Pay for upgrade (nuvi 600 to 700?)

Dear PCPro,

I am not sure that a 750 would be an upgrade from my 650. The GARMIN comparison page indicates that my battery is good for up to seven hours while the 750 is only good for up to five. I have also read some postings that suggest the pop-up antenna on my 650 makes the unit work better than the 750. I certainly have the same approach to my mobile phone (Sanyo RL-7300); it too has an antenna that extends. The "upgrade" mobile telephones my carrier tries to convince are improvements all seem inferior to the phone I have had for some years now. I just bought two new batteries for my Sanyo RL-7300.

My 650 also has WAAS/EGNOS, which I have turned on. I could not find the feature listed on the GARMIN comparison page but I think I read somewhere that the 750 may not have that. Please let me know.

The ten-route feature of the 750 is nice but I have no problem with employing Custom POI files for waypoints on routes I take.

david

I am just speculating that both the 600 that 700 series both run the same CPU and most features (non hardware) can be run on both GPS units.

Items like tracking and routing are software driven while items Blue-tooth is hardware specific.

If I can just add routing and tracking, I would pay an extra fee. WAAS/EGNOS most likely is software driven and would not mine loosing at it did not improve its function accuracy.

I did....approximately $10 more since there was no sales tax involved...

So how and where do you upgrade the unit. Or was it just a purchase issue.

You can't upgrade from the 600 to 700 series..you have to purchase. I guess I misunderstood your question.....

This I know, we are speculating here (and maybe Garmin is listening) as what their customers would like.

There are hardware differences between the models so don't expect this to ever happen.

Thinking about selling my 680 and buying a 880. If the difference were $400, would it be worth it?
Jen

I am thinking the same thing but is the difference between 780 and 880 (the voice command) worth the added $320

I agree it will not happen. But there are lots of functions that are not hardware dependent. i.e. keyboard layout, routing, where am I and so on.

i'd pay. you get the track log, routing features, can use mapsource, etc with the 750. it's like the 650's older bro who's a pimp. there's the last location feature as well as others.

Some people like to have the latest gadget no matter the price or the improved functions. if you are happy with the 660 then why move up to a new model. Why not wait until your present unit fails or can't provide a feature that is in a new model and you feel you can't live without this new feature. it also depends on how long you have owned the unit and if your map is now 2 to 3 years out of date.

I have a 750 and am very happy with it. I lost out on the map upgrade by one month but will wait a year or two before I buy a new map.

New models continue to come out and at lower and lower prices.

If you are happy with what you have - don't change.

and would seriously consider upgrading (selling the 680) to an 880. But I'm a gadget person.

My wife is VERY HAPPY with my old StreetPilot 2720 (that I have yet to be able to sell) which she only uses rarely.

Yes, I miss my old 2620, it had all the features I liked. The touch screen died and was replaced with the Nuvi 680 (the best available at the time).