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iPhone & Garmin Nüvi ?
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Jan 15, 2008, 08:03 AM
 
Has anyone used an iPhone with a Garmin Nuvi GPS system? The Garmin has the best integration of any GP system I've ever seen. It lets me browse my phone's whole address book, even lets me use the phone's voice dialing through the bluetooth speakerphone. Pretty slick. I'm wondering if all this stuff works for the iphone too. Though the iphone has no voice dialing? That sucks but maybe soon.
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 12:55 PM
 
I wish I could. I got the Garmin 650 as a Christmas gift, and it seems the 660 is the one I need to use it with a cell phone. Doh!
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 12:57 PM
 
By the way, how is the sound quality when using the Garmin as a bluetooth mic/speaker? In the reviews I've read, the person on the other end has a hard time hearing the speaker clearly. I was thinking about taking back the 650 and getting the 660, but after reading those reviews I decided the hell with it and just kept the 650 (still a great GPS!) Any thoughts on that?
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:07 PM
 
I bought a 360 for work last summer and paired it with my old Motorola phone. The speaker quality is great - it was very easy to hear the speaker on the other end, even in my loud car. The mic quality, however, is only so-so. Frequently, I had to just kick the conversation back to the phone, because the other person could hardly hear what I was saying. Eventually, I just bought a bluetooth headset and used it in the car instead.

I haven't tried pairing my Nüvi with my iPhone, though. If I remember I'll give it a try tonight.
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