Garmin GPS - Returning my over-produced Nuvi 760 all-in-one MP3 player, speaker phone, photo album, and GPS unit

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Returning my over-produced Nuvi 760 all-in-one MP3 player, speaker phone, photo album, and GPS unit

nomail@spam.com

2008-03-25, 10:33 pm

Folks, I'm sorry to say that I am dissapointed with my Nuvi 760
experiences. I bought a Blackberry Curve 8310 to use bluetooth with
the 760, and the BB has rocked my world and third party options run
circles around the Nuvi! I think BB's are the way of the future and
the Nuvi 760 is over-produced...sorry, I'm a Garmin fan, but this is
overkill. I didn't get a CD and have to buy one, the Garmin rep on
the phone wouldn't send me one, and I didn't get a case. I have to buy
map updates each year. And at 70mph, I don't need to push, back, back,
back, to go three steps back. I had a Navigon 2100 before this Nuvi,
and the Navigon UI was much better at one-quarter the price. I'm also
not happy with my GPSMap60Cs and may sell that on eBay and just keep
my 12XL. I still believe Garmin makes the best product (but give
Navigon a look), and they're rock solid...but I'd rather have a
kick-a** user-configurable UI rather than an MP3 player, photo album,
second speaker phone. Hey, what do I recommend? How about a all-in-one
radar detecter, phone, GPS, garage door opener?! Sorry, but in two
years, this 760 will be outdated by units with replaceable
rechargeable batteries (aka 800-series) and next-generation
receivers...that's at least $5/week, every week, for two years. I
can't justify the cost...not even if Garmin included the map software
and a half-way decent case, but this 760 is over produced, needs
expensive updates, and is on its way back to Amazon.

What Nuvi is just a 4.3" GPS with text-to-speech?

MikeV06

2008-03-25, 10:33 pm

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:47:16 GMT, nomail@spam.com wrote:

> Folks, I'm sorry to say that I am dissapointed with my Nuvi 760
> experiences. I bought a Blackberry Curve 8310 to use bluetooth with
> the 760, and the BB has rocked my world and third party options run
> circles around the Nuvi! I think BB's are the way of the future and
> the Nuvi 760 is over-produced...sorry, I'm a Garmin fan, but this is
> overkill. I didn't get a CD and have to buy one, the Garmin rep on
> the phone wouldn't send me one, and I didn't get a case. I have to buy
> map updates each year. And at 70mph, I don't need to push, back, back,
> back, to go three steps back. I had a Navigon 2100 before this Nuvi,
> and the Navigon UI was much better at one-quarter the price. I'm also
> not happy with my GPSMap60Cs and may sell that on eBay and just keep
> my 12XL. I still believe Garmin makes the best product (but give
> Navigon a look), and they're rock solid...but I'd rather have a
> kick-a** user-configurable UI rather than an MP3 player, photo album,
> second speaker phone. Hey, what do I recommend? How about a all-in-one
> radar detecter, phone, GPS, garage door opener?! Sorry, but in two
> years, this 760 will be outdated by units with replaceable
> rechargeable batteries (aka 800-series) and next-generation
> receivers...that's at least $5/week, every week, for two years. I
> can't justify the cost...not even if Garmin included the map software
> and a half-way decent case, but this 760 is over produced, needs
> expensive updates, and is on its way back to Amazon.
>
> What Nuvi is just a 4.3" GPS with text-to-speech?

Do you own a Navigon? The information on the 7100 is rather limited on
their webpage. Several items of support are under construction. It requires
update release 1.1. It also does not have a case. It apparently does not
have something equivalent to MapSource. Depending how long it has been off,
it can take up to 20 minutes to initialize the GPS. It has USB 1.1 rather
than 2. All indications are that the battery is not replaceable. I had to
download the user manual to get a little more specification information.
Number of favorites = 300. No indication of the number of vias per route,
the number of POIs included, the number of routes that can be saved, and so
on. The company looks like a relatively new startup in the navigation
device market. BB comes with GPS, why don't you just use that?

nomail@spam.com

2008-03-25, 10:33 pm

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:01:16 -0500, MikeV06 <me@mycomputer06.invalid>
wrote:

>BB comes with GPS, why don't you just use that?
>
EXACTLY..the 8310 is perfect with a few third-party apps!

BigJim

2008-03-26, 4:33 am

people are not as stupid as Garmin thinks they are or should I say gullible.
Other gps producers are starting to get their markets shares up.

<nomail@spam.com> wrote in message
news:2n6fq3d7hfa46ps
jqv6nihm1urrkfvc7rc@
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> Folks, I'm sorry to say that I am dissapointed with my Nuvi 760
> experiences. I bought a Blackberry Curve 8310 to use bluetooth with
> the 760, and the BB has rocked my world and third party options run
> circles around the Nuvi! I think BB's are the way of the future and
> the Nuvi 760 is over-produced...sorry, I'm a Garmin fan, but this is
> overkill. I didn't get a CD and have to buy one, the Garmin rep on
> the phone wouldn't send me one, and I didn't get a case. I have to buy
> map updates each year. And at 70mph, I don't need to push, back, back,
> back, to go three steps back. I had a Navigon 2100 before this Nuvi,
> and the Navigon UI was much better at one-quarter the price. I'm also
> not happy with my GPSMap60Cs and may sell that on eBay and just keep
> my 12XL. I still believe Garmin makes the best product (but give
> Navigon a look), and they're rock solid...but I'd rather have a
> kick-a** user-configurable UI rather than an MP3 player, photo album,
> second speaker phone. Hey, what do I recommend? How about a all-in-one
> radar detecter, phone, GPS, garage door opener?! Sorry, but in two
> years, this 760 will be outdated by units with replaceable
> rechargeable batteries (aka 800-series) and next-generation
> receivers...that's at least $5/week, every week, for two years. I
> can't justify the cost...not even if Garmin included the map software
> and a half-way decent case, but this 760 is over produced, needs
> expensive updates, and is on its way back to Amazon.
>
> What Nuvi is just a 4.3" GPS with text-to-speech?

TVNAV.com

2008-03-26, 12:33 pm

<nomail@spam.com> wrote in message
news:2n6fq3d7hfa46ps
jqv6nihm1urrkfvc7rc@
4ax.com...
> Folks, I'm sorry to say that I am dissapointed with my Nuvi 760
> experiences. I bought a Blackberry Curve 8310 to use bluetooth with
> the 760, and the BB has rocked my world and third party options run
> circles around the Nuvi! I think BB's are the way of the future and
> the Nuvi 760 is over-produced...sorry, I'm a Garmin fan, but this is
> overkill. I didn't get a CD and have to buy one, the Garmin rep on
> the phone wouldn't send me one,

When our customers ask for the DVD when they order we provide it at no
charge.

and I didn't get a case.

Did you order one?

I have to buy
> map updates each year.

No you don't.

And at 70mph, I don't need to push, back, back,

> back, to go three steps back.

You don't have to keep pressing back. All you have to do is hold down
the back button for a couple of seconds and it will go to the menu page.

> What Nuvi is just a 4.3" GPS with text-to-speech?

nuvi 260W or 255W. Order it from us and tell us you want the map DVD and
we'll include it.
--

Darrel Goheen
GPS@tvnav.com
http://www.tvnav.com

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