I'm looking at a Sony GPS unit and wonder if any of you have experience with it, or Sony GPS units in general.
Model Number: NV-U83T
4.8" Portable Navigation System
Thanks,
Larry
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LARRY, HI. I just googled it
[as you have it written] and came up with a few distributors etc. all had customer reviews on that model. Check them out...Good luck.
JOHN
[as you have it written] and came up with a few distributors etc. all had customer reviews on that model. Check them out...Good luck.
JOHN
Oh, I've done all that. Thanks.
Looking for real person feedback...
Looking for real person feedback...
Larry,
Sorry no feedback on the Sony, but I can tell you I'm very happy with my Garmin 260W. It sells for just under the $200 mark most places.
Julian
Sorry no feedback on the Sony, but I can tell you I'm very happy with my Garmin 260W. It sells for just under the $200 mark most places.
Julian
Larry,
I tried several working (amazingly) GPS models that one local store had and I found that some (Sony in particular) had a very slow and confusing interface. That was a year or more back (so things may have changed) but I strongly suggest that you try to check a working one out for yourself and see what YOU think. How you enter addresses and find destinations is just as important as how the unit provides the driving directions.
I have used the Herz Neverlost system many times when I rent cars from them. It is very easy to use and has smart predictive completion of the input information. They are Magellan units but I have also tried and quite liked the Garmin unit that Jules uses.
I love Sony products for quality and technical performance but I despise their software and human interface almost universally.
Good luck!
Mark
I tried several working (amazingly) GPS models that one local store had and I found that some (Sony in particular) had a very slow and confusing interface. That was a year or more back (so things may have changed) but I strongly suggest that you try to check a working one out for yourself and see what YOU think. How you enter addresses and find destinations is just as important as how the unit provides the driving directions.
I have used the Herz Neverlost system many times when I rent cars from them. It is very easy to use and has smart predictive completion of the input information. They are Magellan units but I have also tried and quite liked the Garmin unit that Jules uses.
I love Sony products for quality and technical performance but I despise their software and human interface almost universally.
Good luck!
Mark
I went with a TomTom and maybe these pros/cons will give you something to check out on the Sony to see if it will give you similar or better mileage...
Good Stuff - TomTom has a feature called 'MapShare' where users can enter information about map errors (e.g. incorrect street names, one way streets, missing streets etc.), and these updates are then available for other users to download - it isn't perfectly implemented, but it's pretty good overall.
Not So Good - Support (a significant problem in my opinion) ... they release updates that aren't fully tested, so you run the risk of loosing features and then having to either backlevel your device, or tolerate the loss until they fix it - and fixes are few and far between (e.g. they put out a new version last year that accidentally disabled transmitting spoken directions over FM, it still hasn't been fixed, they just keep saying it will be 'soon')
My recommendation is to sniff out the Sony support forum and see what people are saying.
Good Luck!
Good Stuff - TomTom has a feature called 'MapShare' where users can enter information about map errors (e.g. incorrect street names, one way streets, missing streets etc.), and these updates are then available for other users to download - it isn't perfectly implemented, but it's pretty good overall.
Not So Good - Support (a significant problem in my opinion) ... they release updates that aren't fully tested, so you run the risk of loosing features and then having to either backlevel your device, or tolerate the loss until they fix it - and fixes are few and far between (e.g. they put out a new version last year that accidentally disabled transmitting spoken directions over FM, it still hasn't been fixed, they just keep saying it will be 'soon')
My recommendation is to sniff out the Sony support forum and see what people are saying.
Good Luck!