Quality Posts

• (12:01 AM, 4/7/2011) promyst found a website.
• (12:03 AM, 4/7/2011) sessyman wonders, "Does this come with lifetime map updates or would we have to buy them?"
• (12:03 AM, 4/7/2011) gaugh753 tells us, "Fast updates and prompt notice... Just don't forget to update your maps every three moths or so!"
• (12:03 AM, 4/7/2011) craig616 adds, "...it is awesome when you are going through a city and you do not know what lane to get in. This tells you were to go.. Its sweet."
• (12:03 AM, 4/7/2011) phacopida didn't read up, "Lane assist sounds interesting - but is it accurate or realistically useful? Anyone?"
• (12:04 AM, 4/7/2011) ToasterP checks out CNet.
• (12:04 AM, 4/7/2011) acidmojojojo inquires, "Does anyone know if this has Text to Voice that speaks the names of the streets?"
• (12:04 AM, 4/7/2011) whcodered relates, "A friend of mine has one of these, and while I'm not usually the kind of guy that likes a GPS, the lane assist is a very cool feature that's useful for unfamiliar places."
• (12:04 AM, 4/7/2011) Almeda checks out the speech recognition with some video.
• (12:04 AM, 4/7/2011) LadyBacon wants to know, "Does it work with Windows 7 for updates and such?"
• (12:06 AM, 4/7/2011) sdkammer queries, "How hard and expensive is it to upgrade this for traffic updates?"
• (12:06 AM, 4/7/2011) By-Tor reports, "I am a die hard Garmin fanboy, but I have to say that my 855 is the worst Garmin GPS I've ever had."
• (12:07 AM, 4/7/2011) promyst watches it in a jet plane.
• (12:07 AM, 4/7/2011) ekmadden posts, "have an older Garmin nuvi. Still good. Way better than iphone. Paid like 5x as much."
• (12:10 AM, 4/7/2011) promyst looks into buying updates.
• (12:12 AM, 4/7/2011) Pinballnate comments, "I have this model and its ok. The speech recognition is pretty much worthless. First of all you have to find and press a remote button to use it..."
• (12:18 AM, 4/7/2011) fishbulb42 checks out some of the voice and icon downloads.
• (12:20 AM, 4/7/2011) mue8816327 notes, "I have one of these its a good all around solid unit but you are going to need to update the maps..."
• (12:22 AM, 4/7/2011) cdheer gives us some Garmin-related points.
• (12:24 AM, 4/7/2011) DGX warns, "They continually freeze up on you and at some point the Bluetooth will quite working. I blew through 3 of these and all were returned. "
• (12:30 AM, 4/7/2011) maceone asks, "Okay so what is the purpose of the memory card slot? Why would you need a card in the unit?"
• (12:32 AM, 4/7/2011) promyst replies, "To hold maps/traffic/data"
• (12:33 AM, 4/7/2011) DGX adds, "I keep all my custom POIs, custom voices and vehicles on my SD card. Pull the card, and boom it's back to basics."
• (12:42 AM, 4/7/2011) pootietang discusses lane assist.
• (1:22 AM, 4/7/2011) efooter dons the official tin foil hat.
• (1:30 AM, 4/7/2011) makabe investigates traffic activation. Form of 15 Mile Gridlock!
• (1:37 AM, 4/7/2011) DavidHart frowns, "No bluetooth, low volume, sluggish response... No thanks!"
• (1:39 AM, 4/7/2011) mtd6548 says, "I use this model daily for my delivery job all over the state. works great! Have not updated maps in over a year, but still finds every address."
• (1:52 AM, 4/7/2011) lenzflare ponders, "Most--if not all--devices are above $100. Is the $80 price worth it, or would a more expensive unit be worth the investment?"
• (2:16 AM, 4/7/2011) terminatorgir reports, "Works pretty well. Occasionally it has problems where it resets. In a year its only done it four times so its not a frequent issue."
• (3:08 AM, 4/7/2011) objbuilder shares some pros and cons.
• (4:06 AM, 4/7/2011) cleverett debunks LightSquared, in case you were tin foiled up.
• (4:41 AM, 4/7/2011) poorerman opines, "The 855 is an overambitious Garmin offering-- it does a lot but nothing well."
• (5:08 AM, 4/7/2011) sdanrich has encountered some Garmin software woes.
• (6:18 AM, 4/7/2011) regal8lager points out, "Just a little note to all you geocachers out there - These work quite splendidly for paperless caching."
• (6:26 AM, 4/7/2011) TomWendell thinks, "The lane assist, however, is only coded for some of the larger cities (Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, etc.) but not for many smaller cities..."
• (6:38 AM, 4/7/2011) mspielman says, "It is terrible, takes a long time to recalculate routes and freezes constantly. When it freezes, you have no idea that it happened..."
• (6:40 AM, 4/7/2011) TomWendell posts, "I have had my version of this model since July 2009. The early lockups were fixed with a software update later that year. I've not had problems with mine ever since."
• (7:06 AM, 4/7/2011) kenbuzz works up a Garmin decoder ring.
• (7:11 AM, 4/7/2011) rob3173 talks up lane assist.
• (7:49 AM, 4/7/2011) mikehell yells, "Thinking about getting one of these for motorcycle use. Nobody yet has mentioned the fact that it HAS A HEADPHONE JACK."
• (7:51 AM, 4/7/2011) DRFriedman is all frozen up and hot about it.
• (8:45 AM, 4/7/2011) PeteCal asks, "Does this have what I call "Map View"? Where you see, basically a road map and can pick the route you want?"
• (9:14 AM, 4/7/2011) pixmanster advises, "One thing to keep in mind if you live in a cold climate - take it inside the house when not in use."
• (9:27 AM, 4/7/2011) mcdonald owns one and has some general impressions of the unit.
• (10:13 AM, 4/7/2011) CrunchyWizard tells us, "I've used it for a couple years now and have no trouble getting satellite reception and have had no recent lockups - maybe a total of two early on. "
• (10:17 AM, 4/7/2011) claywashere has not encountered any issues so far.
• (10:20 AM, 4/7/2011) djmj99 speaks clearly and never gets lost.
• (10:40 AM, 4/7/2011) bsmith1 may have found our secret fall-back project.
• (11:02 AM, 4/7/2011) phantom42 weighs in, "To those asking whether map updates are necessary - for the most part, no. It just depends on what you're using the GPS for."
• (11:10 AM, 4/7/2011) tallgu66y explains EVERYTHING.
• (2:57 PM, 4/7/2011) mikehell would like a comparison of v4.70 to this one, v4.80.
• (4:31 PM, 4/7/2011) mkdr shares, "Garmin has great customer support and will take care of you if you purchase one of their units."