Garmin nüvi 1350/1350T 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic Top Quality

I got the Garmin Nuvi 1350T at Car Toys during my Thanksgiving break from college on sale for only $200. When I got home, I charged it, and I even setup my preferences while the unit was charging.

Here are the good features about it:

A. Spoken Street Names
The street names announcement sounds louder than the names announced from my Garmin nuvi 680. Also, I pawned my Nuvi 205W to get this one because I prefer the spoken street names (e.g. "in 0.2 mile, turn right on SE Anderson Rd"), so I can keep my eyes on the road better to enhance safety. Also, being informed for an extra second can keep me from making wrong turns, which can save me time to get to my destination.

B. Traffic
I like how it came with a traffic receiver, so I don't have to spend $120 ordering a separate one from[...]. Once I connected my traffic receiver to my unit, it took a few minutes to acquire traffic status. The unit even "re-calculates" a new route if there's a very severe traffic in my route. There's also color-coding for traffic status: green for traffic is flowing very good, yellow for slow traffic, and red for very severe traffic.

C. ecoRoute
This is great for saving gas and money. I entered my car's city/highway gas mileages and the gas price in the unit to keep track of my gas expenses and gas usage. When the unit processes the information, it even gives me how much worth of gas it will cost me to get to my ultimate destination. There's also the ecoRoute challenge, and the higher score I get the more gas I can save.

D. Speed Limit Indicator
Displayed to the right of the current driving speed, and the speed is shown in red when I go over the speed. I wish there's a way to have the speed shown in red when I go more than 5 mph above the speed limit. For example, suppose I'm driving on a road that has a speed limit of 30 mph and if I drive over 35 mph, my speed is shown in red. I also wish that the unit beeps at me when my speed is shown in red. However, there's some places where the speed limit isn't correct, so I gotta rely on the actual speed limit signs on the roads, especially in construction and school zones.

E. Lane Assist
When I see multiple arrows, the ones highlighted mean that I should be in the proper lanes to get to my destination better.

F. Widescreen
I like the widescreen models better because I get 480 by 272 pixels. Also, there's the QWERTY keyboard!!!!! Another big difference is that I can get the unit to show the speed and three other pieces of information like arrival time, distance to destination, elevation, and direction of travel.

G. HotFix
This feature picks up satellite signals faster than my Nuvi 680.

Overall, I highly recommend it to my friends!!!

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