New Garmin nuvi 1690 widescreen GPS

The new Garmin nuvi 1690 GPS navigator boasts a 4.3-inch color touchscreen and features Bluetooth as well as the exclusive nüLink! services. With nüLink!, you get local search, weather updates, flight status, currency exchange, White page, Ciao! friend finder, and, of course, traffic. Additional Features

• Speed limit indicator–unit displays speed limits for most major roads
• DEM maps show you shaded terrain contours at zoom levels of five miles and above
• Auto time zone–n?vi will automatically adjust your time zone while navigating
• Trip computer records mileage, max speed, total time and more
• Built-in travel kit includes features such as picture viewer, world clock, currency and measurement converters and calculator
• microSD memory card expansion slot for optional mapping and data storage
• Includes Garmin Lock anti-theft feature
• Configurable vehicle icons–allows users to select fun, customized car-shaped icons; download additional choices from www.garmingarage.com
• Offers a 3-D mapping perspective, or 2-D overhead view
• Built-in lithium-ion battery–lasts up to four hours depending on usage
• Includes sturdy suction cup mount that allows for easy adjustment and quick release
• Simplified PC connectivity, using USB mass storage, access either the microSD card slot or the unit’s internal memory directly from your PC desktop
• POI loader program–set up proximity alerts for school zones, create custom POIs and more

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Best Hunting GPS – The Best Garmin GPS Units For Hunting

Best Hunting GPS – The Best Garmin GPS Units For Hunting

   You have a hunter on your gift list this holiday season you may want to consider getting them a hunting GPS unit. But which one’s are best for hunting .You can see, these three Garmin GPS units are the best hunting GPS’s available. Any hunter would love to receive one of these as a gift this holiday season.

 

   1. Garmin eTrex Vista HCX – The Garmin eTrex Vista HCX is a great GPS for hunting because of its compact size, electronic compass, and MicroSD card slot. It is small enough to fit in a    shirt pocket and very light weight. The electronic compass allows the hunter to get a bearing while standing still either in a tree stand or ground blind. The MicroSD card slot allows for additional memory and storage of specific hunting areas and waypoints on certain memory cards that can be interchanged when changing hunting areas and … read more 165 customer reviews

                        

2. Garmin GPSMap 60 CSX - The Garmin GPSmap 60 CSX has been a mainstay for outdoor enthusiasts including hunters. It is not as compact as the Garmin eTrex Vista HCX but it too has an electronic compass and MicroSD card slot for additional memory. Many hunters like that it is easy to use with one hand while hunting and also how quickly it acquires a satellite signal, ready to navigate also …read more 411 customer reviews

 

        3 .Garmin eTrex Legend -  The Garmin eTrex Legend offers extremely accurate readings (rated to within 2 to 3 meters). A good-size screen–288 x 160    pixels–makes it easy to see location details, and the Legend redraws maps quickly when zooming in or out of a position. Its 8 MB of memory means there is also plenty of room for waypoints, routes, and saved tracks. The Legend will hold up to 500 waypoints, complete with a name and graphical symbol, 20 routes with 50 waypoints each, and it contains slots for 10 saved tracks. You can also download maps from Garmin’s MapSource CD-ROMs … read more 295 customer reviews

Top 8 Sellers in 2008 from Amazon.com

1. Garmin nuvi 760 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Automobile Navigator

Amazon.com Product Description — January 8, 2008
Garmin’s nuvi 700 series brings two exciting new features — multi-destination routing and, “Where am I?/Where’s my car?” — to its popular pocket-sized GPS navigator lineup. As with all nuvis, you get Garmin reliability, the fast satellite lock of an integrated high-sensitivity receiver, a slim, pocket-sized design with a … Read more

 

 2. Garmin nuvi 360 3.5-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Text-To-Speech

Amazon.com Product Description
The Garmin nuvi 360 GPS Navigator and Personal Travel Assistant is a GPS navigator, personal translator, multi-media entertainer and tour guide all wrapped into one. In addition to all the advanced features of the Garmin nuvi 350 — including automatic routing, turn-by-turn voice directions, an MP3 player and audio … Read more

 

 3. Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS Receiver With Heart Rate Monitor

Amazon.com Review
Just when you thought Garmin had cornered the market on powerful, affordable, and effective wrist-mounted GPS devices, here comes the Forerunner 305. The release of this device is a major achievement from a design and technology perspective. This isn’t jus… Read more

 

4. Garmin nuvi 350 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

Amazon.com Product Description
What if one device could help you navigate anywhere in the U.S. and Canada, while offering travel tips, storing your favorite tunes and photos, providing translation assistance, and more? That device is here, and it’s not much bigger than a deck of cards. … Read more

 

5. Navigon 2100 max 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech, Lifetime Traffic and Fresh Maps – Special Bundle

From the Manufacturer
Manufacturer’s Description–May 3, 2008This special bundle includes traffic (for the lifetime of the device) and FreshMaps. Ultra-slim and with a stunning 4.3-inch touchscreen display, the Navigon 2100 Max earns its name with a long list of advanced features. Spoken driving direction in real street names via text-to-speech capability let … Read more

 

 6. TomTom One Third Edition Auto Navigation System

From the Manufacturer
Manufacturer’s Description (October 30, 2008)This is a refurbished GPS. Refurbished generally means that the unit has been returned to the manufacturer, who brings the navigator back to like new conditions. Some GPS may contain cosmetic blemishes. There is a six month guarantee on parts and labor on TomTom refurbished … Read more

 7. TomTom GO 730 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator

Amazon.com
Product Description Amazon.com Product Description–May 8, 2008 TomTom’s 2008 730 model brings their newest community-based navigation advancements together with thei plug and play ease of use, rock-solid navigation, and sleek designs we’ve come to expect from them.  For … Read more

   8. Garmin Colorado 300 Bilingual Handheld GPS Unit with North American Maps

Amazon.com Product Description–January 21, 2008
Packed with features, Garmin’s Colorado 300 includes a built-in basemap, high-sensitivity receiver, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, SD card slot, color display, picture viewer and more. Even exchange tracks, waypoints, routes and geocaches wirele… Read more 

Top 8 Editors’ Picks in GPS

  Top 8 Editors’ Picks in GPS

                                                     1. Garmin nuvi 265WT 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator

 Manufacturer’s Description (August 26, 2008) Garmin’s nuvi 265WT improves upon its 200-series predecessors by adding free real-time traffic updates from Navteq (for the life of the device) as well as Bluetooth connectivity to your cell phone. Other significant improvements in the 2×5 series include a predictive technology that provides … Read more

 

2. Navigon 7200T 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigation with Bluetooth, Text-to-Speech, and Free Traffic Alerts

Manufacturer’s Review (August 22, 2008) For those looking for both style and substance, the Navigon 7200T combines an elegantly designed black housing with an extra-wide 4.3-inch flatscreen  that provides photo-realistic images of virtually every highway intersection and exit complete with sign text and … Read more

 

 3. GARMIN Forerunner 405 Black GPS Enabled Sports Watch/ HRM

 With the Forerunner 405, Garmin has finally put the power of GPS location-based date into a sleek sport watch that can be worn all day. Runners no longer have to choose between function and fashion. Garmin’s ANT + Sport wireless platform that wirelessly se… Read more

 

 

4. Magellan Maestro 4350 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic

 Manufacturer’s Description–September 22, 2008 Designed with the driver in mind, the Maestro 4350 features a 4.3-inch widescreen anti-glare touch screen, Bluetooth, Real-Time Traffic updates, and 2-D and 3-D maps of the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico, all packed into a streamlined design that will add a bit of … Read more