Features:

• Personal Travel Assistant comes preloaded with maps for U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico
• Super-bright, 4.3-inch widescreen display for improved viewing, day or night
• Includes automatic routing, 3D/2D map viewing, and turn-by-turn voice directions
• Built-in travel and entertainment tools include digital music player, JPEG viewer, currency converter, and more
• Measures 4.9 x 2.9 x 0.9 inches (WxHxD) and weighs 6.2 ounces

Editor Reviews:

Amazon.com Product Description:
With a gorgeous widescreen display, the Garmin nüvi 650 GPS Personal Travel Assistant is your answer to the call of adventure. A sleek navigator and a keen travel assistant, the nüvi 650 is preloaded with highly detailed City Navigator NT road maps for the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. This map database features nearly six million points of interest (POIs), including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions, and the data is provided by NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality mapping. Step up to the nüvi 660 if you want to take advantage of Bluetooth connectivity, an integrated traffic receiver, and an FM transmitter.

The nüvi 650 features a colorful widescreen and is preloaded with highly detailed City Navigator NT road maps.

The device includes many entertainment and travel tools.

A 4.3-inch display with a touch screen interface makes it easy to select destinations, play MP3s, and more.

The device comes ready to go with automatic routing, 3D or 2D map perspective viewing, and turn-by-turn voice directions that speak street names. It also supports configurable vehicle icons. These fun, customized car-shaped icons come in a variety of colors to add a personal touch to your vehicle's position on the map. With this GPS system on board you'll be prepared to steer clear of traffic with an optional FM TMC traffic receiver. If you choose this add-on feature, The nüvi 650 will receive alerts about traffic tie-ups and road construction that might lie ahead on your route.

The nüvi 650 includes many "must-have" entertainment and travel tools, including digital music and audio book playback, a JPEG picture viewer, currency converters, and more. All these great features make the nüvi 650 a complete Personal Travel Assistant.

Note: Optional software for language translation, detailed travel guides, and savings programs allow you to customize your nüvi to fit your travel needs.

What's in the Box
nüvi 650 GPS navigation system, preloaded City Navigator North America NT data, vehicle suction cup mount, vehicle power cable, dashboard disk, USB cable, and quick reference guide.

Rating : - Great Customer Service, but Unit's a Bit Quirky
I settled on the Nuvi 650 for the larger screen, text to speech feature and the reasonable price. I've been very satisfied with it, although it has a few quirks. I set my "Home" location based on the satellite coordinates at my house, but the unit locates my home about one-half mile north of where it actually is. Not a huge problem, but the unit constantly "recalculates" when I'm leaving my neighborhood until I get to the main highway. One feature that I thought would be useful was "avoid highways" as I prefer to stay off interstates. However, it literally means avoid all highways, including any US highways and major state routes. This leads to some interesting, off-the-beaten-path routes, but it's a little nerve-racking until you arrive at the correct destination.

The best reason for buying a Garmin has to be their excellent customer service. I called and e-mailed twice with some simple set-up questions. The call was answered with no wait time and the woman who helped me knew what she was talking about and even gave me her direct number in case I had to call back again. The e-mail was responded to promptly and, again, the representative gave me a direct number to call if I had more questions. All-in-all, I'm very happy with the nuvi 650 and would buy it again.