Garmin Nuvi 885T Car GPS Review
Up for review: Garmin Nuvi 885T GPS. With an advance feature like Bluetooth wireless hand-free calling the Garmin Nuvi 885T is a high-end GPS unit. Featured with lane assist, junction view, and a speed limit indicator, the model offers enhanced functionality to its users. Additionally, the compatibility of the unit with third generation of MSN Direct services makes it a practical GPS device.
According to Garmin Nuvi 885T review, the unit can perfectly deliver lifetime traffic and voice commands with its easy to use features. The boldly colored and easy-to-follow maps show the users about their speed, arrival time and the next street. The device boasts total six text-to-speech voices out of which two American English, two British and two Australian voices. The interface of the model is simple to understand and the user can quickly call up favorites, enter an address or browse from the database of six million points of interest. The compatibility with MSN direct services has significantly enhanced the functionality of the Nuvi 885T. The system has an Audible book player, music player, three free games an FM transmitter and a photo viewer.
The rounded silver case design of the Garmin Nuvi 885T includes a 4.3-inch, 480 x 272-pixel touchscreen. The small ball-and-socket window mount is attractive. The two-icon interface – “Where to?” and “View Maps” – is same as other low-budget Garmin models. The sunlight readable screen is a useful feature of the model. With the best routing engine and good Bluetooth compatibility, the model boasts many user-friendly features. Nuvi 885T can suppress other audio navigation prompts when the hands-free calling is in use. The device is also available with a user replaceable battery.
The favorites are in Garmin Nuvi 885T shorted by distance, where as the user may look for an alphabetically-ordered list. The user may miss information like distance to destination, current street, and volume controls.
The Garmin Nuvi 885T Features and Specifications Review:
- Display size, WxH: 3.81″W x 2.25″H (9.7 x 5.7 cm); 4.3″ diag (10.9 cm)
- Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 4.9″W x 3.1″H x .7″D (12.5 x 7.8 x 1.8 cm)
- Battery: removable, rechargeable lithium-ion
- Battery life: up to 4 hours
- Display resolution, WxH: 480 x 272 pixels
- Display type: WQVGA color TFT with white backlight
- RoHS version available: yes
- High-sensitivity receiver: yes
- Built-in memory: Internal solid state
- Preloaded maps: Yes
- Accepts data cards: microSD card (not included)
- Connectivity: USB; standard headphone and microphone jacks
The review of Garmin Nuvi 885T speaks about the model’s performance in delivering speech recognition and ease of use. Although the model lacks some of the important features available even in less expensive models, some other features such as tracklog support, ability to optimize the distance by stops and multi-destination routing support are noteworthy. In General, Nuvi 885T is a better performer.
UnbiasedGPSReviews.com gives the Garmin Nuvi 885T 8/10 stars