QVGA color antiglare TFT screen with white backlight
POI lookup and MP3/audio book playback
Bluetooth with Hands-free calls
Pre-loaded with UK, Ireland mapping
Editorial Review:
Translator. Entertainer. Tour Guide. Garmins nuviTM 310 is one versatile little GPS. Sold exclusively in Europe, this pocket-sized Personal Travel Assistant now comes with hands-free Bluetooth® wireless technology in addition to the popular features offered in the nüvi 300 making it the go-anywhere travel companion.Place hands-free calls with Bluetooth wireless technology The nuvi 310 integrates wireless technology with a microphone and speaker that lets you make hands-free mobile phone calls. Simply dial numbers with the nuvi's touch screen keypad to make a call on a compatible Bluetooth phone. To answer calls, just tap nuvi's screen and speak directly into its built in microphone.In addition, easily look-up and dial numbers from your personalized phone book or from your phones call history log. Dont know the phone number for your destination? Simply find and dial it from nuvi's extensive points of interest database including hotels, restaurants, stores, and attractions.Navigate with EaseThe nuvi 310 comes preprogrammed with UK & Ireland map data, and includes automatic routing, 2D or 3D map perspective, and a fingertip touch scre interface making navigation easy. It accepts customized points of interest (POIs) such as school zones and safety cameras. In addition, with Garmins optional GTM 11 FM TMC traffic receiver, you can avoid traffic tie-ups by simply pushing a button to calculate a new route.Enjoy Travel Kit full of entertainment and useful toolsNavigation is just the beginning. nuvi includes many must have entertainment and travel tools including MP3 player, audio book player, JPEG picture viewer, travel alarm, currency converters, and more. In addition, optional software packages such as the Language GuideTM and Travel GuidesTM can be added for language and content support.Customize with Optional SoftwareOptional software available on plug-in SD cards, lets you instantly add new features to your nuvi witho
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Things I would want to know BEFORE I bought the Nuvi 310 Pros
* Long Battery life
* Has a Bluetooth connection, Audio book, MP3 and you can purchase add ons like the traffic management aerial/European maps and the maps and firmware are upgradeable.
* It has a detour button so if you suddenly find the road blocked it will navigate a different route Cons
* The biggest problem for me is that it doesn't have a "direction arrow window" of the up coming turn, so you have to follow the white arrow (wherever it is on the map), my old Route 66... more info
Garmin Nuvi 310 Im a little bit of a gadget phobic, however, as my work involves a great deal of travel I needed a SAT NAV. I went for this one after looking at reviews and found it : THICKIE PROOF even I can tap in an address and postcode with this system and the hands free mobile connection is really easy to use. Large screen, easy assembly took me about 5 mins, also if you need to record where you have arrived its simple and saves the journey in its memory. I love it and would not be without it highly recommended.
Nearly but not quite I've had this unit for about a year now and used it around Guernsey and for forays to the UK. At home it has some strange ideas about the quickest route but will happily recalculate if you decide against going down any particular lane. Like any sat nav, you do need to keep your common sense switched on. No other complaints and in the UK it has been a real asset.
It doesn't get 5 stars because the windscreen attachment has started to fail, usually at the most awkward time possible, and despite trying... more info
A disappointment Having had this unit for 10 months I've gone back to working out my route in a map book and using the Garmin only as a means of seeing where my next turn is coming up. I downloaded the trial speed camera software and didn't bother to take up the regular subscription because it misses so many fixed speed cameras. However, the absolute best was that it couldn't find a main road full of Victorian houses, so either they mapped the area prior to 1837 or their accuracy leaves much to be desired.
