The Magellan takes forever to get a signal (more than 5 minutes on a good day).Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunter
my sister gave my dad a magellan....and he says it is totally useless..lolQuote:
Originally Posted by protias
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The Magellan takes forever to get a signal (more than 5 minutes on a good day).Quote:
Originally Posted by Huntermy sister gave my dad a magellan....and he says it is totally useless..lolQuote:
Originally Posted by protias
That is what he said also.That is sad,cause those things are not cheap.
Until you try to sell it. A year after I purchase my 860T (paid 700), I looked at what the resell value was, it was at 200! I can only imagine what it is now (4 years after I purchased it).Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunter
Yea but is it any good? I believe navteq and teleatlas do GPS maps and Garmin uses navteq.Quote:
Originally Posted by protiasThat's pretty neat.Quote:
Originally Posted by srtga
It looks like Garmin uses navteq. As for the unit itself, I'm not seeing anything on Garmin's site. The closest I see is the current "top of the line" models: 3790T, 3760T, 3750.Quote:
Originally Posted by srtgaYea but is it any good? I believe navteq and teleatlas do GPS maps and Garmin uses navteq.Quote:
Originally Posted by protiasThat's pretty neat.Quote:
Originally Posted by srtga
Ditto, been using a Garmin Nuvi 200W for a couple years and it's excellent. Not perfect, but almost. Sometimes it gets me askew, but 99% of the time it's on the money. I would highly recommend it.Quote:
Originally Posted by AirMoore
I have owned a couple of garmin units, and I now own a tomtom. While i really did love the garmin units, the maps on them were horrible. In recent years there has been a lot of new streets built in my town. Many of these new streets have existed for 2-3 years, and they still do not appear on the garmin maps. I found that these same streets are on the Tomtom maps, and that is why I switched.Quote:
Originally Posted by unmamfqlm
One of the biggest differences between the two is not so much the standard purpose of a GPS, which is navigating, but the special features such as POI's or points of interest and the file systems and formats used for that plus external software availability such as garmin's POI Loader and MapSource programs. They are really nice and help you get a LOT more out of your GPS than plain vanilla navigation.
IF you're not really familiar with GPS's and advanced functions and setting custom POI's etc then this may not mean much to you at this point.
If you're the type to want very basic plug and play functionality, then either is fine. I can't speak for the Tom Tom but I can verify that occasionally the Garmin will get you lost or confused. Not often...but it does happen. I think this would happen "occasionally" with ANY GPS. Nothing's perfect. I disagree that the maps are horrible. 99 percent; of the time they are just fine. Garmin is a very big outfit with a lot of years experience and their source for maps is very well established.
But if you are a "gadget" person and you tend to like utilizing electronic gadets to their fullest extent, IMO there will come a day that you will be glad you chose a Garmin because of the enormous flexibility with customization. I have an entry level GPS (Garmin Nuvi 205) and it does all the custom things I need very nicely.
Just to give you a quick example, I have ALL the Interstate rest areas in my Nuvi with custom alerts (sounds and visual pictures) and many have custom proximity alerts so that I get alerts on the GPS at distances I custom set for each Rest Area. This has been extremely handy while traveling. I like a 2.5 mile advance warning for rest stops.
The Tom Tom might also do all of this, but I believe the way the Garmin does it makes it much easier.
Again, if ALL you need is basic navigation and you never think you'll want to fully utilize it, then either is fine.
I have a garmin and it sucks it keeps shutting itself off when ever i use it... i'm about to throw it out and just use my droids navigation from now on, I tested it next to the garmin and its ten times more accurate than the garmin also when you arive to the location it shows you a picture of the front of the house/store/where ever your going. so you know your in the right place very helpful if you never been there before.
That is a bug in some Garmins... you should be able to get an update online. (Mine was doing exactly the same thing, restarting itself now and then)Quote:
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btw, that embedded video is really annoying... :)