The 4.2″ touchscreen is great, and the text-to-speech very clear. It interfaced via Bluetooth to my cell phone effortlessly, and downloaded the address book automatically. Makes a great hands-free device.

I have on criticism, and it’s a big one. Garmin doesn’t really care about you after the sale. I fell for the email that told me to update my mapping software “today!” No mention that within a week their distributors would be selling it for $15 less than their $70 price. When I got the software and loaded it, I found that this “2009 Update” added next to nothing. A Marine Air Station which had been leveled, and turned into a major shopping center over two years ago, was still listed as the air base. Major streets which had been extended through there were not shown. A local shopping center which has been here for five years is not shown, even though other, smaller shopping centers are. Garmin’s only comment to this was that they depend on the same source of mapping information as everyone else. So much for their industry leadership. If I find that something I need to find is not on my Garmin, I’ll be checking out Tom Tom and others to see if they can do better. Hopefully they try harder.