Garmin shows new nuvi SatNav range at IFA 2011

[MikeB]

A week of so ago we took a look at the new range of Garmin nüvi navigation devices at Garmin's UK headquarters in the UK. IFA was the first time that the public was able to see them and have a look at some of the new functionality.

In our video we talk to Clive Taylor Garmin's director of Product Management who gives us a quick tour of the devices and the new features.

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[EddyDC]

No sign of NuLink services anymore or didn't I understand it correctly?
They're sticking to TMC traffic with all its downsides

[MikeB]

[EddyDC]

[t923347]

[sussamb]

Good to see you this side of the pond

[xtraseller]

And why January for the UK when the US gets the same unit anytime now? I would love to try the 34xx series out, but feel by January I would be purchasing "old" (well, four month old ) units, so may well not bother...

Did they say why?

And - without giving too much information away - are new NuLink units coming to the UK or have Garmin decided TomTom HD Traffic just cannot be caught?
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Garmin DriveLux 50, D-Smart 70, NuviCam, 3598, 2699, 2798
Mio Navman 695
Nexus 6p, Apple iPhone 6sPlus and Microsoft Lumia 950xl running TomTom, Garmin, CoPilot, Navigon, Sygic, Here Drive, Google, Waze, MS Maps

[MikeB]

[BAVC10]

Mike

Thanks for the very informative report.

In your opinion, how does the 3490 compare with the 3790 - is it much of an advance and does the routing/POI searching seem twice as fast as Garmin are claiming??

Is there a view on the 3490 pricing and will there be LMT and non LMT models?

Xtraseller - I remember that the 37XX series was launched in UK / Europe well before the North American market, it may well be that Garmin are switching this on the grounds of equality or to counter the recent Tom Tom activity over there.

Interestingly, there seem to be very few "traditional" retailers selling the 37XX now (Tesco and Comet have delisted the SKU).
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