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Garmin’s 396: Best Datalink Yet

It pains us to gush too much, but the 396’s weatherlink performance deserves kudos. XM audio and terrain warnings are nice-to-have pluses.


Garmin GPSmap 396
by Paul Bertorelli

(article PDF here)

Whether by disposition, genetics or just plain ill temper, we admit to being complainers. When we review products, we always look for the warts the ad copy so carefully skirts and we often wish for features an otherwise perfect product just doesn’t have. For instance, when we reviewed Garmin’s iQUE PDA a couple of months ago, we thought it a yawn because it didn’t incorporate datalink weather. And no Bluetooth? How simply inadequate. Secretly, we thought no one would ever figure out a way to stuff datalink weather into a dedicated portable GPS. …


 
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