Review: Garmin Nuvi 2699

SatNavs are essentially utilitarian and uniform. You have a GPS-linked map. You have a wee car on a pretend road in the middle of a screen. And you have chips and software working out where that wee car needs to go next. It's these extras that make the difference - the bits and bobs that give it the edge on Google Maps (which of course is very, very good). Maybe Garmin is too aware of the interchangeability of satnavs, because it hasn't included user instructions in the box (instead, you can vie