Garmin's gone all diversity-happy on us this morning with three new chock-full-o-features portable GPS devices. The nüvi 885T is the real flagship here, offering speech recognition, lane assist junction view and MSN Direct traffic info and other cloud-based services. The unit centers on a 4.3-inch 480 x 272 touchscreen, and offers up Bluetooth for hands-free calling and an FM transmitter to pump turn-by-turn instructions and music through your car stereo. Unfortunately, the hotness doesn't come cheap: the 855T goes for $800, with an MSN and Bluetoothless version going for $700. The z?mo 660 is built for motorcycle types, with a 4.3-inch glove and sunlight-friendly touchscreen display. There's Bluetooth for pumping turn-by-turn directions to your helmet headset, and more of that lane assist goodness, but the $800 pricetag might quell your enthusiasm. Finally, the G5 offers up a 3-inch touchscreen, with what sound to be some pretty intuitive tap and drag functionalities. Pictures of the 660 and the G5 are after the break.
Read - Garmin nüvi 885T
Read - Garmin z?mo 660
Read - Garmin G5
posted Jan 7th 2009 at 9:34AM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ron @ Jan 7th 2009 9:50AM
More overpriced Garmin crap.
In a few weeks this will be selling for 50% off the MSRP if not more.
Loban @ Jan 7th 2009 11:50AM
It may be overpriced, but if you say it's crap, you've not used Garmin stuff before. Their equipment is very robust and their routing engine and maps (at least in the US) are the best. You're basically an idiot (or you get really lost a lot) if you spend close to a grand for a GPS unit. You can get a nice Garmin for around $200 or less.
Bob S. @ Jan 7th 2009 10:02AM
If people are golfing on the Mag Mile, I can't see them from my office window.
Agent .25i @ Jan 7th 2009 10:07AM
For 800 bucks, I'd expect Paris Hilton to pop out the screen, drive for me, and then perform sexual favors for me, and my friends when we get to my destination.
I call First, obviously.
Yoshi @ Jan 7th 2009 10:12AM
First? You have NO IDEA how late you are to that party. "Run away from slutty date...."
Agent .25i @ Jan 7th 2009 10:16AM
LOL
Yoshi @ Jan 7th 2009 10:17AM
Here ya go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfEE_nYehZ8
Agent .25i @ Jan 7th 2009 10:22AM
Graze the flesh! Ach Womb.
Hahaha haven't seen that before.
Mark @ Jan 7th 2009 10:14AM
What a disappointment in the 660. They removed the physical buttons which are practically required for changing the volume while riding with gloves on. Then they removed XM support. The only real thing added is stereo over Bluetooth.
Mark @ Jan 7th 2009 10:19AM
Oh, and they went from SD to microSD. What a joke.
Fernando @ Jan 7th 2009 10:36AM
I just kinda noticed... Is the car always driving to the garmin chicago headquarters in those press pics?
kal326 @ Jan 7th 2009 10:50AM
They use to all show driving to the Overland Park, KS headquarters. I guess more people know streets in Chicago then Kansas.
Jeremy @ Jan 7th 2009 10:52AM
It's about time a mobile device offered Doppler radar (885T). We were driving through Kentucky on vacation and heard all these tornado warnings on the radio for roads and towns we had no clue about. Turns out we just beat the storms by an hour or so. Google maps could really use a radar layer as well.