Nuvi 1690 vs my older Nuvi 680

Thanks for the info. I'm looking at getting a 1690 pretty hard. Especially since I found out the nulink thing was free for 2 years and only $5 a month after that. Sounds like a good deal.

Thanks for the info. I'll get one when the price is right..

Thanks for your input. I currently have a 370 and was looking into "upgrading" the unit, but wasn't sure. Your review/comparison sounds promising.

I will continue to review this unit and follow up on the review later. I plan on putting both my units side by side to see how they compare. I will continue to look at other features on the 1690 and will let everyone know how it works. I'm going to Alaska in July for 3 weeks and plan on testing it out pretty thououghly.

It takes a while to recharge the battery - but I almost never use it without it plugged in -

I upgraded from the 350 - a well needed upgrade!

Loading data in is fast - directions are accurate - the layout is great on the screen. I can see where some people would be annoyed with the ads that pop up - but it hasn't honestly bothered me at all yet.

The one thing that, at least to me, is kind of a pain, is that if your are looking for your favorites - once you hit "where to" the favorite's icon isn't on the top of that page - one must hit the arrow or scroll down to find it - it would have been HUGELY more convenient to not have that extra step to use favorites....other than that.....love the blue tooth and everything else that the 1690 has.

I do wish that I didn't have to by a new memory card for the upgrade - but oh well - the upgrades greatly outweigh the criticisms.

Thanks for posting.
I got the 885T with 2010.2 map so I will wait a couple more year before upgrade.
Does anyone have comparison for 1690 vs 885.
Enjoy your trips.

Its almost that time for me to get a full upgrade...so I am very interested in this model.

Thanks

I am also do for an upgrade, but when I was in CES in Jan.2010, it seems like the 1690 will be here for sometime, I don't know if Garmin is going to be coming out with a new unit this year.

Any new thoughts on this??

Thanks for the quick review. I'm also considering making the upgrade from a 680- but will probably wait til the price comes down a little.

The Garmin website only shows 3 models with mp3 players and this is not one of them. The mp3 player is the one feature I use the most on my 660 and why I keep it.

Is Garmin doing away with the mp3 player as a feature on new models? That could be a deal-breaker for me when it comes time to replace my 660.

I've had the 1690 for about a month, great unit. For those looking to get a good deal, watch best buy, I picked mine up for $350 at bb. They seem to go on sale every other month. You can send google map content to it much easier and the google search function is awesome for finding people and places. I would highly recommend this unit. My last gps was the 285wt and I loved the moving weather radar feature.

I have had this for about three weeks an dhave only used it here locally...The ad pop up are not a big deal is my first thought..second is the small text on the header is sometimes really hard to read for some of us..Other thoughts soon..