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Garmin nüvi 750 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator Binding: Electronics $219.99 Features:
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Editorial Review:
Garmin's nüvi 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 nüvis, you get Garmin reliability, the fast satellite lock of an integrated high-sensitivity receiver, a slim, pocket-sized design with a gorgeous display, an easy, intuitive interface, and detailed NAVTEQ maps for the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico with more than 6 million name-searchable points of interest. All of the 700-series navigators also feature a rich array of features including spoken directions in real street names, MP3 player and photo viewer, and an FM transmitter that will play voice prompts, MP3s, audio books, and more, directly through your vehicle's stereo system. The nüvi 760 and 770 add integrated traffic receivers and Bluetooth capability for hands-free calling. The nüvi 770 adds maps for Europe. The nüvi 780 adds enhanced MSN direct content capability.
Which nüvi is Best for You?: Click here to see a quick, simple comparison of features for all Garmin nuvi GPS navigators
Garmin's nüvis pack top of the line features into a slim form factor.
Wider screen lets you see more of what's around. Compare these actual size views of a 3-inch (diagonal) screen
and a 4.3-inch diagonal widescreenNew Features -- Where Am I? Where's My Car?
The nüvi 700 series is the first to answer two common questions: "Where am I?" and "Where's my car?"At any time, with a single tap of the screen, drivers can display their exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and gas stations. And to help drivers find their car in an unfamiliar spot or vast parking lot, all nüvi 700s automatically mark the position in which they were last removed from the mount.
New Features -- Multi-Destination Routing
This lets you enter several spots into the device (day care - supermarket-cleaners - office - day care, for example) and it will plot the fastest route. And once you've found the best router, the "Route Planning" feature lets you save up to 10 different routes, Garmin touts the feature for providing, "the most efficient route for errands, deliveries and sales calls." The feature also makes this an instant essential accessory for anyone who shops garage sales (you know what we're talking about).
A trip log provides an electronic bread crumb trail of up to 10,000 points, so you can see where you've been on the map.See Better, See More
First Rate Map Data
The super-bright, 4.3-inch (diagonal) touchscreen display gives is anti-glare for ease of viewing during the day and automatically changes its color profile for easy viewing at night or in dim light. It offers 2d or 3D perspective views.
The widescreen format gives you 70% more actual screen area than a 3.5-inch screen. Primarily this translates into a better view of the area through which you are driving. This is especially useful in showing you what parks, restaurants, ATM, gas stations, etc. are nearby, or in letting you know whether a detour is a good idea. Also, the device itself is larger, meaning controls on the screen are more widely spaced and somewhat easier to push.
All nüvi 700s come preloaded with highly detailed City Navigator NT road maps for the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. This map database features nearly six million points of interest (POIs), including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions. Garmin gets its map data from NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality mapping.Important note about map updates: Due to our high volume of sales, almost every Garmin portable GPS navigator sold by Amazon.com will come with the most recent map version. If you ever do need a map update, you can purchase one from Amazon.com at our Garmin Store.
Garmin Lock
Garmin's patent pending theft prevention system that disables the unit from performing any functions until the user types in a specific 4-digit PIN or takes the unit to a predetermined secure locationEasy To Use Interface
Garmin's interface is a key to their success and one of the things that makes their devices such a pleasure to use. Simple controls and sub-screens make it easy to enter or search for destinations and get data about your trip.
Beyond Navigation
Browse your stored pictures with an easy-to-use JPEG viewer.A handy MP3 player lets you play songs stored on SD memory cards.
nüvi 250W accepts custom points of interest (POIs). View larger.
Navigation is just the beginning. All nüvi 700s feature travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, MP3 player, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more.
They are also compatible with optional content plug-ins available via SD card, such as the Garmin Travel Guides and Garmin SaversGuide provide detailed data for attractions and information on nearby merchants offering discounts, so you can customize your nüvi for all your travel needs.
Garmin has also added the ability for customers to add custom points of interest (POI's) from third parties such as school zones and safety cameras.
Trick Your GPS Ride
Custom vehicle icons let you ride in style, at least inside your GPS.
See more icon optionAll nüvis support configurable vehicle icons. These fun, customized car-shaped icons come in a variety of colors to add a personal touch to your vehicle's position on the map.
What's in the Box
nüvi 750, Preloaded City Navigator NT for North America or Europe (full coverage), Vehicle suction cup mount, Vehicle power cable, USB cable, Dashboard disc, Quick start manualNotes
- Optional software for language translation, detailed travel guides, and savings programs allow you to customize your nüvi to fit your travel needs
- The FM transmitter feature is only available in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
- This nüvi comes with a free, three-month trial for MSN Direct services.
- Like most USB Mass Storage Devices, the nüvi is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me.
Which nüvi is Best for You?
Note: All nüvis come with detailed NAVTEQ maps containing more than 6 million pre-loaded point of interest locations.END
Screen
Size
inches
(w x h)Included Maps Text-to-Speech
(Directions in
Real Street
Names)Traffic Bluetooth Media FM Transmitter
(audio through
car stereo
system)Multi-
Point
RoutingBattery
life
(hours)Cont. U.S.,
Hawaii, and
Puerto RicoAK and
CanadaEurope nüvi 200 2.8 x 2.1 Photos up to 5 nüvi 200w 3.81 x 2.25 Photos up to 5 nüvi 250 2.8 x 2.1 Photos up to 5 nüvi 250w 3.81 x 2.25 Photos up to 5 nüvi 260 2.8 x 2.1 Photos up to 5 nüvi 260w 3.81 x 2.25 Photos up to 5 nüvi 270 2.8 x 2.1 Photos up to 5 nüvi 350 2.8 x 2.1 FM (with opt.
receiver)Photos, MP3s up to 8 nüvi 360 2.8 x 2.1 FM (with opt.
receiver)Photos, MP3s up to 8 nüvi 370 2.8 x 2.1 FM (receiver
included)Photos, MP3s up to 8 nüvi 650 3.81 x 2.25 FM (with opt.
receiver)Photos, MP3s up to 7 nüvi 660 3.81 x 2.25 FM (receiver
included)Photos, MP3s up to 7 nüvi 670 3.81 x 2.25 FM (receiver
included)Photos, MP3s up to 7 nüvi 680 3.81 x 2.25 MSN (receiver
included;
1-year free);
FM (with opt.
receiver)Photos, MP3s up to 7 nüvi 750 3.81 x 2.25 FM (with opt.
receiver);
MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver)Photos, MP3s up to 5 nüvi 760 3.81 x 2.25 FM (receiver
included);
MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver)Photos, MP3s up to 5 nüvi 770 3.81 x 2.25 FM (receiver
included);
MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver)Photos, MP3s up to 5 nüvi 780 3.81 x 2.25 MSN-enhanced
(receiver inc.;
3 months free)
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)Photos, MP3s up to 5 nüvi 850 3.81 x 2.25 MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)Photos, MP3s up to 4 nüvi 880 3.81 x 2.25 MSN-enhanced
(receiver inc.;
3 months free);
FM (with opt.
receiver)Photos, MP3s up to 4 nüvi 5000 4.5 x 2.7 MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)external
battery
only
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
easy to setup: 
the garmin 750 is easy to use and understand the price was way to high,i found the same 750 nuvi at sams club for 198.00 i paid 268.00 it cost me 70.00 dollars more at amzon!
Multi-point traveling life saver!!!:
I've used a number of GPS over the years, beginning with Garmin's "hand held moving maps" GPS (for pilots) when they first came out...yes they were huge compared to today's models...sort of like the first cell phones.This is my second Nuvi. I loved the first one, even with its quirks and issues was heads above all the other GPS devices I had rented or used. I won't make this a technical review for the 750 since that is well covered by other reviewers. My main motivation for upgrading to the 750 was the...more info
Great GPS:
THis unit is excellent...it has a very good signal and easy to use. I would recommend this to anyone.
good basic navigation, but many problems: 
i've owned the nuvi 750 for 8 or 9 months now. this review is applicable to the 750, 760, 770, and 780.
pros:
(1) once it's locked onto satellites, it is very accurate and stays locked.
(2) it picks good routes most of the time.
(3) the displayed and spoken directions work well.
in general, it implements the basic function of getting you from point A to point B well.
cons:
(1) horrible, horrible user interface when running on battery power and the power gets low. it beeps...more info
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