor,hold it,stick it in the cup holder or attach it permanently to some surface. We were hoping to be able to switch it from vehicle to vehicle but haven't solved that problem as yet. And what would have seemed to be a small screen is not a problem at all.

Cool gadget but wish it would store my preferred route for routine trips. I love the MP3 feature and use it constantly to "read" new books.

I brought this GPS just weeks ago.
It help a lot especially when I drive to SD last weekend. The "avoid highway" is pretty convenient that I can get rid off CA-101 during rush time. And the function to find out food location is pretty strong that this weekend I went out for lunch with friends. The problem is they got a wrong address for the restaurant. Every GPS on the car can not help,except mine nuvi 350. :)
Here I give one star deduction only because sometimes it seems to take more time to find the satelite signals than the streepilot.

Garmin nüvi 350 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech features:
Compact 700 MB GPS navigator with bundled MP3/audiobook player, photo viewer, and world travel clock
Small enough to fit in a pocket or purse; mounts on vehicle windshield with included suction cup
Preloaded with City Navigator NT maps of U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico
Turn-by-turn directions, automatic routing, and 320 x 240 color touchscreen display
Secure Digital (SD) memory card slot; measures 3.87 x 2.91 x 0.87 inches (W x H x D); 1-year warranty

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