Garmin nüvi 670 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
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Customer Review: Travel in Germany
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought this for my wife who will be in Germany for a year. It is preloaded with Europe and all of the North American maps. It is also Blue Tooth capable. This is the fourth Garmin GPS I have purchased and it is by far the best. Sure the maps aren't perfect but they are certainly the best available. Previous Nuvi models hid the instructions on the Nuvi itself. This one actually has the instructions on the CD in the box plus it is on the built-in Nuvi flash drive. All you have to do is charge the machine, read the instructions and you will be on your way to almost perfect destinations. All of my military and medical friends use Garmin equipment. As to the Blue Tooth - - - it is easier to pair with my cell phone than my Blue Tooth ear piece. This thing is fantastic. Hopefully I will hear positive feedback from my wife when she gets to Germany in about 3 weeks. After checking the Garmin website for a few icon updates (my wife liked the Black Pearl Ship icon best). I tried to borrow the Nuvi 670 but my wife has a habit of changing the subject. Oh well that's life.Customer Review: Glad I bought this
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my first GPS unit and I have been very happy with my purchase. We have owned our Garmin 670 for 4 months now and have used it in our hometown and on two out of town trips. When using it in my hometown it has calculated the most logical route. We have used our GPS to drive from Texas to Colorado and back and from San Jose to Carmel and then on to Berekely. It is so nice not to "mapquest" every potential trip prior to vacation. Just plug it in, type the desired address and GO! The combination map on the display with turn-by-turn audio directions make navigating very easy. When driving, we have also planned our meal breaks based on Garmin loaded restaurants along our route. It seems to include most every restaurant, not just chains. I have found that the maps load very quickly. My only criticism is that no manual was included for a first time user. It is fairly self explanatory, but it has many features I would have preferred to read about in advance. Instead I have been discovering the features myself in the car. I would buy this unit again.Customer Review: Garmin nuvi 670
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased the nuvi 670 prior to travelling to Sweden and Ireland on vacation. After driving through the small streets of Ireland I'm a believer in this product.
Ireland has been updating their freeways, so the device showed I was off-roading. I've seen this "feature" in other GPS products, so it isn't just a Garmin issue.
The size/portability, user interface, and intuitive design of the product were perfect.
Now that I'm back in the US, I use the product to listen to books from [...]. Another great use for the product, since the large screen is superior to my previous listening device.
The only negatives are the windshield mount and the Blue Tooth link to the BlackBerry. The windshield mount is a terrible design. It takes a while to find a flat surface that it will stick to. That's difficult to find on a mini-cooper windshield. I haven't been successful linking to the BlackBerry, but I haven't spent that much time. The devices don't see each other.
Would I buy it again - Yes.
Customer Review: It's OK, but...
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, this machine is impressive, the first time I turned it on I got a fix in less than 10 seconds! There are nevertheless some flaws:
For instance, The Nuvi 670 shows a route from point A to point B, and then a totally different route from point B to point A.
Many things are optionnal and expensive (for instance, the language dictionnaries).
The translations are approximate... and very funny! For instance, "Powerline Dr." in spanish turns into something like "Poder linear Doctor", which had my family laughing for 10 minutes! I haven't tried french, but I am sure I'll get some nice surprises also.
The manual is not very detailed, and I haven't been able to put a destination in the "favorites" folder before I get there... Strange.
There is no way I can hear my iPod through the speakers of the Nuvi (the TomTom offers that feature, and by the way is about half the price!)
I think I still have to use it more to get accustomed to it, and to be able to discover and take advantage of the tons of features.
Customer Review: Frustrations with Garmin
Summary: 2 Stars
I have had no problems with this impressive device but experienced considerable frustration with Garmin support in obtaining appropriate map updates. Ordered in late May 2008 it came with old maps. Although new updates for the US and European maps were initially promised by phone when I registered it with Garmin, only the soon to be outdated European map was eventually received. Several hours and several calls to support yielded entirely different and conflicting answers to why I wasn't going to get new updates. Eventually, one helpful support person agreed to take the risk in sending the previously promised updated US map for which I am anxiously awaiting receipt. The soon to be released updated European map for my month old devise will have to be purchased. So, if you want a devise with updated maps I suggest you hold off on ordering this model regardless of what Garmin may tell you. I personally believe a newly purchased devise should come with a hassle-free guarantee of free updates on a more liberal basis than Garmin appears to offer.