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Garmin Nuvi 885 Reviews

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Free lifetime traffic, Voice commands with steering wheel remote, Two text-to-speech voices (laptopmag.com)

Garmin has been steadily updating it's popular nvi product, rolling out new units complete with... (gpsblah.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Garmin Nuvi 885

We have collected and analyzed 6 expert reviews and 49 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 75/100 and users rate it 69/100. The average review date is August 19, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 139219 reviews from other GPS. The alaScore™ for this product is 90/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 7, 2009.

alaSCORE 90

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55 reviews

November, 2009

75 / 100

6 Experts

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69 / 100

49 Users

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$338.42

Expert Reviews (6)

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Review summary for the Garmin Nuvi 885

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 55 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the maps. The voice guidance also impresses, but many are less positive about the menu.

Maps, Voice guidance

Menu

Reviewers rate this product 69/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Global Positioning Systems (GPS), the Garmin Nuvi 885 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 90/100 = Excellent quality.

alaSCORE 90

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Garmin nvi 885T: Garmin nüvi 885T - Review of the Garmin nüvi 885T

By Troy Dreier (laptopmag.com)

Free lifetime traffic, Voice commands with steering wheel remote, Two text-to-speech voices

Lane assistance not as comprehensive as Navigon's, POI directory search is slow, Traffic info hard to read

The 885T also comes with a music player, Audible book player, and photo viewer. You can load Panoramio photos with embedded GPS data through the Garmin site, then navigate to them. It's a bit tedious, though, since you need to create an account first ...

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Garmin Nuvi 885t

By Mike (gpsblah.com)

Garmin has been steadily updating it's popular nvi product, rolling out new units complete with updated map screens, lane guidance, improved GPS chipsets, free traffic, and more. First to receive the update was the entry-level nvi 200 line, which has ...

The nvi 885T succeeds where many others have failed, delivering speech recognition that actually works, and ease of use that other devices can only dream of. Virtually every GPS function can be performed using your voice, including entering a complete ...

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User Reviews (49)

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Garmin nuvi 885T GPS

By (pcworld.com)

This is the second unit that I purchased form Buydig.com. The first one would repeatedly freeze while navigating for no reason requiring removal of the battery to reset it. I thought it was defective so I returned it for another. The second one had the sa...

Voice recognition, lane assist, but the best feature was the ability to selectively detour by excluding specific roads on the route, a feature which has been missing on Garmin GPS units for a while

Unit repeatedly froze for no apparent reason during navigation requiring removal of the battery to restart

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Garmin nuvi 885T GPS

By ddukes57 (pcworld.com)

Garmin fails to tell you their Lane assist does not Work.When I contacted them about this they said it only currently worked in a few cities. They did say would would be adding more cities in the future. When they are added you will have to purchase a map...

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Garmin nuvi 885T GPS

By (pcworld.com)

Overall, I am delighted with the Garmin 885T. There is nothing on the horizon that is a feature/price/quality equivalent. The voice recognition is not a gimmick; it works splendidly, and is the only safe way to alter programming or switch modes or screens...

Garmin 885T Excellent Map Set and Display, Lane Assist of real value, High Sensitivity Receiver, Voice Recognition works Splendidly, Blue Tooth for Cellphone excellent. Intuitive and fun

FM transmitter somewhat underpowered in crowded FM band regions; adequate on quiet frequency. Less important as you would not likely keep tuned to your GPS for long periods of time

Manufacturer's Description

4.3-Inch nüvi with full North American mapping, voice-activated navigation, lane assist with junction view, three free months of MSN Direct dynamic content, bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free calling, and spoken street names

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