This GPS device probably didn't get as much as stars as others, but I really loved it, not because it has the latest map, not because it has best POI data, but because of its superb interactivity. It's has the best presentation (not in picture quality, but in usefulness) of routes, while you are driving, all its zooming (to make you focus on turns) and spinning animations (like on ramp) are smooth, automatic and CONTINUOUS, and you can pan and move the map whenever you want, which are also done very smoothly. This makes it a superb portable digital map. Garmin and TomTom's map is very hard and unintuitive to navigate using human fingers, I am always frustrated on them. If you like to play around with things like Google Map, this is the product for you.
If you are directionally challanged, cannot recognize road or read map at all and plan to completely rely on a GPS while driving, and don't really want to look at the map itself, then this is probably not for you. but if you like traveling and need a digital map, it's perfect.
I have used this GPS in my 4600-mile coast to coast trip and it really helped me a lot. I had also used it in various trips, including Hawaii (well, it got some crossings marked wrongly, once or twice).
Pros:
- Cheap!
- Best human-computer interactivity, easy to add, modify your route. I think the user interface engineer in this company is much better than others.
- Real human voice, although it cannot read the street name, but instructions hears nice.
- Provides plenty of geographical information.
Cons:
- expensive update package, I never bought update since 2007.
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