Lane assist with junction view
Speed limit indicator
Trip computer records mileage, max speed, total time and more.
Navigate right out of the box with preloaded maps and over 6 million points of interest
Hear spoken street names
This review is from: Garmin nvi 50 5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator(US and Canada)I'm fairly new to using a real GPS unit in my car and before that I've been using Google Maps on my phone (or equivalent). A real GPS unit definitely has its advantages. It's better at picking up signal (one can only assume that it has more space/weight allocated for the antenna) and is not depending on data signal to download maps. The latter can be a problem if you're driving through rural areas, and suddenly the phone is useless while the GPS unit works just fine.This unit is fairly new on the market and I've tested it a couple of times so far, and I think it works great. It does everything I need. I'm very happy with the default voice (I actually haven't tried the other options yet), it's easy to hear and pronunciation of streets has been spot on so far. Information on turns and merges works fine. The screen size and format is nice. It took me a little while to get used to the touch screen (after having used the more sensitive touch screens on newer cell phones), but it didn't take long to get over that. The overall design seems sturdy and I'm not worried that it will physically break or fall apart. The user interface is intuitive and it didn't take me long to get familiar to it.Overall, great unit for the price range!...
This review is from: Garmin nvi 50 5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator(US and Canada)I've been using GPS units for over a decade. My first unit was a Magellan hiking oriented unit. I ditched it after two weeks and got a Garmin hiking unit that lasted me 6 years. The UI was much better, and Garmin really seems to pay attention to that. When the Nuvi wide screen units came out, that was the price performance price to get me into a unit oriented for driving. I've had both the 200w and the 255w. The 200w was good. The 255w had subtle UI improvements such as the speed limit display. The new Garmin 50 beats them hands down. It's larger, and for less money than the others when they were new. The 5" display makes a huge difference. In addition to the larger display, almost everything about the maps details, fonts for text info, icons and symbols all seem larger, beyond just scaling up for screen size. Everything is much easier to read at a quick glance. The bootup is much faster. The first couple of times, there's a rather annoying license click-through, but it goes away after that. It hasn't been back. There's a "safety mode" which tries to tell you what a bad idea changing settings while driving is. It's easy to override, and easy to turn off.Lane assist! It works... Sometimes it's timing is a little off... If it triggers too early you can end up in a "disappearing lane". Too late, and it can be tough to get into the correct lane in time, so this feature isn't an easy one to get right. It's still a big help.When approaching a critical intersection, the screen splits, and a "street view" of the intersection appears. A cartoon depiction. I was worried that this would be disconcerting. But it's not. It works. It's helpful. BTW, this size screen in a motorcycle-toughened unit would be FABULOUS. Just my view....
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