Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

What amazes me about this device and the reviews of it is that the good reviews say very little about the poor functionality of the Traffic reports. On my older Garmin NUVI 680 I can see traffic delays and get re-routed automatically and without having to page through screens as I drive. If you live in an area with lots of traffic and you want that feature this unit is almost useless because you have to keep using your HANDS (yes, no voice command for traffic) to switch to the screen that shows traffic. Why Garmin would degrade the utility of this feature is beyond me. So far this year I've tried every other 5" Garmin (voice or nonvoice activated) and returned it either because the screen is not anywhere near as readable in bright daylight as my Nuvi 680 or because of the poor traffic report (or both). I recommend waiting for a better design; a unit with a 5" screen and at least the good quality functions of the 680, or try another brand. Magellan's 5" screen unit was a disappointing alternative once I listened to its garbled text-to-speech pronunciations. Check the reviews, you will find that mentioned. Add to the above the insult of having the unit only a few days and it "locked up" and I was unable to turn it off. I could not find a "reset" button like the old units had so it had to await battery run down before I could restart it. I returned it of course. It appears that in the recent attempt to make these automotive GPS units into multifunctional devices that store photos, play MP3 music and, by the way, do GPS, the GPS functions have badly suffered. I hope they will return to the GPS functions with traffic and good quality guidance the priority. Otherwise I might as well use my smart phone! Are you listening GARMIN????