My New Nuvi 200W

During the Chinese New Year break, I gave my ol' trusty Nuvi 200 GPSr to my father-in-law, because he was just too impressed what the gadget could do to save time and patrol while driving in Johor and Singapore. And he was astonished how accurate the map (from Malsingmaps) was, despite it being slightly outdated (unlocked public map - June 2007). Initially I thought of coming back to KL first before buying a new unit for him, but his gesture at that time showed that he wanted that unit, even though not a new one, very eagerly! And so that gave me a good reason to hunt for another new GPSr after I came back to KL.

At first I was thinking of the more expensive range, like Nuvi 310, 660 or the latest 710. But after consulting a few GPS "sifu" and Google around; my conclusion was that I don't need the Bluetooth, FM transmitter, TTS etc. functions -- all i need is just a simple straight forward GPSr! I thought the previous Nuvi 200 had a tad small screen, and that I hope the new unit I am gonna buy will have a bigger and wider screen.

So I came across the Nuvi 200w, and it has a 480x272 pixel WQVGA TFT screen. I bought it from the previous eBay seller I purchased my Nuvi 200, and he was kind enough to give me another RM50 off.

With this new Nuvi 200w, I personally feel that the cold startup time is very much faster than my previous Nuvi 200. And now with the new unit, the wide screen is so much nicer to look at, and so much clearer. Driving in KL is very much comfortable with a GPS on board! ;)