» Garmin Nuvi 780 Car GPS Satellite Navigation Device Review

The Garmin Nuvi 780 shares all features of the Garmin Nuvi 680 Auto GPS navigator. Additional features include:

Qwerty or ABC keyboard – choose your preferred on-screen keyboard layout

Car locater feature - notes the position of your car when removed from windshield mount – a handy feature if you’re prone to forgetting where you parked your car.

Where Am I? - feature allows you to find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection.

MSN Direct for U.S. compatible - MSN Direct brings location based services direct to your GPS unit. For a subscription you can have access to services for 100 of the largest cities across the US. Services include local traffic reports, weather reports, local gas prices and local movie times.

Auto sort multiple destinations – ideal for a delivery route where want the most efficient route to visit multiple destinations.

Battery life expectations are shorter at 5 hours as opposed to 7 hours for the Nuvi 680.

If you would like speech recognition for navigation using voice commands you need to look at the Garmin Nuvi 880.

Resources

Garmin provide an extensive FAQ database for their GPS products.

You can compare the Garmin nuvi models using Garmin’s comparison database which provides side by side comparisons with highlighted differences.

The nuvi 700 series owners manual (PDF).

Garmin’s nuvi 770 scooped the Engadget readers and editors choice awards for the 2007 GPS Device of the Year.

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