Garmin nuevi 370 3.5-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Text-To-Speech, North American and European Maps | 
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Category: CE
List Price: $899.99
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Rating:  224 reviews
Sales Rank: 242
Platform: Not Machine Specific
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 1 x 3 x 2
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 0100053878
Model: 0100053878
UPC: 753759068011
EAN: 0753759068011
ASIN: B000MF7L5A
Release Date: January 8, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 3.5-inch, touch-screen TFT LCD display with 320 x 240 pixels of resolution | | • | Voice announcements, alerts for traffic-related tie-ups, and maps for all of North America and Europe | | • | Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free calling, and USB interface for loading data | | • | Includes MP3 player, picture viewer, world clock, currency and measurement converters, calculator and more | | • | Weighs 5 ounces and measures 3.9 x 2.9 x 0.9 inches (W x H x D) |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Now you can go from North America to Europe without loading any more maps with the Garmin's transatlantic nuevi 370 Personal Travel Assistant. This pocket-sized personal travel assistant comes with built-in street maps for both continents, making traveling abroad as easy as getting off the plane. The nuevi 370 is loaded with convenience features such as a travel kit and hands-free calling, on top of which it provides you with even more maps and an integrated traffic receiver. 
The nuevi 370 comes with built-in street maps for both continents, making traveling abroad so easy. See side view. | 
Keep track of all of your speed and timed information on one single screen. | 
The 370's travel kit menu delivers access to audio books, pictures, and more. | Despite being loaded with features, the nuevi 370 still allows you to navigate with ease. This unit comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded NavTeq City Navigator NT street maps for both North America and Europe, and includes a hefty points of interest (POIs) database with hotels, restaurants, fuel stops, ATMs and more. Simply touch the super-bright, sunlight-readable color screen to enter a destination, and the 370 takes you there with either 2D or 3D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. This navigator voice even announces the name of exits and streets so you never have to take your eyes off the road, and can concentrate on your driving to keep yourself and your loved ones safe. In addition, the 370 accepts custom points of interest (POIs), such as school zones and safety cameras, and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs that require your special consideration such as speed zones and safety cameras. Speaking of keeping you safe, the nuevi 370 lets you make hands-free calls so you can talk freely during your worry-free driving. By integrating Bluetooth wireless technology with a built-in microphone and speaker, you can pair your nuevi with any compatible Bluetooth phone and talk hands-free while staying focused on the road. You no longer have to fumble with your phone's handset to answer a call or dial a number, just tap the 370's screen and you're instantly connected. And with 1-touch dialing for your POIs, you can quickly and conveniently call ahead to make reservations or get needed information. You can also avoid tie-ups and steer clear of traffic with the nuevi 370's integrated FM TMC traffic receiver. This unit allows you to receive alerts about road construction and traffic problems that lie ahead on your route. Simply touch the nuevi's screen to view traffic details or change your route so you can detour around the problem area. All of which can be customized with configurable vehicle icons that let you choose individual car-shaped icons in a variety of colors that show your position on the map. In additional to all this functionality, the nuevi 370 includes many must-have entertainment and travel tools such as an MP3 player, an audio book player (subscription to Audible.com required), and a JPEG picture viewer so you can take your favorite music and pictures with you wherever you go. This unit also features a world travel clock with time zones, a currency converter, a measurement converter, and a calculator so that wherever you travel it will be easy to know what you are getting and keep track of your costs. The MP3 player lets you browse music by artist, album, and/or song, while the optional audio books may be purchased from Audible.com which features over 70,000 hours of audio programs. What's more, the nuevi 370 allows further customization via optional software such as travel guide, savings programs and language translation on plug-and-play SD cards for all your travel needs. The Garmin nuevi 370 comes with a built-in, high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver, and lets you view and operate it via its bright, LCD TFT touch-screen display that measures 2.8 x 2.1 inches (W x H) and has a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels with 64,000 colors and a white backlight. As a whole, the nuevi 370 measures 3.87 x 2.91 x 0.87 inches (W x H x D), and weighs only 5.1 ounces for easy portability. This unit provides you with from four to eight hours of battery life (depending on use) via its rechargeable lithium-ion battery, and comes with Garmin Lock, which is an anti-theft feature to protect your investment. While you can add software via the SD card slot, the Garmin nuevi 370 also lets you interface via high-speed USB for loading data, though users should note that, like most USB mass storage devices, this unit is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me. What's in the Box
Garmin nuevi 370, City Navigator NT maps for North America and Europe (preloaded, full coverage), FM traffic receiver, vehicle suction cup mount, AC charger, vehicle power cable, dashboard disk, USB cable, carrying case, quick reference guide and, owner's manual.
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 Used it in Europe, worked great! (UPDATE 2nd Trip to Europe) June 5, 2007
John Harriman (California)
96 out of 97 found this review helpful
SEE UPDATE BELOW ORIGINAL REVIEW
I have just returned from a trip to Europe (London, Paris, Rome, and Florence) where I used the Nuvi 370 extensively and it worked great. First of all, I put a lot of the places I would be going to in the "Favorites" list before I left. The great thing about Nuvi is that it sorts this list based on distance from wherever you happen to be. So I didn't have to scroll through points for Paris or Rome when I was in England and vice versa. Very useful. I also found that the points of interest had all the sightseeing landmarks that I was going to visit and nearly every restaurant that I had earmarked for meals. I also got the translation guide which came in very useful (especially to explain "tap water" at European restaurants, they really want to sell you bottled water and pretend to not understand what tap water means, but showing them in their own language on Nuvi always got the point across). Now here is a report of actual real world use as a pedestrian in Europe.
Pros - It had every street that I walked on without exception. It knew that I could walk the wrong way on one-way streets as a pedestrian (in pedestrian mode). Usually very fast lock on of satellites. Currency converter very useful. Language guide easy to use and very helpful with menus. Learned a few phrases by imitating the voice on the language guide which led to a lot of goodwill in France and Italy. Used it to show addresses to cab drivers which was always helpful. Tracked the taxi rides and could tell when cabbies were way off route and a little protesting got them back on track. Used it to make easy decisions between walking, metro, or cab by routing a destination and seeing how far the walk would be. Nuvi lets you scroll through the route and is pretty accurate as to how long it will take to walk.
Cons - 1. In pedestrian mode, I almost always started walking the wrong way because Nuvi isn't sure which way it is pointed when you are standing still. This is fixed by walking a few feet until you see if you are going the right way, rarely more than 10 feet. 2. It doesn't automatically reroute in pedestrian mode if you get off the selected route, you need to hit "detour" which sometimes leads to a much longer path. 3. Sometimes satellite signal would get lost in the narrow older streets, especially in Italy. Sometimes the display would suddenly indicate that I was walking the exact opposite way that I had been going due to lost or confused signal. But these are all nits and were easily handled.
Overall - The Nuvi 370 worked exactly the way I was hoping it would. If you live in America and plan travel in Europe, I highly recommend the Nuvi 370 and Language Guide.
UPDATE 2ND TRIP TO EUROPE
I recently spent two weeks in Spain where I used the Nuvi in pedestrian mode and drove throughout Southern and Western Spain. The Nuvi worked perfectly except where maps were somewhat out of date. The scariest words in my life now are "Enter roundabout and take second exit to roundabout". At one point we did three consecutive roundabouts! If you are not used to driving in a foreign country, I highly recommend Nuvi 370. The POI's pointed out gas and food when we needed it, and in both pedestrian and driving mode, it got us through many medieval streets with no problems. I again used the language guide(very useful) and was able to figure out what was what on local menus. I find the estimated arrival times in both pedestrian mode and driving mode to be pretty accurate and helpful in decision making. I even used it on the AVE high speed train between Madrid and Cordoba to see how fast we were going (180+ mph). I have now had this for a couple of years and can't live without it.
One of most useful features is the ability to find metro stations nearby when you are in pedestrian mode. Very helpful in Madrid and Barcelona.
Just ending a drive trip in France.. WOW!! October 26, 2007
Bruce E. Bowe (Santa Rosa, CA USA)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
We are flying home tomorrow. We just completed 12 days in Normandy, driving all over the place and in our car just about every day. I suppose this product isn't perfect, but my wife and I will tell you that going on a car trip in Europe without one of these babies is just totally retro and you'd have to be a complete fool to not take one. It took us down a lot of little country roads we would have never had the nerve to go down. What a great security blanket! I've driven all over Europe and this is the first time I've enjoyed it at this level. $475 is chump change for what you get. Not to mention the use we'll have for this in the U.S. GREAT product.. (No... I'm not a Garmin employee. This gadget isn't perfect. Forinstanct, the documentation is pretty sketchy. But who cares, it's so intuitive to use).
a HUGE stress-reducer September 16, 2007
G. M. S. (Union County, NJ USA)
32 out of 35 found this review helpful
I love this thing - best gadget ever!!! I took it with me on a trip out to LA and it made navigating scary LA traffic and freeways a breeze! I couldn't believe how comfortable I was running around the city by myself in my little rental car, with the assistance of my GPS (who I named Mick after the male Australian accent voice I chose to boss me around as I drive) - and this was my first time in LA, well, outside the airport anyway. It made it easy to do everything, from finding parking or restaurants (listed by genre). And the text-to-speech function (which most GPS systems in the same price range don't seem to have right now) is very reassuring - I think if it hadn't told me the street names, I wouldn't have felt as confident making each turn. Plus it's fun when you enter and save a friend's address under their name to hear the GPS tell you "Now arriving at Alex L on Right". It allowed me to be much more spontaneous - if I'd been relying on MapQuest, or something similar for directions, I would have been stuck in traffic many times, whereas with my GPS assistant, I could just hit detour, or just leave the freeway (inevitably where I hit traffic) and it would say "recalculating" and find me another way to get there. I have not been disappointed by anything with this gadget so far - it's far exceeded my expectations. Fabulous little toy. Can't wait to try it out in Europe.
You won't get lost September 6, 2007
R. Wismer (Jeffersonville, PA United States)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Always got me to my destination. It knows major and somewhat major roads very well. For local roads its 90% correct. Its not that it can't get you where you are going, its just that sometimes it takes awkward turns. Sometimes, however, this proves to be an advantage as you can often find new routes that you never thought of. A few times the directions have been dead wrong. For example the Garmin tried to send me down a 1-way street--the wrong way. You can always temporarily ignore those less then optimal directions and the Garmin will always recalculate new directions automatically.
I'm not convinced the attachable FM Traffic receiver is worth the extra money--it's free for, I think 2 months. After that, there is a monthly fee. Traffic information reception is not available everywhere (especially outside of major cities) plus it did not seem to not attempt to route me around traffic anyway.
I was worried about the size of the LCD screen, there being a larger, more expensive model out. I'm glad I got this size because: A. As a map, the Garmin is very awkward. You LISTEN to the directions, not look at the map B: A bigger unit takes up more space on my windshield and pocket.
All in all a great piece of technology.
eliminates stress June 5, 2007
James V. Worth (New Jersey)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Bought the 370 in April prior to a trip south to visit friends.We went for the 370 for use on our frequent trips to Uk and Europe. We have not used it there yet but if the USA performance is typical it will be fine.It is a great system; easy to use [manual not great] and never failed to get me where we wanted to go.Eliminated the MRS. getting abuse when she didn't read the map quickly enough.We challenged it by visiting friends in some very rural areas but it never failed. Display bright,and large enough. Sound is a little distorted.Being able to find local restaurants and gas stations also was an unexpected pleasure.Would strongly recommend it.
Have not used the blue tooth option. Tried the traffic alert AND NEVER GOT A MESSAGE.On return trip Washington D.C I 95 backed up for hours but no traffic alert which was disappointing. Will not renew that option when 6 Months trial runs out.
I had not used another system but used my fathers when with him in Fla.It was a Sears unit and poor in comparison in numerous areas.Also much simpler then my sons BMW built in in the Uk and a friends built in Mercedes system.
JIM
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