nuvi 5000
Jan 3, 2008 garmin, gps navigation
The Nuvi 5000 which we talked about just yesterday is in fact real. The behemoth GPS navigation system – like we guessed – seems to be targeting larger vehicles such as trucks with its 5.2″ touch screen. The new Nuvi 5000 includes many of the features from the expensive 700 series but also adds a couple of its own such as the ability to store 10 routes with multi-segment capability and auto-sort destinations for the shortest and efficient route.
Like we said the ability to hook up rear view cameras make the 5000 suitable for delivery trucks and other small features such as the MP3 player, audio book support, FM-transmitter make the device more friendly. Not to mention it supports MSN Direct to bring you real time traffic, fuel prices, weather reports, movie listings, locals events, and news and stocks.
You’ll have to wait until February and save $800 until then… Oh and don’t forget: No internal battery in this one.
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January 4th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Useless for truckers if it does not include truckers routes. Truckers need the information on low clearance roads, weight limited roads and state limited commercial roads.
January 5th, 2008 at 8:55 am
why wouldn’t you install a built-in battery in such an interesting gps?also does it have real practical truck and bus route? i think the text to speech in the garmin gps sounds very robot like.
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:21 pm
As already stated, it’s no good for commercial vehicles since it doesn’t take into account clearance issues, hazmat routing, weight restrictions etc. that truckers need. Let’s see, there’s only over 2 million commercial drivers license holders that could make use of those features. What a crazy idea, for us to think Garmin or any other gps company would want to go after such an incredibly small potential market.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
No Battery – No buy
What is Garmin thinking…Have they ever used one of these themselves?
May 27th, 2008 at 8:47 am
No battery and no bluetooth – what are you thinking?
August 17th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Teletype has truck routing in similar units.
November 9th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Teletype units suck though. I bought one and paid good money for it. After it kept locking up and was told the SD card was the problem and they replaced it. It still kept locking up. I have talked to several people who tried them with similar results. dont waste your money on them.
March 18th, 2009 at 5:36 am
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September 15th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
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