New Nuvi 2360LMT

You'd think a Nuvi 350 bought in November 2007 would be sufficient for my
needs, but no, I had to have a new Nuvi with the latest features. I'm glad I
got it. I have to go into NYC in a couple of weeks and the 2360 offers
"required" features to keep me on the right roads. The traffic feature
remains to prove its usefulness and accuracy.

One interesting thing is that the 2360 can be oriented in landscape or
portrait. There have been some discussions here about why anyone would want
to see stuff on the left and right, but I won't get into why I prefer the
landscape view. I bring it up because I wear polarized sunglasses, and I
discovered that, when I wear them, the screen darkens somewhat when it's in
landscape mode, so I switch to portrait. It does help.

I especially like the lane assist, showing white (vs. grayed) arrows that
tell me which lane/lanes I should use at an exit or junction. The junction
view is fun, too, showing a picture of what the interstate highway split
looks like to the driver, and which lane to be in on the approach. The
current speed and speed limit features are handy, too. These are of course
lacking in the 350. You'd think I'd be paying attention to the road...
*sigh*

I also like how much easier it is to enter an address, and how it will
automatically fill in the city, at least, if it had been entered once
before. Features like this are never "advertised" per se; it's a matter of
finding out that "this works so much better than my previous model."

Jill's voice is a bit lower pitched on the 2360, and she doesn't sound
exasperated when "recalculating!" The 2360 recalculates quickly, but Jill's
voice doesn't catch up for, I don't know, as much as 15 or so seconds, which
could be critical if the alternate turn is coming up quickly. Also, when the
Nuvi is set to a volume high enough to hear over the road noise, at least,
her voice is raspy like from an overdriven plastic diaphragm.

A small disappointment is the lack of a north arrow, and a fairly serious
lack, I think, is not announcing on which side of the street my destination
is. That happened at least once so far; I'll keep testing it. Another oddity
is that twice, driving 3 hours up I-87, the screen was overtaken by a menu
and Jill's voice asking me to say a voice command. I had to reach over to
tap the previous-screen arrow. Very strange. I also hope the "my trends"
feature teaches the machine what the best routes really are... according to
me.

On 3/18/2011 5:47 PM, Howard Lester wrote:

For me, the speed limit display is non-existent. Perhaps Canadian
(Winnipeg) maps weren't deemed sufficiently important to include speed
limits, just like Canadian maps being slower to include lane-assist
info. A speed limit can be added manually, but the GPS then assumes it
applies to the whole length of that street.

Jill does announce which side of the street my destination is on, but
for my brother, who lives on a "court" in Calgary, she doesn't even know
where his house number is. Her enunciation is far from clear sometimes.
"On Left" comes out as "ah le".

I have had the voice command menu come up unbidden a couple of times.
When that happens, just saying "Exit" will get you back.

Dave S.

"DaveS" wrote


Thanks, Dave. That's helpful to know. I'm wondering if the voice command
menu came up because a) I had music playing, and b) I was talking. I wonder
if it picked up a specific word that triggered it, kind of like on You Bet
Your Life with Groucho Marx when the duck dropped down after a contestant
uttered the "secret word." ;-)

Howard Lester wrote:

I am trying to replace my old Garmin Quest, and I am SO BUMMED that I don't
see ANY of the Garmins that seem to have the same featurs. The lack of a
North arrow seems lacking ON ANY of them that I've looked through. And yes,
my Quest even though it doesn't announce the actual names DOES announce the
side of the street the destination is on.

Do you or anyone have a unit that comes CLOSE? A couple of the items I
think I Absolutely need is the ability to prodcue routes on my PC and upload
them to the unit as well as see on the main screen items like distance to
next turn, distance to destination, time to destination, and distance to nex
turn. The Quest used to be ability to tailor FOUR data points it would
show - items such as altitude, local sunrise, etc. were all options!-
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Regards -

- Andrew

Andrew wrote:

By the way, the ONLY reason I want a new unit is that Garmin doesn't supply
updated maps for my Quest. Other than that, I'd keep it forever. Yes,
using the rocker pad to enter data like cities and addresses is 'quaint',
but a small price to pay for all the other geeky features that I have come
to love.

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Regards -

- Andrew