| Reviews : Nextar 3.5-Inch Touch Screen Bluetooth Ready GPS Vehicle Navigator With MP3 Player |
Nextar 3.5-Inch Touch Screen Bluetooth Ready GPS Vehicle Navigator With MP3 Player Product By Nextar Available From 10 Sellers |
Technical Details
- Built in Maps of 50 United States & Canada
- 3.5" Color Display with Touch Screen
- Built in Bluetooth for hands free calling
- SD Card Slot for MP3 Play
- Built in Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery
Product Description
The Nextar GPS X3B mobile navigation system assures that your days of getting lost are over! Finding an address or any of 1.6 million points of interest such as the nearest gas station or restaurant is a snap anywhere in the U.S. or Canada. Just enter information in the X3B's 3.5 inch touch screen and let the voice prompt and detailed map guide you to the destination. With the latest TTS (Text to Speech) function, street names are clrearly pronounced in English. The X3B's built in MP3 player will entertain you with your favorite tunes while en route. Just copy your favorite play list onto an SD card and insert into the slot. The X3B moves easily from car to car using the convenient vent mount. A recharageable lithium ion battery assures that the unit stays active. Other features of the X3B include built-in maps of the 50 United States and Canada, 1GB built in Flash Memory, built in Bluetooth for handsfree calling, 2D or 3D map viewing mode, day and night mode, small case design with rear speaker, Navteq Map on board, Intel processor, and a built in SIRF III receiver. With all these capabilities, the Nextar X3 will provide you with worry free navigation on even the most complex routes!Similar Products
Customer Reviews
By Scott Cragin (Missouri USA)
I have had a problem where the unit freezes on the "Loading..." screen and there is nothing you can do about it. Reset does nothing. Power switch does nothing. I searched the Internet and MANY people have had this exact problem and Nextar's support is either horrible or shut down. Some have gone through several returns and replacements only to experience the same thing. Beware. Do not buy this product. You will likely regret it.
By Stuart Scipione II (Boston MA)
Almost everyone who rated this product below a four complained about frozen screens, which seems about right. The company had issues with freezing in the earlier models, but I have two and neither one has frozen once in the months that I have owned them. I've driven in MA. FLA. RI. NH. ME. NY. NJ. CA. OR. and TX. and have not had one frozen screen. Sometimes it lags, (especially when dragging maps) but that is no reason to discredit all the greatness this piece of equipment has to offer. Everyone complaining it's not up to date need to figure out how to log onto the computer with it. It's simple to do, and free for the first time. Everyone complaining about hardware failure (IE, USB cables not working), can go cry. They will replace anything that doesn't work, and USB cables are like, five bucks.
The Pros, (to name a few)
-Backlight screen easy to read day and night
-Headphone Jack so directions can be quieted for sleeping co pilots
-Speed Limit Warning
-Easy to carry, small compact (compared to Garmin, or Tom Tom)
-Price
Cons
-sometimes is slow
-can't use MP3 and GPS at same time
-have to pay to update
Honestly, this thing is pretty solid. Compared to other major brand GPS there is no competition. My mother, and sister both have the other brands, (Garmin, TomTom). I used them both in trying to figure out which one to go with. Both of them lost signals in the middle of trips to the point where I had to pull over and wait. That hasn't happened with Nextar. Both are huge and not easy to transport. Meaning your not going to pop it out of the holder and stick it in your purse or pocket. This thing is about the size of an Iphone. Your getting an out of dash unit, you don't want to leave it in your car on some occasions, It's so much easier with this unit. The best thing for me was the price. It's one of those things that you get what you pay for. I got mine for $80 on sale. So the customer service is not as good as Garmin's. The POI is not as accurate with stores, (Hospitals and gas stations 100% of the time though, priorities), the price is worth the slight quality drop. Believe me, I've gone toe to toe with all three contenders, the difference is not worth the price difference. Anyone trying to tell you anything else has not done a side by side comparison.
Keep it out of the sun and out of hot or cold cars. Extreme temperatures can cause frozen screens, it's never happened to me, but I know how to take care of my equipment.
By David Deleon (NJ)
The device arrived defective. It would not boot up to the Navigation page, instead it froze on the "loading" page.
When I depressed the reset switch, it would turn off then go right back to the "loading" message and hang up.
It did not respond to the ON/OFF button, hence I could not power down at all.
I returned it for a FULL REFUND hoping that they will also refund the Next Day shipping cost I paid to receive a defective GPS.
By T. Hogan (Nashville, TN)
Nextar 3.5-Inch Touch Screen Bluetooth Ready GPS Vehicle Navigator With MP3 Player
I have had this GPS for several months and am pleased with what it has. The bluetooth works great although you don't see the map or hear the directions when you are driving while talking and it was no problem connecting to my Blackberry, just download the instructions from the Nextar website (Google it and you will find the website).
The POI is adequate but I don't see any POI on a GPS that will be complete, so that's no big deal to me. It has a USB to PC connection and claims to be able to update the map. I have registered just a couple of weeks ago to see if I can get it updated and add more to it. The GPS picks up quick at times and slow other times, but I take in to account of weather and obstacles that get in the way at times. Other reviewers have pointed out that it was slow and I wanted to be clear on that point. I have also had mine lock up once and was able to hit the reset button and start over again. The voice is loud enough, I usually keep it two bars below the highest volume.
My job is in IT and I expect alot out of the GPS but put blame where it should be and not on things the GPS can't control. The voice directions are right on the money, the calculated travel pretty close. MP3 player works but you can't do GPS and MP3 both, no biggie to me, I have my blackberry a nexter mp3 player and my cd player in the car. Battery holds a charge for a long enough time for me to check where I am going when I leave the house or hotel and I keep it on the charger in the car while driving. I usually don't have to wait because it is connected before I leave on a business trip. The touch screen works great and I just use my finger to click on things. My pictures are too big to see on the GPS but if I took the time and made them smaller I could probably get them to work. It's a GPS, not a picture frame.
There are times when I feel I have a better route than the GPS due to the time of day or stop lights, traffic etc, but directions always get me there and the reroute works great and quick on recalculating. I use this in conjunction with my Blackberry which I can get addresses from an put them in the GPS. I have had a couple of streets not be in there, but I'm sure they will be there when I get the update, hopefully. Nextar has a great trade in policy where you can upgrade to the newest GPS they have, just go to thier website. You have the SD slot, it played my MP3's, so it works. It also has a cable to connect to the computer and that works. Pretty good unit overall, but I had streets and trips on my laptop, so this is a big step up for me. Bought mine open box new for $125 and feel like I got more than my money's worth.
By Chok L. See (NJ, USA)
I have used both TomTom and Garmin gps products before, but my mom purchased the Nextar system for 3.5inches to use for a trip. It was a terrible experience
The system itself is extremely laggy, and that kills the system. It takes upwards of 10 minutes (most was about 11 minutes) to acquire a satellite signal. Once it does have a signal, it will lag, and the location of your arrow will sort through multiple maps (all of them wrong, though) before finally stoping at the right one. the map will almost NEVER keep up with you. It is laggy in figuring out where you are, so early on i realized I had to look at the actual directions it gave because once the gps started talking (e.g. take a left onto ___) we would be past that destination.
So what I first tried doing was scrolling the map up - the gps would an arrow that represented you, and you could touch and drag the screen to move the map and see whats around you. However, the system is so laggy, once you start dragging, the gps will slow down and the maps will load really slow, or sometimes the map would not move at all - instead it would repeatedly click (it clicks everytime you do an action) and then lag, and sometimes move the map, but sometimes not.
so by the end of the trip (with multiple missed roads along the way) i resorted to just reading the directions, as every other function was prettymuch useless.
Pros:
looks cool
Cons:
Incredible Lag
Very old maps
Very old/inadequate (did not even list target or shoprite) list of points-of-interest
Poor satellite connection
Verdict: chip out a little more and save yourself a buttload of pain
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