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Garmin nuvi 350 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator VDO review - 1
 Garmin nuvi 350 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator VDO review - 1 
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 1) VERY compact -- easily able to fit in a breast pocket
 2) Text-to-Speech -- announces proper street names, not just "turn
left in 500 feet"; radically reduces how much you need to look at the
screen to figure out the real instructions; wouldn't own a GPS unit
wihtout this
 3) Bright Screen -- readable in virtually every situation And More >>
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Garmin nuvi 350 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator VDO review - 1
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A's Fan (California) - See all my reviews
After trying both Garmin's i3 and c340 GPS units, this is the one I'm keeping. Simply wonderful.
It has all the characteristics that I was looking for:
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1) VERY compact -- easily able to fit in a breast pocket
2) Text-to-Speech -- announces proper street names, not just "turn
left in 500 feet"; radically reduces how much you need to look at the
screen to figure out the real instructions; wouldn't own a GPS unit
wihtout this
3) Bright Screen -- readable in virtually every situation
AND
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Faster location of the GPS satellites. This turns out to be quite
important in day-to-day use. In the other systems, it wasn't unusual
that we could be driving for a couple minutes before it located the
satellites and could give us directions. With this unit, the satellites
are located almost as quickly as the unit fully starts up. 
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One comment on how we use this: We don't mount it on the dash board or
on the window (which is technically illegal here in California).
Instead we just lay this on the center console in our van or car. The
antenna system is plenty sensitive to work just like this and we've
never lost the satellite signals except in tunnels.
We also like all the potential of the traveling features (clock,
calculator, etc.), but this is the one to own even if you just use it
for the basic GPS features.
Very impressed.
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[July 2006 Update]
How Its Ease-of-Use Enhanced Our Vacation: We were recently on a
vacation combined with a business conference. While I was at the
conference, my family had the confidence to explore the city without
ever getting lost. Even our kids were able to help enter addreses and
find locations.
Factoring In Added Cost: Just a warning about upgrade costs.
Although Garmin does a good job of releasing updates to their system
software that either fixes bugs or adds enhancements, the cost to
update the built-in maps is extra. And they issue updates about once a
year.
538 of 545 people found the following review helpful:
 Garmin is the best for GPS, 
September 29, 2006
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Martin Anderson "Martin" (Santa Ana, CA United States) - See all my reviews 
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 I spent a lot of time trying out GPS units, and have compared Garmin,
Tom Tom, Magellan, and several factory GPS units. All of these GPS
units tell you how to get somewhere and will re-route if you make a
wrong turn. However, Garmin is my absolute favorite, and here's why: 
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1. The most important thing about Garmin units is the user interface. It is simple to understand and easy to use.
2. The Garmin unit uses a built in database of sunrise and sunset
times (based upon your location) to automatically change from daylight
mode to night-time mode. This is important because the daylight screen
is much too bright for use at night. With the Tom Tom, you must make
this change manually.
3. If you have the Garmin unit plugged into your car power, when
you turn off the car (and the cigarette lighter power goes off), the
Garmin unit will detect that and automatically turn itself off (it
gives you 30 seconds to override and keep the unit on).
4. When you start your car again, the Garmin unit will detect that
too and automatically power up. If you were in the middle of a trip,
the Garmin unit will pick up where you left off, and you won't have to
tell it where you were going again.
5. Unlike most factory GPS units, Garmin will allow you to select your route and make changes while you are moving.
6. The Garmin units have an extensive database of locations and the
excellent interface makes it easy to search the database to find what
you want. Do you want food or gas? Just click three buttons and a list
of locations (sorted by distance) will appear. If you know the name of
the place you want, you can type it in on the on-screen keypad and
Garmin will find it for you. You can even add your own locations using
the favorites feature. I first started using this when I was out of
town, but its amazing what you'll find near you when you look.

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7. While you are driving, the Garmin unit will both prompt you to turn
and give you a written explanation of the turn (including the street or
highway name and direction) at the top of the screen. The Garmin unit
also shows an estimated arrival time (usually a few minutes earlier
than you'll actually arrive) and the distance to your next turn. A
separate screen gives you detailed trip information, including how far
and how long you've been driving and your maximum speed. I used mine on
an airplane once (yes, it is allowed - read the back of the airplane
magazine), and it now says that by maximum speed was 590 miles per
hour.
8. I often use the Garmin even when driving locally, becase it
often finds better, faster ways to get there then the way that I
usually use.
9. Garmin offers a variety of installation options and accessories.
My favorite is the friction based dashboard mount (three weights
connected to a center stand) which is much more convenient than the
supplied mounting system.
10. If you turn off the GPS receiver (see settings) and then look
up another location, you will get the option to set this new location
as your present location. This will allow you to use search Garmin's
points of interest for the new location. This is a great feature when
planning trips, because Garmin's points of interest database is quite
extensive and includes all of the typical tourist attractions, plus
food, shopping, gas, banking, etc.
11. Be sure to check for the latest map and firmware updates at Garmin's web-site.
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