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Garmin nüvi 3790T 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator | 
| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $449.99
Buy New: $416.00
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Seller: ElectroBrands
Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 195
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 4.30
Battery: 1 Rechargeable Li-ion
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 5.3 x 2.6
MPN: 010-00858-20
Model: 010-00858-20
UPC: 753759099800
EAN: 0753759099800
ASIN: B003EYVHH4
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Less than 9 mm thick - about the same as a standard #2 pencil | | • | Full glass 4.3" diagonal multi-touch display | | • | Dual orientation capabilities allow you to use the nüvi 3790T either horizontally or vertically | | • | Innovative speech recognition let's you control your nüvi with your voice - allowing you to keep both hands on the whee | | • | Bluetooth® compatible with a built-in microphone and speaker |
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Product Description
Nuvi 3790T GPS
Amazon.com Product Description
Experience uniquely personal navigation from the elegantly slim nüvi 3790T. It features a multi-touch glass display, nüRoute⢠technology with trafficTrends⢠and myTrendsâ¢, voice-activated navigation, 3-D building and terrain view, lane assist with junction view, hands-free calling compatibility and subscription-free traffic alerts.
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Less than 9mm thick
| Award-Winning Design |  Versatile and compact for car or pedestrian use
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The new nüvi is less than 9 mm thick, about the same as a standard #2 pencil. It has a full glass 4.3” diagonal multi-touch display. Dual orientation capabilities allow you to use the nüvi 3790T either horizontally or vertically, fitting smartly in your hand when walking. Sleek design also disappears neatly into your pocket or purse. With a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s ready to guide you by car or foot.
Experience nüRoute⢠Technology with trafficTrends⢠and myTrendsâ¢
Smart and good-looking, this uniquely personal navigator comes with advanced routing capabilities that include trafficTrends⢠and myTrendsâ¢. There’s no subscription necessary, no added costs, your nüvi 3790T just does it.
With trafficTrends, your nüvi 3790T automatically learns daytime trends for traffic flow to improve your routes and better predict your estimated time of arrival based on time of day and day of week. And you get free trafficTrends⢠updates every time you connect your device to myGarmin.
With myTrends, when you save your regular destinations in your “Favorites,” your nüvi 3790T will, over time, begin to figure out where you’re going even without your telling it! It provides time of arrival and relevant traffic information. So whether you’re driving to and from work or a regularly scheduled weekly event, your nüvi 3790T will help you get there on time.
Speak Commands
nüvi 3790T not only tells you where to turn but listens to your spoken commands. With its innovative speech recognition, you can control nüvi with your voice â allowing you to keep both hands on the wheel. Simply wake up nüvi with a customizable voice command and begin speaking menu options that are clearly displayed on the screen. Tell nüvi ""Find Address"" and speak an address to start navigating.
Know the Lane Before It’s Too Late
No more guessing which lane you need to be in to make an upcoming turn. Lane assist with junction view guides you to the correct lane for an approaching turn or exit, making unfamiliar intersections and exits easy to navigate. It realistically displays road signs and junctions on your route along with arrows that indicate the proper lane for navigation.
Make Hands-free Calls
For hands-free calling, nüvi 3790T integrates Bluetooth® wireless technology with a built-in microphone and speaker. Just pair it with your compatible Bluetooth phone and talk hands-free through the 3790T while staying focused on the road. Simply dial numbers with its touchscreen keypad to make a call. To answer calls, just tap the screen and speak into its built-in microphone. Enjoy convenient one-touch dialing for contacts and points of interest.
Receive Subscription-Free Traffic Alerts
Steer clear of traffic with the integrated FM traffic receiver and free lifetime¹ traffic updates. Receive alerts about traffic delays and road construction that lie ahead on your route. Next, simply touch the screen on nüvi to view traffic details or detour around the problem area.
Dual orientation capabilities allow you to use the nüvi 3790T either horizontally or vertically, fitting smarly in your hand when walking. | Navigate City Transit
With its enhanced pedestrian navigation capabilities and dual-oriented screen, nüvi 3790T is the perfect travel companion for getting around town. Download optional cityXplorer⢠content to help you navigate the big city. In addition to knowing where to walk, where to catch the bus, subway, tram or other transportation you’ll also have access to mass transit schedules and estimated travel time to your destination. cityXplorer maps are available for select cities throughout North America and Europe. And with prices as low as $9.99, you'll have money left over to spend in the big city.
Get Turn-by-Turn Directions. See Buildings and Terrain in 3-D
nüvi 3790T has an intuitive interface that greets you with two simple questions: ""Where To?"" and ""View Map."" Touch the color screen to easily look up addresses and services and get voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names to your destination It comes preloaded with detailed City Navigator® NT street maps for the U.S, Canada and Mexico with nearly 6 million points of interest (POIs) such as stores, restaurants, hotels, entertainment venues, gas stations, ATMs and more, and speed limits for most major roads. With 3-D Building and Terrain view, you’ll see representations of prominent buildings in many cities and map contours at low zoom levels, giving you a realistic perspective of the terrain.
Go Beyond Navigation
Also offered on nüvi 3790T are standard nüvi features that go beyond navigation. For example, ecoRoute â a green feature that calculates a more fuel-efficient route, tracks fuel usage and more. The 3790T includes many travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. With photo navigation, you can download pictures from Garmin Connect⢠Photos and navigate to them. With its ""Where Am I?"" emergency locator, you always know your location. Simply tap the screen to get your exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and fuel stations. The 3790T features Garmin Lockâ¢, an anti-theft feature, and is compatible with our free Garmin Garage where you can download custom voices and vehicles. Enhance your travel experience with optional plug-in microSD⢠cards.
Compare the nüvi 3700 Series Features
| | | nüvi 3700 Series Features | | | nüvi 3750 | nüvi 3760T | nüvi 3790T | | Detailed Map Coverage* | Y | Y | Y | | Voice activated navigation | N | N | Y | | Traffic | Compatible | Lifetime traffic | Lifetime traffic | | Hands-free calling | N | Y | Y | | 3D terrain and buildings | N | N | Y | | * Full coverage mapping for the U.S. and Canada. Now includes Mexico. | |
What's in the Box
nüvi 3790, preloaded street maps for the U.S., Canada and Mexico, vehicle suction cup mount with speaker, FM traffic receiver/vehicle power cable, USB cable dashboard disc, and quick start manual.
¹Lifetime traffic extends for the useful life of your Garmin traffic receiver (as long as you own a compatible Garmin GPS) or as long as Garmin receives traffic data from its traffic supplier, whichever is shorter. Traffic content not available for all areas. See www.navteq.com/rdstraffic for traffic coverage areas and www.garmin.com/traffic/fm/navteq.html for program License Agreement containing complete terms and conditions.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 very nice September 5, 2010
greg stephenson
Never thought Garmin would be able to keep up with Navigon but its about time someone did.This model with its 3d graphics- a screen that is very easy to read and all the info it has with it is all it says it is -it is worth more than its price for sure.ABT has a good deal on amazon if you can catch one.
Almost GREAT but a bit buggy!!! September 5, 2010
Radio Man (NY, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First, as everybody has commented..the display on this 3790t looks AMAZING! Compare it to ANY other GPS and the difference is almost like Black and White TV in 1956 to today's HDTV! The Display not only looks good it's VERY use-able in any light..even direct sunshine hitting it's screen. I have a top of the line Magellan...you can barely see the screen when it gets very bright out. Anyway, I'd rather talk about a few quirks or negatives as I feel a review should help one decide if the pros of a device out weigh any negatives.
My first major con is that I have only seen the Juntion View screen pop up MAYBE 3 times in over almost 2 weeks of driving. I live in NY and there are a ton of Juntions I have passed thru. The 3790t DOES show lane assist (the arrows which lane to be in for upcoming turns) BUT It simply almost NEVER shows a Juntion view. I actually returned my first unit thinking it was simply defective..it was NOT. So from my experience you are BARELY going to see Juntion view on this unit at least in NY. I have read other reviews that state they see a lot of Juntion Views..but in NY unless I have a second defective unit?...you can almost forget the fact the 3790t HAS Juntion View. As a side note my Magellan shows a Juntion type view at 1,000 times to one vs this unit.
My second con..is more about refinement. This darn GPS is roughly $400 depends on the deal you get. The voice inside my unit SOMETIMES though rarely, will crack. Meaning..if a map is zooming in or or out I have noticed the voice breaks up. This has only happened 2 times in 2 weeks..but in a $400 unit this is unacceptable.
Another CON for me is my first unit froze up the minute I decided to NOT follow the gps's route as I knew a shorter way to go. I had to re boot it..all was well but again...refined?$400 NO!
My last and maybe biggest con is traffic??? WHAT?? This Garmin is telling me there is a ton of traffic on my route YET my radio's traffic report is not mentioning any traffic where the Garmin is telling me it is. Also the Garmin was auto re routing me OFF my route because it THOUGHT there was a ton of traffic coming up. Well..I didn't listen to the Garmin, and there WAS NO traffic where it said it was. On the other hand..one time the 3790t told me all roads were clear..while I was sitting in traffic, barely moving 10mph on 55 mph road. So it has been my experience that the traffic feature is near useless.or at least maybe it's an hour or 2 behind reality. That being said my Magellan's traffic feature was just as useless.
So after all this complaining why do I still give it 4 stars? Well..OVERALL I actually LOVE this unit. OVERALL it picks excellent routes, I like the timing of the voice telling me where next to turn..it is VERY difficult to miss a turn with the 3790t..it's EXCELLENT at guidance. I chose a female New Zealand voice (built in) and it's very refreshing to be able to change voices...as one voice can get monotonous after you own a gps for a long while.
I LOVE the size of the unit..more than as a toy..it's so pocket able a HUGE plus over the other dinosaur gps units out there now. Battery life seems good and overall construction seems high end..except I get a little creeky sound on the small plastic part on the back if I press on it, that also houses the speaker.
The voice quality is AWESOME blows away the Magellans..(I don't know TomTom)..and it's loud as you can stand. Voice Command (YOU speaking to the unit) is near excellent though you may need speak rather loudly or it may just stare at you. :)
I DO love you can even use your voice to choose your CUSTOM favorites. HOWEVER you only get 5 favorites at a time to choose from. If you don't see the one you want..you have to say DOWN..it will scroll down another 5 and another 5 (or it's 4 at a time) don't recall. Eventually you see your favorite..choose the NUMBER next to it..and bam, all by voice you can start navigating. I wish you could SAY the NAME of your favorite(AS in Speech to TEXT)...say you named your favorite Mike's place or whatever you have it named. Instead you need scroll possibly thru 100's of favorites till yours is found VIA voice. Of course you can simply use the screen and type it takes a second actually BUT so much for voice command then.
Lastly one feature common to I think all Garmins which I love is within favorites you can see all the favorites NEAR the one you just went to. My Magellan can not do that..and being I am in sales..this is a WONDERFUL USEFUL feature cause I may have a customer 2 blocks away from where I am and the 3790t will tell me so...which may have skipped my mind otherwise.
To sum up my book (sorry) This is truly a wonderful UNIQUE great gps..with excellent routing..which is why we buy a gps. I just initially wanted to point out some negatives as too often reviews become almost like a TEAM event..meaning I love Garmin..or Panasonic or WHATEVER, Often that clouds being objective..I wanted to be objective here...All in all quirks and all, I think THIS may be your favorite GPS of your lifetime..till the next model improves on his one "somehow" Highly recommended!!
garmin 3790t September 4, 2010
abbey
I love this gps..it is my 3rd garmin. I am not completely satisfied with the bluetooth and having it recognize my phone book (works about 2 out of 10 times). The sound for the bluetooth is less than my 765T that I had. Voice recognition can be amusing but works most of the time. Overall, I love it...very impressed.
Worth it August 31, 2010
VanAcct09
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The graphics are great...the maps are good too but there is still some missing information or outdated information in some cases (but very very few and that's to be expected). The only reason why I gave a 3 on the loudness is because of the sound quality - especially while using hands free to make a call. The sound quality of incoming calls is fairly poor.
But, all in all, this product was well worth it. Love it.
 Beautiful but it broke August 27, 2010
kondrey
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I received the 3790T Garmin GPS for my birthday at the end of July. It was beautiful, thin and sleek. The features that it touted were amazing. The picture clarity was impressive. We used the GPS for a trip to Canada and it performed well (minus a few exceptions of it alerting us to traffic congestion, when there was none.) Shortly after that it began to have difficulty turning on. On a trip to a nearby city, I wanted to find alternate routes to my destination, after it finally turned on, it wouldn't recalculate the route in time for me to make the necessary directional changes. The popup ads were terrible, I don't really care for $5.99 all you can eat Sushi. Once those stupid ads popped up, they wouldn't clear from the screen so I could continue navigating (the screen would freeze). After that trip, when I returned home I shut off the GPS and it never turned on again. I tried resetting it, charging it etc., it still wouldn't turn on. What a disappointment. I hadn't even had the GPS for two weeks before it broke. I too had issues with it getting hot, but live someplace that we use the AC year round, so I would turn the AC unit on to the defrost mode and it would cool the GPS unit down. I am disappointed that my new GPS unit failed after only two weeks and I despise the stupid popup ads. I liked the features that this GPS was supposed to offer, but I doubt I will go with another Garmin due to the poor quality.
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