garmin nuvi 880 from consumer reports
Aug 5, 2008 garmin, gps navigation
Consumer Reports has a nice video of Garmin Nuvi 880, mostly displaying its voice recognition feature. If you are deciding whether you should get a nuvi 880 or not, you must see this video.
Here are some of the features of Garmin Nuvi 880 which currently goes for $880 on Amazon:
- Text-to-speech
- Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) capability (screen control)
- Bluetooth wireless technology (pair with phone or headset)
- FM transmitter
- Picture navigation: routing to a geocoded point in JPEG files
- Included traffic receiver via MSN Direct receiver for North America
- Last position: unit automatically marks your position when you remove it from the windshield mount, so you can navigate with nüvi on foot and find your way back to your vehicle
- Location and Text messages
- Instant on
- Web drop: create favorites in a PC browser and send to nuvi via USB (.gps files)
- Route planning with via points
- USB 2.0, high speed connectivity and mass storage
- SD card slot
- MCX connector (external antenna)
- Digital Elevation Maps (DEM)
- Embedded Linux (OS)
- Replaceable battery, high capacity Lithium-ion (up to 5 hours use)
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August 7th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
[...] Garmin introduce their new GPS “Nuvi 880″ which is can talking based on the display text. It can produce sound and also recognize our sound because it is equipped with Text-to-speech system and Automatic Speech Recognition/ASR. Garmin Nuvi 880 has 2.0 USB, Digital Elevation Maps (DEM), Picture navigation, MSN Direct receiver for North America, Linux (OS) and supported with FM transmitter, Bluetooth wireless and also has 5 hours battery lifetime (high capacity Lithium-ion). I heard this Nuvi 880’s demo exist on internet (NaviGadget). [...]