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Posted at 8:29 AM on Thursday 05/14/09 by
Ben
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Buy.com has the Pioneer AVICF500BT 5.8" Portable Navigation System With Built-In Bluetooth for $178 with free shipping. Features 5.8 inch 800x480 LCD, iPod control, Bluetooth for hands-free calling, traffic antenna (optional), and voice guided navigation. [Compare]
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    haloxcape - Posted 9:44 am PDT 05/14/09 (25 Posts)  Report Spam

    It was suppose to be a nice GPS. Too bad it turned out to be such a piece of crap

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    Ghost Rider - Posted 9:51 am PDT 05/14/09 (3735 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1- Any suggestion for a good GPS ? I am thinking about Garmin 780....

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    cherry_popper - Posted 9:52 am PDT 05/14/09 (63 Posts)  Report Spam

    #2, the best thing to do is buy the most expensive one on the market. by definition, it will be the best one.

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    XxESKIMOxX - Posted 10:11 am PDT 05/14/09 (225 Posts)  Report Spam

    this is a pretty good deal . i doubt you can find anything 5.8 inch screen for this price. trust me you would want at least 4.3 inch screen. i have a 3.5 navigation. when you are driving in a freeway or in some places lets say San Fransisco. you would want a bigger screen. its because you are in an unfamiliar territory. (i live in los angeles)

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    juzdyn - Posted 11:21 am PDT 05/14/09 (230 Posts)  Report Spam

    it got a lot of bad reviews. GPS not too user friendly, bluetooth pretty useless, traffic subscription useless, overall not a great unit, unless you just want it for media purposes and some nav then its ok.

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    lostemple - Posted 11:39 am PDT 05/14/09 (167 Posts)  Report Spam

    Depending on features and budget Ghost Rider pick between Garmin or Tom Tom. I have the Garmin 760 and it works pretty well. I agree with #4 in that the smallest screen you should consider is 4.3 inch.

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    moetop - Posted 1:14 pm PDT 05/14/09 (51 Posts)  Report Spam

    #5 I read a lot of the reviews on Amazon, and they are mixed, but overall rating is pretty high and the reviews positive. The 3 main complaints I see are with the microphone and speaker quality, as well as the voice recognition is for dialing and music playback, not navigation, and interface can be sluggish. It looks like it has a good hacking following over at http://avic411.com/forum/. It is a Windows CE OS, which probably explains the ability to hack it as well as it's sluggishness.

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    preferbasic - Posted 9:28 pm PDT 05/15/09 (121 Posts)  Report Spam

    Buy.com Total Price: $567.99

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