Portable multimedia GPS device with 3.5-inch, 16-bit color TFT touchscreen display
12-Channel GPS receiver; full-featured MP3 player and JPEG picture viewer
Includes 2 GB MMC/SD card preloaded with NAVTEQ mapping detail for the USA and Canada
Turn-by-turn routing and re-routing for missed turns and detours; includes visual and voice directions
Massive points of interest database; supports all current plug-and-play map/chart options from Lowrance
This review is from: Lowrance 000-0125-03 iWay 250C 3.5-Inch Portable GPS NavigatorWe enjoyed the convenience of traveling with our Roadmate 500. When you arrive in a new city somewhere, you are tired and unfamiliar and no matter how much you love each other, getting lost on the way to the hotel is good for some cranky exchange.The 500 is obsolete as far as European maps are concerned so with an upcoming 3 weeks in Italy, it was time to see how far the new portables have come. My Lexus GX is disappointing and ridiculously expensive for what you get. It is non-intuitive (IMHO) and you cannot change anything underway requiring pulling over in spots equally as dangerous as Toyota/Lexus feels changing while moving is.It came down to Garmin's sexy and capable NUVI 360 and the fishfinder Lowrance company's iWay 250C. I tried both side-by-side to see how they performed. You cannot go wrong with either one and I found the differences negligible for my needs. Navteq maps are superior to anything else in the USA and Tele Atlas are the benchmark for Europe. Lowrance did that right among other things. NUVI uses Navteq which is apparently very good in Europe as well but Tele Atlas is reprted to be better there. Both are intuitive out of the box. The NUVI is sleek and slightly smaller and both are about the same weight. The NUVI resolution is superior and the voice street names are great. Lowrance will name some streets and the others are clearly annouced as "Left turn in 400 feet" or whatever. The NUVI sports Bluetooth capability with your compatible phone but the volume is not suffient to make it useable even in a nice quiet Lexus or equivelant so that is wasted on me. The MP3 capability is of little interest to us but we may learn more and find it uselful. NUVI will play your MP3's while navigating which the 250C will not, I don't care.As far as POI's, the 250C found more for me but it was a relatively small sample so don't make a decision because of this. I found the real resosn for owning either one is the navigation. It is hard to justify paying twice the price for same maps and a slightly inferior voice capability. The auto version of the mapping on the Lowrance is so cool as it knows to give you the grander picture when you have some distance before the next turn and kindly switches to an expanded view when necessary.The mount on the NUVI is excellant and so is the Lowrance. Both have enroute travel power cords and both have supplementry maps on cards wherever you want to go. I will keep the Lowrance and return the NUVI, the price is just not worth the difference, at least to me, although your mileage may vary......
This review is from: Lowrance 000-0125-03 iWay 250C 3.5-Inch Portable GPS NavigatorPurchased this and was very impressed by the touch screen and the ease of use. However, after using it for a couple of days, I'll tell you the things that I found lacking:1. It knows when you stop the car and will power off automatically. However, it won't power on automatically. You have to unplug, turn on the power, then plug back in. Not so fun after repeating the process several times.2. The "warm-up" time after it boots up is quite long and I consistently found it took 5-10 minutes to find my current position.3. Using the turn-by-turn instructions can be challenging at times because the distance is off by about 100 feet. For example, it will tell you to take a left turn in 300 feet. It is actually 200 feet so you get a little confused at first but you get used to it.4. If you want to cancel your destination, that button is buried in the options page and even when you arrive at your destination, it doesn't always register so as you're driving away, you'll have to listen to it tell you to go back to where you came from. Cancelling the navigation is a pain while you're driving by the way so don't try it unless you want to have a head-on collision with oncoming traffic.Positive features are that the points of interest are abundant and it saved me much time driving around looking for an ATM or gas station. The "Gauge" page is also pretty cool as it will tell you your current speed and estimated time until destination....
This review is from: Lowrance 000-0125-03 iWay 250C 3.5-Inch Portable GPS NavigatorI bought a lowrance 250c after a good deal online. So far its been a unit that has worked for me. One has to understand that this does not use the latest technology in terms of acquiring a signal so everytime you power down then power up, it...
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