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Garmin nüvi 660

4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS

Consumer Report
Garmin-nuvi-660-4-3-Inch-Widescreen-Bluetooth-Portable-GPS-Navigator The Garmin nüvi 660 is a well priced, sleek GPS navigator and overall travel assistant.  Preloaded with highly detailed City Navigator road maps for the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. This unit is basically identical to the nüvi 650, but with the addition of an FM transmitter and Bluetooth, for about $50 more.

Highlights:

  • Widescreen 4.3″
  • Up to 7 hour battery life
  • FM Traffic
  • MP3 player
  • Headphone jack - audio line-out
  • Bluetooth
  • FM Transmitter

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Garmin nüvi 660 Reviews, User Feedback and Details

Rating: 8.8 / 10

Actual nüvi 660 User Feedback:

I obtained a 660 this week. It came with the 2008 maps but Garmin gave me a free update to the 2009 maps download.

There may be a time limit on how soon you must do this after you turn your GPS on for the first time, so  do it within a few days of purchasing your Garmin GPS.

Actual nüvi 660 user review on GPSReview.net

“In general I am very happy with the Nuvi. The Phone paring was a breeze with my Treo 650 (on Sprint). Calls are clear. I didn’t spend much time on the phone but people I talked to didn’t notice anything different from using the cell. The FM transmitter it the biggest let down to me, but really it is the FM transmitter technology not the Nuvi.”

Portion of nüvi 660 user review on GPSPassion.com

We have owned the Nuvi for about 6 months and love it. We have not had any problems with it. The MSN feature is useful when in larger cities, but this service is not available in our town area, but it’s not a big deal to us. Overall, a great GPS unit.
One of the Garmin nüvi 660 reviews by a user from CNET.com

Our Research on the Garmin 660 portable GPS Suggests:

Consumer ratings for the Garmin 660 give the unit, on average about 8.8 out of 10. In general GPS navigators, especially from Garmin, are rated very high, but this would still be one of the most popular and best rated units that we found.

Limitations:

  • Discontinued by Garmin

Verdict:

The Garmin nüvi 660 may be for you if you want a well priced widescreen unit with all the bells and whistles, don’t ming buying a discontinued model (there isn’t any real downside on this, just go and update your maps as soon as possible). Includes Bluetooth and the ability to patch your unit into your FM radio.

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Garmin nüvi 660 Specifications

Company Info: Garmin designs products with the driver in mind. Avoid the stress of navigation with easy-to-use menus, logical options and intuitive features.

Garmin International, Inc.

1250 E. 151st Street
Olathe, KS 66062-3426 (Kansas City metro area)
Phone: (913) 397-8200
Fax: (913) 397-8282
GPS Coordinates:
N 38 deg 51.333 min
W 094 deg 47.941 min

Company Website: GARMIN.COM

Specifications: Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 4.9″W x 2.9″H x .9″D
Display size, WxH: 3.81″W x 2.25″H; 4.3″ diag
Display resolution, WxH: 480 x 272 pixels
Display type: WQVGA color TFT
Weight: 6.2 ounces
Battery: rechargeable lithium-ionBattery life: up to 7 hours
Part Number: discontinued
Included:
  1. nüvi 660 GPS Navigation
  2. Preloaded City Navigator NT for North America
  3. Vehicle suction cup mount
  4. Vehicle power cable
  5. Dashboard disc
  6. USB cable
  7. Quick start manual
Features: Built-in memory: internal solid state
Waypoints/favorites/locations: 500
Basemap: yes
Accepts data cards: SD™ card (not included)
Voice prompts (e.g. “Turn right in 500 ft.”): yes (internal speaker)
Speaks street names (e.g. “Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft.”) : yes
3-D map view: yes
Auto re-route (fast off-route and detour recalculation): yes
Choice of route setup (faster time, shorter distance, off road): yes
Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.): yes
Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): yes
FM traffic compatible: yes
MP3 player: yes
Audio book player: yes
Picture viewer: yes
Garmin Garage™ (select car-shaped icons for map navigation): yes
World travel clock, currency & unit converter, calculator: yes
Touchscreen: yes
Headphone jack/audio line-out: yes
Anti-theft feature: yes
System Requirements::
The USB storage device is compatible with Windows® 2000 or later (XP & Vista) and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later.
Price: $299.99 or lower
Warranty: 1 year.
Return Policy: 30 days.

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