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TOMTOM BUYERS BEWARE OF BAD CUST SVC, BAD MAPS AND JUST NOT A GOOD PRODUCT AT ALL AND I HAD THE TOMTOM 920, THE HIGHEST MODEL. NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]>Feb 21st 2008 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/]]>Jan 19th 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/Jan 19th 2008 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/Jan 19th 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/Jan 19th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/
Garmin will not be dethroned as long as they have cheap GPS units like the 200-series...]]>Jan 19th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/Jan 19th 2008 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/
I take it you never use the POI database? Mine is outdated like a pair of leg warmers on Jane Fonda.]]>Jan 22nd 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/ Address -> Garmin -> I'm there.]]>Jan 29th 2008 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://lowtechtimes.com/2008/01/16/three-problems-with-gps-navigation-systems/]]>Jan 19th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/
On the "high-end", if the Dash Express lives up to 95% of it's hype, why would you spend $300-$400 more on a Garmin? Especially since, as I discovered when I received my v8 Garmin maps in September, the maps were already out of date the day I installed them. With Dash and others going to instant/near instant map updates, Garmin can have the best routing algorithms available but will still be behind the curve since you have to wait a year for map updates...which are obsolete already.

Dash is already talking about v2 of the Express coming out late this year. I'm going to wait and see the reviews of how v1 works in real life. Then in August when the new Garmin maps come out, I'll make a decision whether to upgrade the maps...or replace the GPS.]]>Jan 19th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/
Tomtom has several features that Garmin doesn't. However, Teleatlas maps are better in the rest of the world than in North America. Tomtom really has to better about this market (with their acquisition of Teleatlas maybe they will). Featurewise, the Tomtom beats the Garmin units with things like Cellular Telematics, DeadRec, VoiceRecog, Mapshare, quickGPSFix, just to name a few.

I almost bought a unit back in December but thought maybe Garmin would come out with a true competitor. Unfortunately, their most expensive unit still doesn't offer the same features that the most expensive Tomtom offers (which is still hundreds less in cost). ]]>Jan 19th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/
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Unfortunately, neither are as useful as my old Lowrance, despite its quirks, bugs, and poor GPS performance.]]>Jan 21st 2008 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/19/garmins-pricey-nuvi-850-shows-up-fashionably-late/Jan 21st 2008 7:52AM