Garmin c330 GPS Review

The Garmin c330 GPS is a new vehicle GPS. Garmin has introduced two new in-vehicle GPS receivers for use in your car or truck, the StreetPilot c320 and Garmin c330 GPS. We’ll be discussing both in each description as both are virtually identical with one key difference. The c320 comes with Mapsource City-Select award-winning software on CD (for installation into a notebook or desktop computer) and uses a 128MB SD card which allows you to download a particular region for GPS mapping as you drive. The Garmin c330 GPS, on the other hand, comes pre-loaded with highly detailed MapSource City Select street data of the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The database features an industry-leading five million-plus points of interest? including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions. So, if you do lots of long-distance continental driving, the Garmin c330 GPS may be the better value for you. If you usually stick to driving within a section of the country, the c320 might just be the best for you. Both are exceptional units but you must choose which is best for you. Either way, you can be assured that you’ll get where you want to go easily and comfortably. Choose between a three-dimensional navigation view or the more traditional ?bird’s eye? overhead view Each boasts distinctive and sleek styling?the only buttons are a rotary volume knob and an on/off switch. The Garmin C330 is secured by a suction-mount cradle that fastens to the windshield for easy portability among vehicles. Users can customize their unit’s appearance with an array of colored faceplates (sold separately).

The Garmin c330 GPS StreetPilot keeps track of places that you find and stores the fifty most recent finds in an easy to access list called Recent Selections, placing the most recently viewed at the top of the list. This becomes a very helpful feature if you visit the same places over and over and don’t want the inconvenient of reloading the information in the unit multiple times. Although the Garmin StreetPilot C330 boasts distinctive and sleek styling, simplicity is the name of the game. The only buttons are a rotary volume knob and an on/off switch. The device is secured by a suction-mount cradle that fastens to the windshield for easy portability between vehicles. You can customize the unit’s appearance with an array of colored faceplates that are sold separately. For the ultimate out-of-the-box convenience, the Garmin StreetPilot C330 comes pre-loaded with highly detailed MapSource City Select street data. The database features an industry-leading five million-plus points of interest, including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions. The Garmin c330’s bright, 3.5-inch diagonal, 16-bit color display makes navigation a snap. The unit also features dual integrated speakers for high-quality voice prompts, and an internal lithium-ion battery for out-of-car route planning.

It’s also worth mentioning that with some GPS units the manual to use them is as thick as a phone book, but it was a pleasant surprise to find that the Garmin c330’s manual was very easy to use and provided many screen shots to make sure the user understood the units capabilities. If you find yourself on the road looking for addresses often and just want a GPS to tell you where to go simply and clearly than this unit was made for you.

Garmin c330 GPS Features

• Database features nearly six million points of interests including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions
• Keep track of destinations an easy-to-access list called Recent Selections
• Bright, 3.5-inch diagonal, 16-bit color display

Garmin c330 GPS Specifications

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