Is 885T now reliable enough to buy?

Go ahead and buy. The problems have been cleared and it is a great unit.

Same for the 765T. Very stable now, great unit overall.(As long as you use Turboccc's voice editor to increase volume) But I bet Garmin lost sales after people did research and found all the problems in the early software....

I have read that the touch screen on the 765T is not as stable as the screens on other Garmin models.
Kind of erratic at times. What is your take.
I am trying to decide between the 885T and the 765T, but screen issues on the 765T seem to be setting me back on that model.

on the 765. I prefer the 765 feature where traffic overlays the map screen as necessary. Additionally, the traffic icon is present on the screen and readily available, avoiding the menu.

that's good to know.

Yes, love mine and have had no problems with it at all. I have used it since May and have used it for a few thousand miles all over California, Nevada and Arizona.

I like it so much I just sold my 760 on EBay because I no longer used it after being spoiled by the 885T.

My unit from Amazon was purchased 7/28/09 and arrived with the 4.60 firmware. It works fine and I'm just now installing the latest map update (the one free one you get within 60 days).