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And the GPS would be better, considering the Arhchos one is junk.Seriously, for this price, the holder should also wash your windshield, hold your beverage, and steer the car. It boggles my mind why someone would pay this price for a mere holder of a gps. For less than this, you could buy a brand new separate GPS unit that comes with its own holder.
I would not recommend this unless you are able to support the weight with something else. I assume it is from putting it in and taking it out of the GPS cradle. I purchased this in July of 2008. I even have it resting on the dash and it still broke off. It is nice to run the audio out to a stereo and still be able to charge the unit. I've been using it with my 160GB 605. The suction cup has broken off twice and been replaced both times by Archos.
8 moths so far no update no nothing. I opened ticket with Archos support 8 months ago. I was told that it is third party vendor that develops the Navigation system and they can only send the problem to them but can't track the solution nothing but it should come out at some point as update. The good is that the suction cup works very well and the unit is compact.THE BAD is all the rest. I am stuck with $120 worth of useless windshield plastic hanger. If you have toll booth on the highway it will never get you on it regardless of did you turn the avoid toll roads on or off. Very bad route calculation unless you are going to use it for up to 5 miles trips. In fact I was in NY state trying to get to Niagara Falls and this "smart" navigation wanted me to leave the Route 90 where the toll booths are go up 87 all the way to Canada cross over and get to Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.
the product Key that comes wit the Archos GPS does not match the unit. i purchased one item and it was bad, I returned it and the same thing bad again.
So If you have a Archos 605 I would buy this if you want a GPS unit. They both have a POI, speed limit indicator, good detail on maps, you have to download the software for both of them from the internet and easy to understand directions. It will give you the exit number you need to exit on and it has a bit more detail than the Garmin 205. The other problem is the holder is big and bulky and finally the speaker is not very loud.
Ok. If you don't have an Archos 605 (which I love), buy the Garmin 205. Overall I'm glad I bought it and saved the $50 difference on the two units. This is a base model GPS unit that has a base model cost.
Other than that, I really do like the GPS. The Garmin is very small, easy to use but will get lost at times like any base model GPS (even though I have not had that issue with the Archos, YET). The Pro's is once you learn how to navigate through the GPS it is just like a Garmin 205 with more detail(I have one in my other car). The biggest problem I have/had with the Archos GPS is they did not give me the correct "code" to start my software download.
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