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Garmin StreetPilot c580 GPS - North America

StreetPilot c580 GPS - North America
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Garmin StreetPilot c580 GPS - North America

  • Reviewed by: ramu2005

    12-31-07

    Duration of ownership: 60 Days

    Strengths: Very Very easy to operate and useDirections and navigations accurate upto 95%Blue Tooth and MP3 player is great plus

    Weaknesses:Frequenlty falls from dashboard mountPoor voice selection listVoice instruction either too detail or too briefSlightly bulkier device - minor thing

    Overall Evaluation: Overall it is a very good product. It is very very easy to operate and use. Very use friendly screen and easy navigation from one menu to another. Directions and navigation are accurate most of the time. Blue tooth and MP3 player makes it very nice. Major drawbacks include: The GPS frequently falls from dashboard mount. Poor voice selection list and voice instruction either too detail or too brief. Just a minor thing that screen is little bulkier and is not visible until you decide to put your GPS some place in your car like dashboard.

  • Reviewed by: yong0450

    12-06-07

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Full feature loaded

    Weaknesses:N/A

    Overall Evaluation: I have Mio 310x, and this one is for my wife. It is cute. With all the feature loaded. MSN direct gives you all the information including the traffic and other useful information. With this, you never lost and get stuck in the traffic. Compare to the Mio, the live traffic does make a lot of differences.

  • Reviewed by: skywalker168

    11-23-07

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Complete feature list. Fast satellite lock. Bluetooth, TTS, Traffic all work very well

    Weaknesses:Bulky. Somehow limited MSN direct service

    Overall Evaluation: This is the highest model in StreetPilot C series GPS. It has all the features most of people will look for: SiRFIII chipset (fast satellite lock), TTS (read street names), Bluetooth (cellphone cell phones), MP3 and traffic information. Super fast satellite lock. Attach the power plug, enter destination, put on seatbelt and GPS is ready to navigate. Bluetooth works very well with all my cell phones. It transfers all contact information from the phone to GPS almost instantly. It pairs with cell phone automatically. Once set up, you walking into your car, GPS will pair itself with the phone right away, no button needs to be pushed. GPS interface is very easy to use, routing and re-routing is fast and accurate enough. The only downside on the hardware side is the bulky size, but if you leave it in your car all the time, it really doesn't matter. Traffic information from MSN Direct works well with the GPS. When delay detected, GPS will tell you minutes delay. You can choose to bypass or just go ahead. I found the delay minutes very useful. It's minor delay like 2 minutes, you can just ignore. If it is major backups, you can choose detour. Other MSN Direct service however is limited. Gas information only include regular gas price, no plus or premium. MSN Direct is free for the first year, costs $10/month or $130 lifetime after 1 year. In summary, it is very nice GPS if you don't care about the size. It got almost all the features high end GPS has at a much lower price. (Comparable Nuvi 680 costs hundreds more)

  • Reviewed by: jm875712

    11-13-07

    Duration of ownership: 1 Months

    Strengths: good and appropriate functionality...generally easy to set up and use

    Weaknesses:I have had to have several bites at the MSN set up

    Overall Evaluation: I bought it for a visitor from the UK while he was in the US, and it worked wonderfully well for a US neophyte in the NY tri-State area. I've also used it in Atlanta and Austin successfully. The weather feature is nice to have, I haven't had cause to use the traffic or movie features yet, the gas price feature is excellent, but the hands free telephone (after I bought the microphone accessory) is the icing on the cake. Great product - why would anyone buy a built in sat nav system?

  • Reviewed by: forumscout

    11-11-07

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Wonderful tool for navigating in a new area. As we just moved to the L.A. area, we are very happy with the ease of programming, and use.

    Weaknesses:Does not have at least 5 locations in our area that have been open for more than 18 months in the database, some streets in newer subdivisions are either not listed, or are in wrong location on map, the pronunciation of the street names is atrocious(thoug

    Overall Evaluation: All of the weaknesses are very minor compared to the fact that, out of the box, this GPS was easy to update online, program, and use. Very intuitive interface combined with a bright legible screen make for a top notch product. Have already suggested this model to friends. Before deciding between the c580 and the c530, make sure you will be in one of the MSN data zones, though, if not, the c530 will be just as good, and is cheaper

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