"plan every step of your trip with the Garmin nüvi® 1490T"

What's The Script?:

The Garmin nüvi 1490T In-Car Sat Nav GPS (Traffic + Europe) is a truly remarkable Sat Nav with a luxurious 5 inch wide screen display and a host of excellent features packed into an ultra slim design that fits in your pocket. You can make hands free calls using Bluetooth, hear street names read out to you before you turn, and hear up to date lifetime traffic announcements with the included FM receiver. This sophisticated stuff but it's a pleasure to use with the simple touch screen display.

What We're Loving:

What sets the Garmin nuvi 1490T apart is its awesome route planning feature that lets you plot and save routes and points, review simulated runs, and see a breadcrumb trail of wherever you've been. The ecoRoute facility will also show you the most fuel economic route, so you can save money and do your bit for the environment. The 1490T has a great new Lane Assist function with Junction view, which gives you helpful advice when you're approaching tricky junctions, so even the roundabouts of Paris will be a breeze!

The Wow Factor:

The 1490T is an ultra slim device that you can use wherever you go. With European street mapping including UK and Ireland it's a comprehensive unit that also gives detailed warnings of speed cameras wherever you are, which is handy when you're cruising down the mountain roads of Monaco! There's some great optional download features too- the cityXplorer software can be used to find public transport systems in any city, and there's a comprehensive attractions and restaurant listing.

In the video clip below you can review the Garmin nüvi 1490T In-Car Sat Nav GPS (Traffic + EU) in full moving picture!

What You Get:

• Garmin nüvi® 1490T

• Preloaded City Navigator® NT for Europe (full coverage)

• Lifetime traffic¹

• FM traffic receiver with vehicle power cable

• Vehicle suction cup mount

• USB cable

• Dashboard disc

• Quick start manual

• 12 Months Manufacturers Warranty

• FREE P&P

What Garmin Say:

The large screen yet ultra-thin nüvi1490T offers multiple-point routing to make your journey – anywhere in Europe – as easy as possible. It has Lane Guidance and Junction View for supreme route awareness. It includes Bluetooth® wireless technology for hands-free phone calls, pan-European premium traffic avoidance and ecoRoute™ to calculate a more fuel-efficient route. It is also compatible with the optional cityXplorer™* download to get you around on foot or public transport, and you can even add City Guides to make the most of your time in town.

Great on the go – driving, walking or on public transport

nüvi 1490T’s slim pocket design means you can take it anywhere. The 5-inch screen means it is even easier to see where you are going. Use to its full potential by downloading cityXplorer™ to navigate selected cities via trains, tubes or buses* as well as on foot. Add an AA City Guide for your chosen city to find out about all attractions and places to eat, stay and shop.

* Note: Public transport data may vary between cities.

Plan Ahead

nüvi 1490T includes advanced navigation features to take the worry out of travelling. With route planning you can save 10 routes, specify via points and preview simulated turns on the 1490T's large screen. In addition, nüvi 1490T automatically sorts multiple destinations to provide an efficient route for errands, deliveries or sales calls. A trip log provides an electronic bread crumb trail of up to 10,000 points, so you can see where you've been on the map.

Make hands free phone calls

Keep your eyes on the road and both hands on the wheel with nüvi 1490T’s integrated Bluetooth® wireless technology, microphone and speaker. Just pair with your compatible mobile phone and talk hands-free through the nüvi.

Simplicity and safety

Supreme route awareness

Avoid last-minute panics and lane changes with Lane Assist. It shows you the correct lane to be in for upcoming junctions, giving you supreme route awareness. Junction view shows you realistic pictures of upcoming junctions so you get a clear idea of what is ahead of you.

Ultimate simplicity

nüvi 1490T has a simple, intuitive menu. Just touch the screen to look up addresses and get turn-by-turn directions. nüvi announces street names before you make a turning – e.g. “Turn right into Dell Road” so you can keep your eyes on the road at all times.

Speed cameras

Garmin has a unique, pan-European speed camera warning system, giving real-time, reliable, and accurate alerts. nüvi 1490T has the location of fixed, average speed, mobile and temporary cameras already built in. New or moved cameras are constantly tracked and the database is updated daily.

Where am I?

Just tap the car icon on your map screen for your exact coordinates, contact details for vehicle recovery services and directions to hospitals, police and petrol stations.

Garmin lock

The Garmin Lock™ anti-theft protection system uses GPS to lock the unit to a secure location of your choice.

Go Green and save fuel

The ecoRoute™ fuel-saver feature enables you to choose a fuel-efficient route which could even save you money as well as fuel. See the cost of the journey as you plan it and get scored for your performance with the Driving Challenge – good for identifying areas for improvement.

Traffic Alerts

Not every traffic service is equal. With Garmin you’ll always know what lies ahead. And it’s subscription-free, for life. Based on Trafficmaster data, there is extensive coverage of the road network (100% on motorways in England, Scotland and Wales). Know how long you’ll be held up, and choose to be routed around the queues. There is pan-European coverage on selected sat-navs.

Extras for your Garmin

• Pedestrian & public transport navigation

  cityXplorer will direct you via footpaths, footbridges and more and tells you where to catch trains, buses and tubes (dependent on the city).

• Travel Guides

  Includes Days out, the Good Pub Guide, historical audio tours and more.

• Garmin ecoRoute

  You can choose a fuel-saving option to find the most economical route – and save you money

• Speed Cameras

  Find out how Garmin’s unique speed camera alerts are so accurate

• Points of Interest

  Get celebrity voices on your sat-nav, locations for stores, football stadiums, festivals, and more.

The Techie Bit:

Physical & Performance

• Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 5.4"W x 3.4"H x .6"D (13.7 x 8.6 x 1.6 cm)

• Display size, WxH: 4.4"W x 2.5"H (11.1 x 6.3 cm); 5.0" diag (12.7 cm)

• Display resolution, WxH: 480 x 272 pixels

• Display type: WQVGA colour TFT with white backlight

• Weight: 7.8 ounces (221.1 g)

• Battery: rechargeable lithium-ion

• Battery life: up to 3 hours

• Waterproof: no

• High-sensitivity receiver: yes

• RoHS version available: yes

Maps & Memory

• Basemap: yes

• Preloaded street maps: yes

• Ability to add maps: yes

• Built-in memory: internal solid state

• Accepts data cards: microSD™ card (not included)

• Waypoints/favorites/locations: 1000

• Routes: 10

Features

• Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 ft."): yes (internal speaker)

• Speaks street names (e.g. "Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft."): yes

• Voice-activated navigation (operate device with spoken commands): no

• Lane assist (guides you to the proper lane for navigation): yes (with junction view)

• 3-D building view (displays buildings in 3-D): no

• Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): yes

• Auto re-route (fast off-route and detour recalculation): yes

• Choice of route setup (faster time, shorter distance, off road): yes

• Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.): yes

• Bluetooth® wireless technology (connect to your phone for hands-free calling): yes

• Garmin nüLink! Services: (receive accurate real-time travel information): no

• FM traffic compatible: yes

• MSN® Direct compatible: yes

• XM® Navtraffic & Radio for U.S. compatible: no

• Speed limit indicator (displays speed limit for most major roads in the U.S. and Europe): yes

• Where Am I? (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection): yes

• Garmin Locate™ (marks position when removed from windshield mount): no

• ecoRoute™ (calculates a more fuel-efficient route) : yes

• Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout): yes

• Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): yes

• Garmin Garage™ vehicles compatible (download car-shaped icons to your device): yes

• Garmin Garage™ voices compatible (download custom voices to your device): yes

• Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos): yes

• World travel clock, currency & unit converter, calculator: yes

• Picture viewer: yes

• MP3 player: no

• Audio book player: no

• FM transmitter: no

• Headphone jack/audio line-out: no

• Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature): yes

• Touchscreen: yes

• Dead reckoning: no

• Motorcycle-friendly: no

• Trucking-friendly: no

• Geocaching-friendly: no

• Marine-friendly: no

• Additional: This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows® 2000 or later and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later.