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 - Good ProductEasy to configure. Routing / re-routing features are great. Voice prompts help a lot when you are driving. Update to get latest maps: Its free! Nice thing is Garmin provides 2009 maps update for free. You will need to create a free login on their website and follow directions to register product. Takes two hours to download and update your nuvi 360, but its all automatic, all you need to do is plugin the nuvi with USB cord and connect it to your computer. Download itself takes the longest time. Syncs with bluetooth phone with ease: i have a samsung phone, can see last dialed calls / phonebook immedly after pairing up the phone. Was able to make / receive phone calls with ease. SD Card feature is nice. Cons: Don't order by USPS delivery which is free (Super saving). They are crappy, its worth spending a little more money and get one of the other shipping options. My box was mis-routed by USPS, then got delivered with no notification, was opened and stuff was moved around with Garmin box open. USPS has no regrets for poor customer service. They just don't care. Rating: - Best GPS I've OwnedI've owned 3 portable GPS units and this is by far the best. My first GPS was an older model of the Garmin 360 which can only be likened to a CRT monitor. At the time, this was standard. It was an excellent device and I loved the different voice settings as well as ease of use. I made the mistake of selling this GPS for a Navigon 5100. While it was much more portable, had free traffic reports, and a slew of "goodies" so to speak, I had a lot of problems with the unit. It took an extremely long time to load, the touch screen was virtually unusuable (a huge problem of course) as I would almost have to use my pinky in order to enter addresses, and the user interface was horrible to say the least. While it did provide good directions and the routes were easy to read, the disadvantages listed above outweighed the few advantages. Several models later, I decided to sell the 5100 and return to Garmin. I have never been happier. The unit is small, light, loads fast, I can get my beloved british accent back and it also includes a bluetooth feature which allows me to link it to my phone for hands free calls. A HUGE plus in areas that have illegalized the use of cell phones while driving. Take this into account that I drive a stick shift, and need the use of both my hands especially while driving through traffic and the maze of DC. If this is your first unit, buy it. It's simple, straight forward, easy to use and I could not recommend a better GPS! Rating: - Nuvi 360 with TTS and U.S. mapWhat can I say about this all-rounder? Sold my Nuvi 310 for this set with TTS, Bluetooth and built-in U.S./Canada maps. Coupled this with a free MY/SG maps - it has been my trusty tool to navigate to places I have never been before. It works seamlessly with my Sony Ericsson phone with its Bluetooth, even callers are not aware I'm using GPS to talk to them. Choosing faster time routing, it brings me to my destination in quickest time and most of time, shorter routes. Fast start-up (remember to remove lock-password and do not choose destination first before getting signals), Easy to use and best of all, the maps are available for most of countries, unlike some cheap GPS where need to use proprietry maps. Durable and mounting it into car is easy. Will be using it for tour in HK soon. :) Next will be to purchase Europe map, then I'll have most of the world's maps in my 3.5" pocket size GPS!! Rating:  - performance and ease to operateGarmin nüvi 350 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Bluetooth and Text-to-Speech this product could be easier to use if explanations were clearer. Performance is made difficult because of too many steps necessary to use properly. Rating:  - Great unit. Mount sucks(or doesn't)The cons: The mount is absolutely horrible. It doesn't stay in place. The unit actually fell off as I was driving. Why do I need to get the beanbag mount? I have a sirius sat radio and it's mount is perfect. The POI search is noticeably slower than my Mio. It took a long time to search "national zoo" and the wait cursor didn't go away. The pros: The GPS is fantastic. I powered the unit on and it locked on to the sat signal inside my house. Drove up to the national zoo on the weekend and the directions from Connecticut Ave to Ashburn were pretty good(Although, it did make me take 10 inner streets). The bluetooth paired up with my HTC mogul as soon as I enabled the bluetooth option. The menu is misleading. When you get to the bluetooth setting for the first time, the enabled option is selected by default. This may lead you to believe that it's already enabled. You need to save the settings to enable it. Either that or I did something wrong. If you have the mini-USB cable plugged in, as soon as you switch off your car, the unit will power down after a 30 second "switch to battery?" option. For people who have owned a lot of GPS units, this may not seem like a big deal. I've only owned a Mio before and this feature was lacking. p.s. I got it for 217$ last week and it's already 199$!! Amazon, how about a refund? p.p.s Who the heck listens to MP3 music on their GPS?
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