Get door-to-door directions and ondemand travel info from MSN® Direct with nüvi 680. This widescreen, personal travel assistant is packed with preloaded maps, hands-free calling and FM transmitter — plus real-time local weather, traffic, movie times and gas prices. Like the rest of the wide nüvi 600-series, its large touchscreen display puts the world at your fingertips.
Get door-to-door directions and ondemand travel info from MSN® Direct with nüvi 680. This widescreen, personal travel assistant is packed with preloaded maps, hands-free calling and FM transmitter — plus real-time local weather, traffic, movie times and gas prices. Like the rest of the wide nüvi 600-series, its large touchscreen display puts the world at your fingertips.
nüvi 680 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator® NT street maps, including a hefty points of interest (POIs) database with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. Simply touch the sunlight-readable color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there with 2D or 3D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. It even announces the name of exits and streets so you never have to take your eyes off the road. In addition, nüvi 680 accepts custom points of interest, such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs.
If you want the best deal on the Garmin Nuvi 680, be sure to compare prices before you buy. Our list of stores carrying the Nuvi 680 (below) tracks merchants across the web who often have bargain prices. We update the price comparison as soon as we see that a price has changed, so you always know who has the current low price, and where the Garmin Nuvi 680 is on sale.
03 May 2009It's OKI feel it's a little too slow and also take me to the wired direction... The calculation system hang pretty often... take more than 2minutes to search the places... but I'm doing fine with it just take longer time to deal with it.
...–Onfrom Amazon.com
18 Apr 2009Mediocre Routing, Map Updates A NightmareGarmin nüvi 680 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator I can't really mention any positives of this GPS over others. With my experience, routing on this unit (at least in Portland, OR,) is inferior to TomTom products. It frequently chooses routes that will get you to your destination, but they are usually the slowest way to get there. I wouldn't recommend getting the MSN Direct service for traffic. It only works on the Interstates, and if you choose to avoid the traffic, th...–K. Kliewerfrom Amazon.com
26 Mar 2009Great ProductI have been using a Mio C220 for almost two years now and it is a piece of junk compared to the Garmin 680. My unit came with 2008 maps even though 2009 maps are avalible. Once I registered it I could download 2009's maps. You must register it within 60 days of your first sattelite acquisition. If you don't get the prompt for your free map update then just call Garmin. You can forward them your order invoice and then they will set it up for you.–Jonathanfrom Amazon.com
"Last year the Garmin nuvi 660 was my Editor's Choice for the well-heeled GPS shopper. Garmin announced the 660's successor, the nuvi 680, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 2007. The nuvi 680 is identical to the 660 in every way, except for the addition of MSN Direct."
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