Garmin nüvi 350 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

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What if one device could help you navigate anywhere in the U.S. and Canada, while offering travel tips, storing your favorite tunes and photos, providing translation assistance, and more? That device is here, and it's not much bigger than a deck of cards. The Garmin nüvi 350 is set to revolutionize what we expect from a GPS navigation device, or from any device for that matter.

Navigation
The nüvi 350 is first and foremost a personal GPS device. Wherever you go -- in your car or on foot-- the device offers extremely accurate position data, thanks to a high-sensitivity integrated GPS receiver by SiRF and WAAS-enabled, 12-satellite reception. Combined with detailed maps of the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico the nüvi 350 provides automatic routing, turn-by-turn voice directions, and touchscreen control-- making it easy to find your way anywhere. Plus, the unique "text-to-speech" feature calls out turns by street name, and you can choose from either 2D or 3D mapping perspectives when you're viewing your route on the display. Additionally, the nüvi 350 is compatible with Garmin's GTM 10 FM TMC traffic receiver*, which allows users to avoid traffic tie-ups by simply pushing a button that will calculate a new route.

As mentioned, the nüvi 350 comes packed with mapping data for North America, but you can can also load up your custom points of interest. Set up proximity alerts for school zones, safety cameras, and more using Garmin's free POI (points of interest) loader program (available from garmin.com).

nüvi 350

The sleek, portable nüvi 350 is a GPS navigator, traveler’s reference and digital entertainment system, all in one. It is your pocket-sized personal travel assistant ready for adventure. Like the rest of the nüvi 300-series, you’re just a few screen taps away from anywhere.
Navigate With Ease
nüvi 350 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator® NT street maps, including a hefty points of interest (POIs) database with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. Simply touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there with 2-D or 3-D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. It even announces the name of exits and streets so you never have to take your eyes off the road. In addition, nüvi 350 accepts custom points of interest (POIs), such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs. The European version even includes a preloaded safety camera database containing the location of safety cameras for parts of Europe.
Add Traffic Alerts
Avoid traffic jams with the addition of an optional FM TMC traffic receiver and traffic services. By adding these to your nüvi, you are notified of accidents or road construction ahead on your route. Simply touch the screen to view traffic details or recalculate your route to avoid traffic.
Take It With You
Like the rest of the nüvi series, nüvi 350 sports a sleek, slim design and fits comfortably in your pocket or purse. Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it convenient for navigation by car or foot.
Go Beyond Navigation
Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 350 includes many “must have” entertainment and travel tools including MP3 player, audio book player (subscription to Audible.com required), JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. It also comes with Garmin Lock™, an anti-theft feature, and is compatible with our free Garmin Garage where you can download custom vehicles that show your location on the map. Optional plug-in SD cards let you add additional features to enhance your travel experience including language translation and detailed travel guides. Our SaversGuide® provides information on nearby merchants offering discounts to customize your nüvi whether you’re traveling or close to home.
nüvi 350: It's a whole nü way to travel.
From buy.garmin.com

Garmin nüvi 350

Whether you're in the market for a portable GPS device or are just looking for that perfect electronic travel companion for your next trip to Europe, the nüvi 350 from Garmin may well have you prying the plastic out of your wallet.

The nüvi 350 is a slim, portable GPS receiver that provides voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions and has many additional features that make it an indispensable travel companion. And its combination of stellar features and impressive performance earn it our Edtiors' Choice nod.

Measuring 3.9 by 2.9 by 0.9 inches and weighing in at just over 5 ounces, the nüvi 350 easily fits into a shirt pocket. It has a 3.5-inch diagonal (320- by 240-pixel) touch screen and a lithium ion battery that can run for up to eight hours. Its GPS feature set builds on those found in the Garmin "C" series, such as the C330, with the addition of text-to-speech (TTS) directional prompting. With TTS enabled, the nüvi 350 will prompt you with complete street names. For example, it would say, "in 0.7 miles, turn right onto Meadowlands Parkway." Without TTS, these instructions would say simply, "turn right in 0.7 miles."

Another perk to be found in the nüvi is compatibility with Garmin's optional GTM10 traffic receiver. We used this device when we tested the Garmin 2720 a short while ago; it provides live traffic updates in selected U.S. cities.

In addition, the nüvi 350 is also the first GPS unit we've seen or reviewed that uses the new SiRFstar III GPS module. This module is the latest generation of GPS receiver chipsets from the manufacturer SiRF. It appears to indeed be extremely sensitive, with a fast time to first fix (TTFF). We were very impressed with the performance of this new module. Our first fix, called a cold start because the unit has to figure out where it is, took less than 90 seconds. Considering that the last known location for this unit was over 1,100 miles, away, at Garmin's facility in Kansas, we found that admirably fast. Subsequent fix times (known as warm fixes, because the unit has a general idea where it is) were even more impressive—in some cases less than two seconds. The SiRFstar III's reception sensitivity was also impressive. From within this reviewer's home office, about 10 feet from the nearest window, the nüvi 350 quickly achieved a lock on six to seven satellites. We observed similar results testing it on an aisle seat on a bus. Even while standing in the aisle on a New Jersey Transit commuter train, we had a good enough lock (until we entered a tunnel under the Hudson River) to determine the train's speed and direction.

We also tested the pedestrian navigation profile in one of the world's most challenging environments—Manhattan. Most GPS units fail miserably when you try to use them in Manhattan's "canyons." Not the nüvi; it kept a lock on five or more satellites throughout our walk between Penn Station and our offices on East 28th Street and Park Avenue. One truly inspiring feat: The device maintained satellite lock even while we were walking under construction scaffolding.

Like all of Garmin's recently released automotive GPS products, the nüvi 350 is extremely easy to use. The only button on it is the power on/off button; all features and functions are accessed via the touch screen. Like other Garmin products, the main screen has selections for "Where to?" and "View Map," but the nüvi 350 adds a third top-level entry, "Travel Kit." Since most of the GPS features mirror the C330/C340 closely, we'll focus on the new features found in the Travel Kit

Garmin nüvi 350

Whether you're in the market for a portable GPS device or are just looking for that perfect electronic travel companion for your next trip to Europe, the nüvi 350 from Garmin may well have you prying the plastic out of your wallet.
The nüvi 350 is a slim, portable GPS receiver that provides voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions and has many additional features that make it an indispensable travel companion. And its combination of stellar features and impressive performance earn it our Edtiors' Choice nod.
Measuring 3.9 by 2.9 by 0.9 inches and weighing in at just over 5 ounces, the nüvi 350 easily fits into a shirt pocket. It has a 3.5-inch diagonal (320- by 240-pixel) touch screen and a lithium ion battery that can run for up to eight hours. Its GPS feature set builds on those found in the Garmin "C" series, such as the C330, with the addition of text-to-speech (TTS) directional prompting. With TTS enabled, the nüvi 350 will prompt you with complete street names. For example, it would say, "in 0.7 miles, turn right onto Meadowlands Parkway." Without TTS, these instructions would say simply, "turn right in 0.7 miles."
Another perk to be found in the nüvi is compatibility with Garmin's optional GTM10 traffic receiver. We used this device when we tested the Garmin 2720 a short while ago; it provides live traffic updates in selected U.S. cities.
In addition, the nüvi 350 is also the first GPS unit we've seen or reviewed that uses the new SiRFstar III GPS module. This module is the latest generation of GPS receiver chipsets from the manufacturer SiRF. It appears to indeed be extremely sensitive, with a fast time to first fix (TTFF). We were very impressed with the performance of this new module. Our first fix, called a cold start because the unit has to figure out where it is, took less than 90 seconds. Considering that the last known location for this unit was over 1,100 miles, away, at Garmin's facility in Kansas, we found that admirably fast. Subsequent fix times (known as warm fixes, because the unit has a general idea where it is) were even more impressive—in some cases less than two seconds. The SiRFstar III's reception sensitivity was also impressive. From within this reviewer's home office, about 10 feet from the nearest window, the nüvi 350 quickly achieved a lock on six to seven satellites. We observed similar results testing it on an aisle seat on a bus. Even while standing in the aisle on a New Jersey Transit commuter train, we had a good enough lock (until we entered a tunnel under the Hudson River) to determine the train's speed and direction.
We also tested the pedestrian navigation profile in one of the world's most challenging environments—Manhattan. Most GPS units fail miserably when you try to use them in Manhattan's "canyons." Not the nüvi; it kept a lock on five or more satellites throughout our walk between Penn Station and our offices on East 28th Street and Park Avenue. One truly inspiring feat: The device maintained satellite lock even while we were walking under construction scaffolding.
Like all of Garmin's recently released automotive GPS products, the nüvi 350 is extremely easy to use. The only button on it is the power on/off button; all features and functions are accessed via the touch screen. Like other Garmin products, the main screen has selections for "Where to?" and "View Map," but the nüvi 350 adds a third top-level entry, "Travel Kit." Since most of the GPS features mirror the C330/C340 closely, we'll focus on the new features found in the Travel Kit.

From http://www.pcmag.com/