Customer Reviews:
  ***Beware of Map Version*** June 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this item for my HP rx5915 in May of 2008. Love the software in spite of SD card limitations. The map on my card was City Navigator NT2008. The 2009 map version is out now. I asked Garmin if I could get the newer map since I just bought it through an authorized retailer (Amazon). I was told NO. I had to return the unit I just bought here and buy the new one from Garmin direct for $20 more. There is no way to tell what map version you will get as it is not marked on the packaging or by part number.
Great navigation, but... May 27, 2008
I bought this for my Dopod D810 (HTC) running WM6 with a built-in GPS.
Pros:
- Easy setup, just plug in the SD card and you're good to go.
- Navigation works great, POI's seems comprehensive enough, in other words the standard GPS functionality works fine.
- I like the turn preview option, which zooms to the turn, until you've made the turn and then zooms back out.
- I believe a product review should always consider the price. Under $100 seems fair enough for what you get.
Cons:
- CANNOT COPY THE DATA TO YOUR OWN SD CARD. This has been discussed in other reviews in detail. Depending on your usage this can be either an inconvenience or the reason to not buy the software. The data card has around 800MB free, so I copied all my programs and data (~600MB) to the garmin supplied SD. This worked fine, so I don't need to swap data cards all the time. However, this does not leave me with much free space for additional data or programs. I was seriously considering penalizing 2 stars for this limitation alone, but since the software works well and I managed to copy my data to the garmin card, I am feeling very generous (I wish the option of 3.5 stars was available).
- The house numbers down the lane where I live was a bit messed up on the map which is a bit annoying (my house is 324, but the map shows it as 341). Not a big issue since I can always stick my neck out and read the number on the mailbox. I didn't notice this for any other areas (so far), so hopefully it's just my lane.
- It would really have been nice if the on-screen keypad was QWERTY, and not arranged in alphabetical order.
In conclusion, if you don't have too much of your own software/data to store on the SD card, then I would highly recommend this product. If Garmin really insists on using their own data card, perhaps they could have the option of a bigger data card.
 Wonderfull product, beats everything else!! May 8, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I used this product with my the HTC touch cruise and worked perfectly well. I could transfer all my waypoints from a previous Garmin product in seconds using the latest Mapsource version. Just plugged the 2.0 GB plug and play SD card and the software was ready to use in seconds. Garmin also offers free traffic and weather updates with this product!
Mobile navigation for smartphone April 28, 2008
THis product work fine in my windows mobile 6 phone. I have a samsung blackjack 2. If you are looking for a portable GPS this could be the right choise.
 Garmin XT vs Nuvi April 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The software is very similar to the Nuvi units, which is why I purchased it. There are some small differences, and they can catch you out. There are also many many problems with the software. I am running on an AT&T Tilt (HTC TyTN II). Problems include:
- Can't fing GPS device, which is built in. The only way to correct this is to reboot the phone.
- Software locks up while redrawing a map. To minimise this I have turned off autozoom, and don't zoom in and out.
- upcoming roads don't sho on the map at certain zoom levels. If you zoom in one level they are there, also zoom out one level they display, but a given zoom and the map just shows the road you are on. This is in 3d mode, not sure about standard map mode.
- When trying to access some of the tools, like gas prices or POI's the software crashes, and requires a unit reboot. I just don't use tools any more.
- Takes a long time to open, and even longer to acquire satellites.
I still use the software, but after the flawless Nuvi unit that I have, this was a letdown.
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