Garmin nüvi 1390/1390T 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic
- Widescreen ultra-slim GPS design with 4.3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display; interface features improved graphics and a new slide control for menu operation
- Pre-loaded with City Navigtor NT maps for North America, including more than 6 million points of interest
- Bluetooth wireless technology enables hands-free calling with a compatible phone; included traffic receiver provides North America traffic information
- Public transit mode allows you to navigate using buses, tramway, metro, and suburban rail systems; Pedestrian navigation capability enabled through optional CityXplorer maps
- NOTE: Model number on the box is 1390T because the traffic receiver is included; however, the model number on the device itself is 1390 as the “T” in 1390T refers to the additional component
Product Description
The NUVI1390T 4.3″ Ultra Thin GPS Navigator features a widescreen ultra slim design (approximately 25% thinner than previous models), enhanced user interface, ecoRoute, public transit mode and text-to-speech. The n vi 1390T offers pedestrian navigation capability enabled through optional CityXplorer maps. CityXplorer maps are available for select tourist destinations in North America and Europe and can easily be downloaded directly to the n vi. The nuvi’s enhanced u… More >>
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Categories: Car Electronics & GPS
Works as described in the manual. Little bit pricey for the features. I have not tried lane guidance yet.
Rating: 4 / 5
I am very disappointed that your pricing is not competitive with others. If I had known , I would have
purchased my GPS from Costco which offers a lifetime of updates for maps.
Rating: 4 / 5
It is really unbelievable just how bad this navigation is. I do not mean navigation itself, but the user interface.
I had a tom-tom before but I wanted to try someting else and I cannot believe that this navigation is actually sold and bought.
One example-preparing your journey at home(no gps signal). Tom-tom goes to menu-navigation-navigate from A to B.Done. Garmin- go to menu, go to settings, go to satellites, choose satellite simulation ON. Huh? Then go to map, find the start location, choose “set position” and then you can continue. There is NO manual attached to this navigation, so you have to figure that out yourself. Took me 3 hours to figure that out. Man selling me this navigation in the store also gave up after half an hour. This is the most unintuitive thing I have ever seen. And why don’t you have manual attached to something that cost over 100 EUR ???
Second example-while navigating battery gets low. In Tom-tom- sound signal and small flashing object on the screen. In Garmin- map gets off(!!!) and you get a warning with “OK” that must be pressed on the screen. Imagine that happening right before some big crossing. You are left without any help, not to mention how dangerous can it be to be forced to press the screen while driving.
Third example-connecting the navigation to computer with USB. You can not turn it on. There is no program to use in an your computer while connected. You have to hope that this thing is actually charging and disconnect it when you think that the time is right.
Fourth example- finding alternatives to the calculated route. No feature “avoid part of the route”, no feature “road blocked in…”. And “Find another route” ? I had set navigation from North Poland to centre of Czech republic. About 1000 km long. Plenty of possibilities to drive. And when I wanted to see what the other possibilities are, the system calculated alternative, when only difference was after leaving parking lot i should turn not left to the main street, but right and go around the block. So the only difference was on the first 50 meters. What is that supposed to be ? Joke ?
Do not buy this thing- classical paper map works much better.
Rating: 1 / 5
The Garmin 1490T GPS is very easy to use & has great features (lane assist, Bluetooth, etc.). Its also thin enough to keep in my purse so I don’t have to leave it in the car. I highly recommend this unit.
Rating: 5 / 5
Apparently all Garmin GPSs come with one free map update. This is important since our previous GPS was an LG which shipped with four year old maps, and they wanted $100 to send current maps. High five to Garmin for not being cheap like LG.
I tried to update the maps online, but apparently the GPS was actually shipped with 2010 maps. Another point for Garmin for sending current maps.
I turned it on for the first time and it asked me what my region was. I selected United States. Then it asked me what my language was. I selected American English. Then a loading hourglass showed up for a couple seconds and it asked me if I would like to read each End User License Agreement individually or just agree to all of them. I agreed to all of them. Then it asked me if I wanted to go to the map or enter an address.
I was hoping the initial process of telling it that I’m in the US was a one-time initialization step. But no, apparently you have to tell the GPS every time you power it on what country you’re in. It’s a freaking GPS, why do I have to tell it what country I’m in?
The same goes for selecting your language. Apparently Garmin wants to make sure I didn’t learn a foreign language and forget my current one since the last time I used the GPS.
And every time you start the GPS, you have to again agree to the list of End User License Agreements. I understand all businesses are scared that somebody without common sense might try to use the GPS as an emergency flotation device and then sue the manufacturer when they drown, but enough with the freaking End User License Agreements. One is more than enough and I should only have to agree to it once. At least I can still start my car without having to agree to a EULA.
So anyway, I tried to enter my first address after I told the GPS where I was, what language I speak, and that I agree to their multiple pages of lawyer babble. The buttons are pretty small, so within the first three letters my hot dog fingers hit the wrong button. I tried to hit backspace (little pencil eraser button) but it wouldn’t work. I finally decided to reset the GPS in case it was just a temporary bug.
After resetting, I again told the GPS what country I’m in, what language I speak, and that I agree to their multiple pages of lawyer babble. Then I went in to the address portion again and tried to enter an address. The backspace button still didn’t work, but I noticed this time that the button next to it (right arrow) was performing the backspace function. In addition, the left arrow button was performing the right arrow function, and the right side of the address block was performing the left arrow button. This only seemed to happen on the top row of buttons, so I’m returning it.
Rating: 3 / 5