Garmin talk

All the press on the Dash Express seem to herald it as the second coming in GPS navigation. Read an excellent post that calls all that into question at:

http://theunloadingzone.blogspot.com. Look in the Table of Contents for "Dash Express: Garmin Killer or just Hype?

By the way, Ms POI, do you know the author? He links back to this site.

As discussed in some other threads, the installation of the North America NT V2008 upgrade will not fit completely on some Garmin devices, including the C330.

AP
Garmin Shares Rise on 2Q Profit, Outlook
Thursday August 2, 1:51 pm ET

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070802/garmin_mover.html?.v=1

Gee, you think they'll give more map updates away for free now? :+)
Obviously a LOT of people are buying their products.

There's always hope.
dd

So am I right in concluding that there is no way to see POIs, except the destination, in the 3D view of a Nuvi? I would have liked to see some of the POIs in that view. Some of the other brands seem to allow that.

thanks
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The new 2008 map is now available for viewing on Garmin's Cartography web page.

(Garmin's City Navigator NT DVDs include the same detailed maps and coverage areas found on Garmin's City Navigator North America and City Navigator Europe DVDs. The primary difference is the compression technique they use to create these DVDs.)

A traffice gtx firmware update is available

Changes from version 4.20 to version 4.30:
Improved station acquisition time.
Added support for Canadian traffic.

I just got my map update from Garmin today and loaded it onto the GPSr, took about 1 1/2 hrs, and it seems to boot up a little quicker then before... Or is it just me?

I am really surprised to receive the 2008 upgrade DVD so quickly.
Thanks Garmin! You did it again.<:)

GE All

For the first time, I downloaded a POI in GPX from this site straight onto my Nuvi as a file. The file was the US & Canada Costco. I've a Mac and normally translate the GPX to GPI using Mac Garmin Tools.

Rather that showing up as a Category in Custom POIs, the file has disappeared off the drive and all the points (over 400) got sucked into my Favorites File.

I have good news, and bad news.

My free Map Update 2008 DVD arrived today. I started the update, but when I returned to see if it finished I found that the process failed. My computer was off! Not sure what caused it. I restarted my computer and tried to do the update again, but my nuvi 200 says: "No detailed maps found that support routing. The nuvi cannot be used without them."

I am looking at replacing my StreetPilot with the Zumo 550. I wanted to know if anyone has one and if they are happy with it. I was looking at using it in my auto and liked the idea of xm-traffic and the rechargable battery so I could mount it to my bike and use it that way as well. Any feedback would be great.

Just a reminder for some of the newer users of Garmin.

A couple of weeks ago I called Garmin and was as polite as possible. I mentioned that I had recently purchased my unit (350) and was wondering about the updated map software. She put me on hold and then asked if I could fax her my receipt. I said sure. So, I faxed it. She never really said she would send it.

But, today I got it:
Map Update 2008
City Navigator North America NT

I read on another forum that the new CNNT 2008 is quite a bit larger than V8, and on a Nuvi a user had to remove several custom files to make it fit. It was also noted that on the 330 it jsut barely fit.

Is there a diagnostic or other screen that will show the size of the HD on the 330, or the available space?

How many phones can be recognized by the Garmin bluetooth GPS. Thank you.

I am thinking to buy a garmin 370. $450. Do you think it is a good price? thanks.

Can anyone tell me why when the map is zoomed in to the most or second most you pass the road before it shows it on the screen. Is this just an issue with map and sats.... thoughts?

Got my Garmin C550 stolen last week. Ran in the house to grab something real quick, ended up taking 10 minutes... came back out and unit + power cable were gone. :c(

I have a Garmin c340 and when i tried to edit my locations/Favorites in EasyGPS software (such as adding a phone number into Comments) it never seems to work. It will only have one line of text when recalled on the c340.
What to do?

I was looking at the Map Update 2008 City Navigator® North America NT
at this link: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=10397#

What comes on this CD? Just the map updates or is City Navigator NT on it as well?

The Minimum System Requirements shows both PC and Mac. Is there a Mac version of City Navigator now?