| The Garmin Nuvi 855 is extremely popular, with | | | | - Speed camera trap warnings. |
| 100's of independent reviews on (these are from | | | | - Photo navigation. |
| people who have actually bothered to post a | | | | - Mapquest(tm) or Google Maps(tm) interface. |
| review; even more have bought it). | | | | - Live traffic updates and re-routing capability. |
| The outstanding feature of this device is its voice | | | | - Store up to 10 routes in memory. |
| recognition capability and it means you can control | | | | Other features |
| and interact with the device completely hands | | | | Destination sorting. |
| free. Only a few of the Garmin devices have this | | | | If you have to deliver goods to multiple |
| capability at the moment as it has only just | | | | destinations you can enter your addresses and |
| appeared in the Garmin range and only on some | | | | the Garmin 855 will workout the optimum route |
| of the 800 series devices. | | | | for you; A useful feature making goods delivery a |
| Even though it is later to market than other | | | | snap. |
| manufacturers Garmin have used the time wisely | | | | Where am I? |
| in developing the recognition capabilities and they | | | | Speaking or tapping "Where Am I?" will make the |
| are the best in the business. You can control the | | | | Nuvi 855 show you exactly where you are on the |
| following with your voice: | | | | map as well as showing you local facilities such as |
| Voice Recognition capabilities: | | | | hospitals, police stations, fuel stations etc. It will |
| - Speak an address. | | | | even remember where you parked so you can |
| - Speak the name of a destination. | | | | take it with you and find your car again! |
| - Control the MP3 player. | | | | You can find out about the many other useful |
| - Control the Nuvi itself. | | | | features (not covered in this Garmin Nuvi 855 |
| This all makes for an easier experience as you will | | | | Review ) by clicking the link below but hopefully |
| not be fummbling about trying to find a menu 10 | | | | this review has given you an idea of how good |
| levels deep just speak the correct commands to | | | | the unit is so you can make an informed |
| control the nuvi 855. All you do is use the | | | | purchase. |
| pre-defined commands to control the unit so | | | | Note: If you need a unit with bluetooth capability |
| there is a small amount of learning but this far | | | | then check out the Garmin nuvi 885t; It mostly |
| outweighs the fact that you can use it hands | | | | the same features as the Nuvi 855 but with |
| free. | | | | bluetooth added (it also includes bulit in MSN |
| Other useful features of the Garmin Nuvi 855 | | | | Traffic). |