Garmin® nüvi® 1690 with nüLink! ™ web services comes top of category in the Which? latest sat nav test, winning Best Buy award June 2010
Garmin the global leader in satellite navigation* is delighted to receive the accolade of ‘best of the best’ in the latest Which? sat nav tests for its nüvi 1690 with nüLink! web services. Garmin’s commitment to ensure best value for money already includes its nüLink! web services for the first 12 months with the subsequent renewal subscription now £44.99 per year. This is equivalent to less than £0.87 pence per week for the latest live travel information services.
The nüLink! price includes super fast EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Evolution) connection offering online features** such as Google™ local search, premium traffic, Cyclops safety cameras, up-to-the minute weather forecasts, live fuel prices, live flight status, white page telephone listings and Ciao!™, Garmin’s exclusive location-based social networking system that allows customers the option of sharing their whereabouts with friends and family.
Garmin’s Director of Product, Clive Taylor said, “When time is of the essence, and driving is a daily event, the nüvi 1690 with live nüLink! web services provides fast and incredibly accurate traffic alerts, it keeps you constantly up-to-date with the latest speed cameras and fuel prices on route, and enables you to use Google™ Local search to access the web and find points of interest along the way, even letting you know the weather forecasts at the end of your journey.”
The Garmin nüvi 1690 is also packed with premium Garmin navigation features including hands-free calling, Lane Assist with Junction View, park position recall and multi-point route planning. Because it’s connected you can also use online features to plan and send destinations to your sat nav remotely from the web***, know where your friends are with ciao! ™ Friend Finder and access a live international telephone directory, no wonder it was best of the best in the Which? sat nav test.
The nüvi 1690 has preloaded maps for Eastern and Western Europe including 12 months nüLink web services. Available online and in-store at retails partners such as Halfords, Amazon, Tesco and PC World etc. For more information please visit www.garmin.co.uk/1690 and www.garmin.com/nulink.
* According to Canalys report for sat nav sales made in 2009
** Depending on location and services available in each country.
*** From Google maps using a Windows or Mac personal computer
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