Ginger1 Neutral Newbie July 24, 2011 Share July 24, 2011 Personally, I do agree that Garmin is a gd brand after reading numerous reviews and tested my friend's unit myself. What I would worry will be whether they are water goods etc. I have not heard the phrase "water goods" since the handphone craze in the 1990s when I was in JC. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miketan80 Neutral Newbie July 25, 2011 Share July 25, 2011 I am considering between the Garmin 1350 and the Garmin 1490. Do you think bluetooth and the larger screen (5') is worth the additional $60? If budget is not a concern, go for the Garmin 1490. Bluetooth is very useful as the Singapore law states that holding a HP while driving is a very serious offence. I have the Garmin 1350 and kinda regret not having gotten the Garmin 1490 instead. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger1 Neutral Newbie July 27, 2011 Share July 27, 2011 If budget is not a concern, go for the Garmin 1490. Bluetooth is very useful as the Singapore law states that holding a HP while driving is a very serious offence. I have the Garmin 1350 and kinda regret not having gotten the Garmin 1490 instead. OK, I just ordered the Garmin 1490 from this bestbuyelec.com. It will be delivered to me this afternoon. After some searching, I found this to be the best deal. There are so many good reviews online about this company so hopefully I will not be the unlucky one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miketan80 Neutral Newbie July 28, 2011 Share July 28, 2011 OK, I just ordered the Garmin 1490 from this bestbuyelec.com. It will be delivered to me this afternoon. After some searching, I found this to be the best deal. There are so many good reviews online about this company so hopefully I will not be the unlucky one Post review? I am thinking of upgrading to either the Garmin 1490, 2565 or 3790. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger1 Neutral Newbie August 9, 2011 Share August 9, 2011 Post review? I am thinking of upgrading to either the Garmin 1490, 2565 or 3790. I got the Garmin 1490 at $219 from www.bestbuyelec.com. The advertised price on the website is $239 but if you ask about the Garmin 1490 special promo (stated in another car forum), you can get it for $219. It also comes with the traffic receiver which costs $89 elsewhere. The traffic receiver receives live traffic updates from LTA and prompts you of a traffic congestion along your route. It also allows you to avoid traffic and the GPS will reroute you around the traffic congestion. I am overall very happy with this purchase. The bluetooth pairs with my iphone and I can use the GPS to make and receive phone calls as the GPS is able to access the iphone phonebook, call history etc using the bluetooth. I think this is a useful feature because I normally do not pick up the phone when I am driving as hp driving is a very serious offence. I have never ever gotten lost ever again since I got this gps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miketan80 Neutral Newbie August 10, 2011 Share August 10, 2011 I got the Garmin 1490 at $219 from www.bestbuyelec.com. The advertised price on the website is $239 but if you ask about the Garmin 1490 special promo (stated in another car forum), you can get it for $219. It also comes with the traffic receiver which costs $89 elsewhere. The traffic receiver receives live traffic updates from LTA and prompts you of a traffic congestion along your route. It also allows you to avoid traffic and the GPS will reroute you around the traffic congestion. I am overall very happy with this purchase. The bluetooth pairs with my iphone and I can use the GPS to make and receive phone calls as the GPS is able to access the iphone phonebook, call history etc using the bluetooth. I think this is a useful feature because I normally do not pick up the phone when I am driving as hp driving is a very serious offence. I have never ever gotten lost ever again since I got this gps. $219 is very tempting, but I have a garmin 1350 and I need to sell it (or give it away) first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emile12345 Neutral Newbie August 13, 2011 Share August 13, 2011 I got the brand new Garmin 1300 with traffic receiver at $179 from bestbuyelec.com. It has the same features as the Garmin 1350. Elsewhere, it costs $219 for the GPS + $89 for the traffic receiver = $308. Free delivery, cheap and good! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emile12345 Neutral Newbie August 14, 2011 Share August 14, 2011 TOM TOM also not bad tomtom is not popular in asia. maps are also not as good as garmin maps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samula Neutral Newbie August 15, 2011 Share August 15, 2011 Don't get swayed by the cheap price. Many a times someone, who does not know anything about GPS and failed to do some research on it before taking the plunge, end up with something that's a junk. The most important consideration when buying a GPS is not the price but the map support. No point if the device cost only $50 but you get a lousy map with no update at all. If you want cheap GPS devices, there are tons of these real cheap China GPS devices out there with virtually non existant map support. Pay a little bit more and get a reliable one. Garmin is well know around the world for GPS. You can also consider Papago and Marbella. See the last post. For $179, you can get a brand new Garmin 1300 with free lifetime traffic updates: www.bestbuyelec.com Why even bother with other brands? My 2 cents 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchissac Neutral Newbie August 15, 2011 Share August 15, 2011 tomtom is not popular in asia. maps are also not as good as garmin maps tomtom is very popular in europe though 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samula Neutral Newbie August 15, 2011 Share August 15, 2011 (edited) I got the brand new Garmin 1300 with traffic receiver at $179 from bestbuyelec.com. It has the same features as the Garmin 1350. Elsewhere, it costs $219 for the GPS + $89 for the traffic receiver = $308. Free delivery, cheap and good! Post review? I am thinking of getting one too. Edited August 15, 2011 by Samula Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiawy 1st Gear August 15, 2011 Share August 15, 2011 Was using a Holux GPSmile 62 series and Garmin MobileXT on one of my spare Windows Mobile 6.5 phone, and frequent map update from malfreemap is great that was until last month when the vendor for Papago decided to stop future map update. Between these 2 I prefer Garmin as the route direction is better and Garmin's map update from malfreemaps seems to be "strong". If I were to get a standalone DND unit, I will definately go for Garmin, would avoid others, due to their constant map update from malfreemaps and other sites :) Oh, btw I also managed to load in Australia and Thailand map in my Garmin mobileXT, I believe this can be done for Garmin DND too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxian Clutched August 15, 2011 Share August 15, 2011 I got the Garmin 1490 at $219 from www.bestbuyelec.com. The advertised price on the website is $239 but if you ask about the Garmin 1490 special promo (stated in another car forum), you can get it for $219. It also comes with the traffic receiver which costs $89 elsewhere. The traffic receiver receives live traffic updates from LTA and prompts you of a traffic congestion along your route. It also allows you to avoid traffic and the GPS will reroute you around the traffic congestion. I am overall very happy with this purchase. The bluetooth pairs with my iphone and I can use the GPS to make and receive phone calls as the GPS is able to access the iphone phonebook, call history etc using the bluetooth. I think this is a useful feature because I normally do not pick up the phone when I am driving as hp driving is a very serious offence. I have never ever gotten lost ever again since I got this gps. the $219 price is for refurbishes set now.. not sure you referring to same promo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samula Neutral Newbie August 15, 2011 Share August 15, 2011 courts now offering...schinco series mostly below SGD$200 I think Shinco ranks among the worst brands where GPS is concerned. So many horror stories about Shinco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger1 Neutral Newbie August 15, 2011 Share August 15, 2011 the $219 price is for refurbishes set now.. not sure you referring to same promo It is the same promo. $239 was also for the refurb set. bestbuyelec.com has updated the promo price online to $219. I think this deal is the best value for money now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byond 1st Gear August 15, 2011 Share August 15, 2011 Go for Garmin Better support in terms of map.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchissac Neutral Newbie August 16, 2011 Share August 16, 2011 Go for Garmin Better support in terms of map.... Somemore nowadays Garmin GPS same price as other brands! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoutckl628 1st Gear August 16, 2011 Share August 16, 2011 Just curious to know how does the traffic receiver works? is it an additonal devise installed into your GPS? If i will to update the map myself from other source, will it delete away the traffic receiver? If my current GPS does not have traffic receiver, possible to buy it from BestBuy Elec? ↡ Advertisement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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