Garmin - Nuvi 780

If you are looking for top-end GPS devices, you cannot probably get anything more hi-tech than the new Garmin Nuvi 780. There are not only some new navigational features but also other travel-related features that make this device a true travel all-in-one guide.

One of the new high-technology features of the Nuvi 780 is the ability to receive real-time, updated local weather and traffic information as also information on other topics of interest like movie times, fuel prices, local news and local events. Further, you can now use the Nuvi 780 to help you remember where you had last parked the car or even to identify your exact location if you ever get lost.

Features

The Nuvi 780 is a wide screen navigator from Garmin with the display measuring 4.3 inches and comes with a new internal antenna and a SiRF chipset. As it is one of the top-end devices, the Nuvi 780 includes most of the powerful navigation features of the 700 series. You are provided with voice-prompted directions for navigating, the device comes preloaded with detailed street maps of almost all of North America, you have access to a massive database of over 5 million points and you have the ability to use Bluetooth technology to make hands-free calls.

The Nuvi 780 also comes with the facility of planning a multi-destination route. Suppose you are on your way home and need to pick up your kids from school, pick up your spouses’ laundry, your mother-in-law’s prescriptions, all on the way. Then you can now use the Nuvi 780 to plan an optimum route for you. Just enter all the destinations you need to go to and the device will automatically sort through them and plan an efficient route allowing you to run your errands in the quickest time possible.

There are two other features in the Nuvi 780 that make a lot of difference when you are in unfamiliar areas. One is the automatic marking of your vehicle when you park it anyplace. Many people park their car in huge parking lots near movie halls or mega-malls, and then are in despair when they are not able to find it. The Nuvi 780 remembers the place where you have parked your vehicle by noting down the location of the place where it was switched off or taken off the dashboard. The second useful feature is an automatic locator which lets you know your exact co-ordinates if you ever get lost. Not only that this feature is of great help during emergencies since it also comes up with a list of emergency places like hospitals, police stations and also fuel stations.

The inclusion of MSN Direct 2 brings in some useful features to the Nuvi 780. One of them is the ability to store your Web favorites, which contains links that you may find interesting as you travel and which you can send directly to your GPS from your home computer. For example, suppose you are looking for a new house – browse through various listings, look them up on Microsoft Live Maps and then send them to the Nuvi 780 directly. You want to grab something to eat on your way – no problem, just use the destinations address to find good nearby restaurants.

Integrated technology with travel assistance and navigation tools makes the Nuvi 780 one of the topmost high-end models.