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Posted at 7:51 AM on Wednesday 02/3/10 by
Ben
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Newegg has the Garmin Nuvi 285WT 4.3"Portable GPS with Text To Speech and Bluetooth for $125 - $20 off with coupon code 24HRSALE23D [Exp 2/3] + $2 shipping = $107 shipped. It comes preloaded with maps and turn-by-turn directions that call out streets by name. It delivers real-time local weather, traffic, gas prices, news and local events as you navigate. [Compare]
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    digitalmike - Posted 9:44 am PST 02/3/10 (2 Posts)  Report Spam

    I was 2 second away from buying this and NewEgg raised the price up to $149.99 with the $20 off coupon it makes it $5 more expensive than it was just on sale for.

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    Elpee - Posted 10:07 am PST 02/3/10 (1371 Posts)  Report Spam

    I have this and it completely sucks. It frequently keeps rebooting every 30 minutes. I'm not so surprised to see it's at cheap price. Don't know why it had 4 blue bars?

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    deeanny - Posted 10:18 am PST 02/3/10 (35 Posts)  Report Spam

    get the 265wt instead, around the same price, difference lifetime traffic updates

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    arvinn - Posted 10:20 am PST 02/3/10 (171 Posts)  Report Spam

    I just got this. I hope I don't get the one that reboots often. At least it's from Newegg and they have a good return/exchange policy.

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    hansdoner - Posted 10:27 am PST 02/3/10 (60 Posts)  Report Spam

    Got one for $107.00 good deal, Amazon has it for $126.98 no tax and free shipping...better deal now than Newegg. Enjoy!

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    badgerboy - Posted 11:11 am PST 02/3/10 (94 Posts)  Report Spam

    Does this one capture NASA and International Space Station signals? Does it record megapixels? I don't see the value in signal acquistion deflection if the unit is incapable of recluse modular frequency harmonics. I think the Questuhar 4XC-9856 is a better unit for transponding Quixotic resonance.

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    freakingid10ts - Posted 11:23 am PST 02/3/10 (148 Posts)  Report Spam

    Wow, MSN direct, frequent reboots, sounds like there is a lot of Microsoft influence in this product!

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    baconmeister - Posted 11:24 am PST 02/3/10 (818 Posts)  Report Spam

    i had a magellan, heard good things about the Garmin routing engine and got the 200W. Now i want my magellan back.

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    meq123 - Posted 11:32 am PST 02/3/10 (230 Posts)  Report Spam

    The 285W and 265W are the same device, the "T" part is different. 285 has (pay for) MSN service, 265 has ad-supported ('free') FM traffic.

    I have the 285 and it doesn't reboot. Try loading the latest firmware if you have this problem.

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    pfft - Posted 1:56 pm PST 02/3/10 (762 Posts)  Report Spam

    Garmins are way overrated. I have a Nuvi 350. The routing is meh, and I hate the cartoonish map graphics. The extra features are mostly worthless to me, like the mp3 player, etc. I just bought an open-box Navigon for under $50, and other than somewhat slow sat acquisition (which I was aware of), it rocks. Yes, I know Navigon is not actively in North America anymore, but they still update the maps; my FreshMaps sub is good until 2/2012. burp Garmin want a hundred bucks for one update...screw that.

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    hungry81 - Posted 3:38 pm PST 02/3/10 (77 Posts)  Report Spam

    I ditched my Garmin for a TomTom. Now I think I might get a Garmin again. TomTom has frequent sat. locating problems.

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    baconmeister - Posted 7:50 pm PST 02/5/10 (818 Posts)  Report Spam

    gotta make sure you get the right chipset

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