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Garmin Mobile PC |  | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $154.10
Buy New: $60.00
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Seller: Central Marketing
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 23852
Media: Electronics
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Number Of Items: 1
Includes MP3 Player: 0
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8 x 1.8
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MPN: 010-00685-00
Model: 010-00685-00
UPC: 753759076894
EAN: 0753759076894
ASIN: B00128GKM6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Features Same Easy-To-Use -InchWhere To?-Inch & -InchView Map-Inch Interface Found On Garmin N | | • | Vi(R) And Streetpilot(R) Portable Navigation Devices. | | • | Navigate To Outlook Contacts Stored On Pc Or Laptop | | • | Users Can Use Laptop To Receive Turn-By-Turn, Voice-Prompted Directions To A Destination | | • | Automatically Recalculates Routes |
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Product Description
Add full-featured navigation to your Laptop or ultra mobile PC with Garmin Mobile PC. Get maps, millions of POIs, easy-to-use navigation software, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names, route planning and more - all from the trusted leader in GPS navigation, Garmin.Packed with preloaded maps, millions of destinations and full GPS navigation capabilities, Garmin Mobile PC software turns your laptop into a powerful street navigator. Its intuitive interface greets you with two simple options "Where to? " and "View Maps." Easily look up addresses and services and get turn-by-turn directions that announce the names of exits and streets to your destination. Also receive automatic corrections if you stray off course. With Garmin Mobile PC, you can upload custom points of interest, such as safety cameras, and conveniently navigate to Outlook Contacts.Garmin Mobile PC includes advanced navigational features to take the worry out of traveling. With route planning you can save routes, specify via points and preview simulated turns on your computer. In addition, Garmin Mobile PC automatically sorts multiple destinations to provide an efficient route for errands, deliveries or sales calls. A trip computer automatically records trip data and a trip log provides an electronic bread crumb trail, so you can see where you've been on the map. Even avoid certain roads or areas. check the weather, gas prices, your flight status and hotel information when you travel with your laptop and Garmin Mobile PC. Get the weather forecast for your location or anywhere in the world. View hotel rates, ratings and amenities information from hotels. com. Check the status of your flight along with departure and arrival information. Even compare local gas prices when out and about. These free, real-time services put essential travel information at your fingertips.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 11
 Very User Friendly Interface May 27, 2010
S. C. Saunders (Oshkosh, WI)
I was a DeLorme GPS software user but wanted a PC based product that displayed in "3D", similar to the small GPS units in use today. Garmin Mobile PC software does just that, and does it well. The moving map displays the same as the small dash mounted units, and have read, is actually the same software modified for the Laptop PC.
Unlike the DeLorme product, which is "2D" based, the Garmin display shows the roads and turns out "ahead" of you, not "above" you. I'm very pleased with the product itself, but the installation could use some twaeking. I had to go to Garmin's FAQ and troubleshooting site to get it to install completely and then, when running it under Windows 7, had to set it to "run as Administrator" to get it to operate correctly. Knowing this ahead of time would have saved me a few hours of frustration, but having successfully installed it, it runs flawlessly on my new HP Pavilion Laptop...
 Returned iGuidance, bought Garmin Mobile PC, never looking back! April 16, 2010
Joshua Driggs
I bought iGuidance for $100 to work as a GPS application in my car mounted PC.
However after learning how dated the maps were, how clunky the interface was I quickly returned it.
For less then the price of the iGuidance software I bought Garmin Mobile PC, and it came with a better USB GPS unit then I already had. If you think about it your simply getting a good GPS receiver for the low price of $20 compared to the software-only version. And the GPS unit works as your DRM key, so you can install the software in multiple locations and transfer the USB receiver.
As far as the actual Garmin software, it works great. The interface is fast, easy to read and touch-screen friendly. The text-to-speech voice is easy to understand, unlike iGuidance who uses pre-recorded sounds for stuff like "Turn right" and then a horrible text to speech voice for street names. Imagine the sound of two different people telling you...turn right on..and then another separate person half a second later saying ....main street.
Garmin is also smart enough to give you directions ahead of time depending on your speed, and multi-point directions such as "Turn right and then the next left". iGuidance would give me directions only based on how close I was to the destination, ignoring my present speed, you could easily out-drive the turn before it finished trying to tell you what to do.
The interface is very fast, as far as bringing up points of interest and switching screens in general. Adding custom points of interest is also dirt easy. Everything feels very polished compared to iGuidance.
The routings seems pretty smart so far although I have not yet done a long trip using the software.
MOBILE PC ALL IN ONE March 19, 2010
WILLIAM BURGHER (KANEOHE, HAWAII, US)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
1. TO BE ABLE TO USE MY NETBOOK PC ON THE ROAD AND IN THE BOAT IS GREAT.
2. INSTEAD OF THE 4 INCH SCREEN I HAVE A 10 INCH.
3. USE OF HEAD PHONES IS A BIG PLUS RIGHT FROM PC.
4. POWER BY PC BATTERY, OR 12V CAR PWR, OR USE A 800 WATT INVERTER.
5. DOWNLOAD ANY AND ALL UPDATES ONLINE RIGHT TO YOUR PC. KEEP ALL YOUR UPDATES, STREET MAPS, VERISON UPGRADES, IN A DIRECTORY, ON DOCUMENTS AND YOUR PC HARD DRIVE.
6. MY PC SCREEN GROVES UP TO MY A/C & RADIO CONTROLS AND IS LOCKED IN FIRM.
7. XCLNT OPERATION & SFTWR SIMPLE TO LOAD.
8. PRICE IS BEST AT $50.00 TO $ 100.00.
9. AMAZON PROMISED FREE SHIPPING BUT SLAMMED ME TO BUY FROM [...] AND THEY CHARGED ME S&H.
 Good performance, slipshod support, installation from hades February 16, 2010
L. Johnson (Central Valley CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is my third Garmin GPS. All have performed adequately. I would recommend their use to anyone.
Installation of the MobilePC software on a new Lenovo S12 laptop the and USB receiver is straight forward....at first.
When you try to register it at [...] for updates and "free" subscription service, the troubles begin.
1) [...] helpfully offers to tell you where to find the serial number, but does not mention MobilePC. The serial number is not in MobilePC or on the box, but is on the bottom of the USB receiver, starts with "19D", and you may need a magnifying glass to read it. You have to hit continue to get from the "helpful" page to the next web page where the serial number can be entered.
2) You will be given a product key which you should record and also ask for it to be emailed to you. You will also be offered a map update. This update is over 2GB in size and can take a very very long time to download-it's about three CDs worth of data. You have thirty days to do this.
3) When applied, the update can take up to two hours to install. The update will direct you to follow all instructions carefully. This will be a mistake. Do not attach the USB receiver to the computer during the installation of the update or at the end of the install it will fail, and you will have to start over. If the update installation asks you if you if you want to restart your computer now, do **not** do this. It will ask you before the installation is complete and you will have to start over, so wait until the update has asked for your product key and the installation is completed before you restart.
4) The update is labeled 2010 update, but when you finally get it installed it will tell you it's the 2009 data.
5) The free subscription to weather, hotels, fuel prices, flights in MobilePC will ask you for an activation number which you are to get from [...]. Ignore this. Eventually MobilePC will connect with garmin server and automatically start the services after you have registered and submitted the serial number. You may have to restart the MobilePC a few times and connect to the Garmin server.
6) I telephoned customer service, and was told there was an expected 35 minute wait, so I passed on that. E-mail support was slow, terse, unhelpful and uncongenial. The only thing I learned form e-mail support was the location of the serial number, everything else was by trial and error and that took six emails.
I was astounded by these difficulties, as I am used to excellent support from suppliers and at worst, confusing directions, not wrong like Garmin's. I have no idea what these yahoos (after Swift, not Yang & Filo) were thinking when they designed this product, after all, a lot of aircraft depend on Garmin products for navigation.
Garmin Mobile PC November 23, 2009
R. Lowery
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Product generally works as advertised though it is disappointing that weather updates are no longer available.
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