I've used an older Garmin (200 series from 2010) with lifetime traffic and its routing was really poor with picking slower roads over the highway when the highway would have been faster even if it was a longer route. Before that I used a Magellan which I loved, but it didn't come with free map updates so updating cost as much as a new GPS.
I current GPS is a TomTom XXL, great routing with its IQ routes and my favorite feature is alerts for speed cameras. Other then that its kind of annoying to use. Garmin in their 2012 models (the 1490 is a 2011) have greatly improved routing to be like TomTom's IQ routes but none of them were on special black friday sales. Really loved the interface on curent magellans (there is a feature that shows you the distance to upcoming exits and what is near them) but no equivalent to IQ route or speed cameras. On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Veech <[email protected]> wrote: > Timely topic for me, my wife has worn me down and I am finally getting her > one. She doesn't need bluetooth but definitely wants lifetime traffic and > maps. > > Any monthly fees with this one? Is it fairly simple to use? > > thanks... > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe User" <[email protected]> > To: "DSinc" > <[email protected].**com<[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 22:01 > Subject: Re: [H] Garmin 1490 LMT BT Portable Navigator? > > > > Hello, > > This is the model I got my wife. > > > -- > Regards, > joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... > > "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." > >
