Favorite Cell Phone
The Apple iPhone has a stunning display, a sleek design, and an innovative multitouch user interface. Its Safari browser makes for a superb Web surfing experience, and it offers easy-to-use apps. As an iPod, it shines.
Technical Specs for iPhone
- Screen size: 3.5 inches
- Screen resolution: 320 by 480 at 160 ppi
- Input method: Multi-touch with on-screen predictive QWERTY keyboard
- Operating system: OS X
- Storage: 4GB or 8GB
- GSM: Quad-band (MHz: 850, 900, 1800, 1900)
- Wireless data: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + EDGE + Bluetooth 2.0®
- Camera: 2.0 megapixels
- Battery: Up to 8 hours of talk time, 250 hours of standby, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback*
- Dimensions: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mm
- Weight: 4.8 ounces / 135 grams
Favorite portable navigator
Pros: Small, lightweight, and easy to use. Preloaded with map and Points of Interest data. Great GPS receiver sensitivity. Fast satellite-acquisition time. Good battery life.
Cons: Optional Language ($74.99) and Travel ($75 per region) guides make the total package fairly pricey. No playlist support for MP3 player.
The nüvi comes in two configurations:
nüvi 300
This unit is sold exclusively in Europe. (Contact your Garmin European distributor for pricing.) Customers can purchase one of eight regional coverage areas:
- Italy and Greece
- Switzerland, Austria, Eastern France, Northern Italy, and Southern Germany
- Germany and Czech Republic
- U.K. and Ireland
- France
- Spain and Portugal
- Nordics
- Benelux
The nüvi 300 comes with approximately 200 MBs of internal memory for storage of supplemental maps, MP3s, and audio books (available from Audible.com)
nüvi 350
The European version contains full European mapping right off the shelf. North American versions include pre-loaded City Navigator NT maps of the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
