Amazon.com Product Description What if one device could help you navigate anywhere in the U.S. andCanada, 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.
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The nüvi 350 is a portable GPS navigator, traveler's reference, and digital entertainment system, all in one. View product demo (requires Flash).
A simple touchscreen interface and voice guidance allow you to keep your eyes on the road. View larger.
Listen to an audio book or an MP3 while you're on the road. View larger.
Design With a total weight of 5.1 ounces and slim measurements of 3.87 x 2.91 x 0.87 inches (WxHxD), the nüvi 350 is just right for the pocket or purse. A bright, 64,000-color display dominates the front of the device and a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels means that there's plenty of room for displaying map data and other elements of the device's interface. An SD memory card slot is provided for expansion software, such as a points of interest database, media files and electronic guides (see below). The flip-up antenna includes an MCX-type connector for connecting the unit to an external GPS antenna. Meanwhile, a powerful built-in speaker resides on the back of device. A built-in lithium ion battery will give you for to eight hours of battery life, depending on use. In addition to an AC charger, the unit also ships with a 12-volt power adapter for vehicle charging, as well as a windshield suction cup mount.
Fortunately, Garmin has made it easy to interface with the nüvi 350's 700 megabytes of onboard memory, thanks to "plug-and-play" USB mass storage support. Just plug the device into your computer's USB port and you've got instantaneous access to all the audio books, music, photos, supplemental maps and other data on the nüvi 350's internal and SD card memory.
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).
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.
The device automatically calculates the fastest route and provides voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions along the way.
Tools for the Journey Navigation is just part of the journey, and the nüvi 350 is one of the first devices to recognize that. The built-in "Travel Kit" offers an MP3 player, an audio book player from Audible.com, a jpeg-format picture viewer, a world travel clock with time zones, a currency converter, a measurement converter, and a calculator.
In addition to the included travel tools, additional software add-ons are available, such as the Garmin Language Guide, with data provided by Oxford University Press. This software suite contains a multilingual word bank, phrase bank, and five bilingual dictionaries. The multilingual word bank and phrase bank supports nine languages and dialects, including American English, British English, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, European Spanish, and Latin American Spanish. Now you can look up and translate more than 17,000 words or 20,000 phrases per language -- right in the palm of your hand. Through the unit's text-to-speech interface, users can get a spoken pronunciation of each entry in the word bank, along with gender and part of speech information.
Another useful add-on software package, the Garmin Travel Guide, is loaded with information provided by Marco Polo. These guides put in-depth travel information such as reviews and recommendations for restaurants, tourist attractions, and more at your fingertips. The software allows you to navigate to an address or search points of interest-- places like hotels, restaurants, shopping, and tourist attractions. The nüvi 350 automatically calculates the fastest route and provides voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions along the way. The unit also audibly announces the name of upcoming streets-- letting you keep your eyes on the road while navigating through busy traffic and tricky roadways. And if you stray off course, the nüvi 350 automatically calculates the quickest way to get back on track.
*Traffic services available only in select cities where RDS-TMC coverage exists. Requires the GTM 10 FM TMC traffic receiver and subscription fee to enable traffic capability.
What's in the Box nüvi 350, Preloaded City Navigator NT for North America and Puerto Rico, Vehicle suction cup mount, AC charger, Vehicle power cable, Dashboard disc, USB cable, Carrying case, Quick reference guide
Great Little GPSAugust 31, 2010 R. Pollard(Alexandria, VA United States) I have owned this GPS for about four years now (originally paid big bucks). There have only been a couple of times when it sent me down a road with no results (out of state and looking for a Wendy's). Another time I was out in the country and it had trouble locating the house although it got me to the neighborhood just fine. The only complaint I have with this unit is when it is clamped on the windshield and in bright sun, glare on the screen makes it hard to see so I have to rely on the voice commands. I just bought a sandbag holder and hope it will work down on the console. If that doesn't help, I'll upgrade to the 855 but it's worth a shot in the meantime as this has been a great unit for both long trips and local trips.
Work GreatAugust 30, 2010 T. Diep(Orange, CA USA) I purchased the 350-GPS about 2 years ago, based on good customer reviews, and reasonable price. A unit runs great.
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I love this GPS!August 20, 2010 Leslie Art Teacher I would be LOST without this GPS. This is so easy to work and it is so helpful to have. It tells you which direction you are going to be turning before hand and it also tells you how much farther you have to go before making a turn. There is voice and a screen, which is helpful to have both. I love this GPS system.
No more Garmin for me!August 14, 2010 Jim T. Ly I have owned the Garmin Nuvi 350 for 3+ years. I've read the reviews from Consumer Reports (CR) which gave it high marks so I purchased the unit based on that. Wrong move! The biggest fustration for me was powering on the unit and waiting at least 5 minutes to pick up a signal. Sometimes even longer...sigh. Thinking my unit might've been a fluke I recommended my sister to buy the same unit. Guess what, same satellite reception problem. She had to buy an add-on antenna to alleviate the problem. But the reception time was still slow compared to her friends' Magellans or TomToms. In retrospect, I regretted buying the Nuvi 350. I blame CR for recommending such a product and myself for trusting their recommendations without research. Read the other reviews here on Amazon; they tell the whole story!
Was once a life savior, now getting datedAugust 9, 2010 darwinian_world Have owned it for about 2.5 years now. Was indispensable once upon a time and greatly loved by myself and friends alike. Practically never got us lost! Now its losing importance as I am familiar with my city and iPhone gps is more handy. Additionally, of late, there are issues with the device. It takes a long time to acquire signal after being turned on. Got lost a couple of times by the time it acquired signal and started talking. Tried updating the software but did not help. Not sure if a map update would help. Been laszy to shell out the bucks! Alternate SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!
My 2c for prospective buyers is to go for the latest model of Garmin Nuvi if you are planning to buy a gps.
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