Nextar X3 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

by Nextar

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 3 x 1 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000P3ZPC0
• Item model number: X3
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,273 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

The Nextar GPS X3 mobile navigation system comes with 3.5 inch touch screen and the voice prompt and detailed map guides the user to the destination. The X3 moves easily from car to car using the convenient vent mount. A recharageable lithium ion battery assures that the unit stays active.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

68 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding GPS, July 16, 2007

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Kunthea Prum (Malden, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nextar X3 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)

I got this GPS unit last week, and for an entry price range unit, I was really blown away by the performance and functionality of this unit. This unit only takes about 5 to 10 seconds to acquire satellites and locate my position, and I love the ability to select major road as a route option and the ability to navigate by higher level view or zoom in to local streets.

In the high level view, I really like that every street is named so I really know what's around me, and I can really see where I'm going. When I pull off route into a McDonald, the GPS recalculate my route in seconds when I get back on the road. I haven't tried out the MP3 player or the photo viewer yet, I am sure it work fine but I really don't need this unit for those function anyhow.

I've owned and use other navigation products from the Tom Tom One, to Mio C220, and even the Garmin Nuvi 360, I like this GPS unit the best. This product really exceed my expectation, so I highly recommend this product.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nextar X3-02, September 6, 2007

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C. Xu "stanford scheller" (CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nextar X3 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)

I got it from staples, which has a very bad reviews. From my personal view, I found that this unit is reasonably good especially when you look at the text to speech function which is really nice at this price tag. It receive the GPS signals in about 1-3 mins, while the first time you use it may take longer time. The directions are clear and accurate.

One common problem one may encounter is that this unit may automatically shut down. However, after you change the setting for the sleep time, the problem will be gone. Some guys in the staples review give this unit a poor score due to this, while they don't know /change this setting.

The turn by turn and text to speech function is excellent. Some other guys in the staples review found that the battery maybe poor, however, for me ,it may last about 2 hours. This is reasonable for me since most of the time you will drive you car. Another good thing is that you can charge the battery by directly connected to computer.

Some minor problems with this unit is that it may not respond very quickly (compared to MIO C220) when you touch the screen. However, it is good enough to handle.

Anyway, this unit is a deal especially when you can get at a sub200 price.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Volume not loud enough, November 16, 2007

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cyndy397 (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nextar X3 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)

I loved everything about this unit. It was super-easy to use. Quickly responsive. Provided street names. Had all the features one could want. But we regretfully had to return it after one short trip. We soon discovered that when traveling at a faster speed on the open road, the volume, even at maximum, could not be heard over the normal road noise in a Honda Accord. If you're alone in your vehicle, no music and just in-town traveling, it would be ideal.