I'm a bit confused by your post above... this because I'm not really sure what it is that you are trying to say.

After having read your post several times, it appears to me that you are saying "for paved road only navigation, the IGo Primo is a good device." If that is what you meant to say, great, thank you for letting us all know about this inexpensive device as an alternative to Garmin devices. I like Garmin stuff, but like you, I'm not exactly happy either about the $800 price tag on the 590.

What I can't comprehend from the paragraph you wrote (quoted above) is your statement "IGo Primo is streets ahead of Garmin". The Zumo 590 also offers every one of the features you cited. I know this because I have owned a 590 for about 6 months now, and have ridden over 10,000 miles with it in Canada, the USA, Europe, and North Africa.

Garmin does listen quite carefully to their users. I know this from personal experience - back in 2001, I bought a StreetPilot III for use on my motorcycle, this back when the idea of using a GPS on a motorcycle was considered quite novel and exotic. I wrote Garmin with some suggestions, and this evolved into Garmin providing me with prototype or new model GPS units to test while riding. I did this for 6 years, from 2001 to 2007, riding over 100,000 miles testing the SP III, 25xx, 26xx, 27xx and early prototype Zumos. I gave them a lot of feedback specific to use on motorcycles, often on a daily basis, and some years they would supply me with new build software as frequently as once a week to test while riding. They did listen quite carefully to what I had to say, and often I would see my suggestions incorporated into public release software. The only reason I stopped doing this beta testing was because I had to enter into a NDA with Honeywell due to paid work I was doing on aircraft navigation systems, and that conflicted with the NDA I signed with Garmin for my volunteer work.

The Zumo 590 is a very capable device, but it has a steep learning curve if you want to be able to take advantage of all the features it offers. My respectful suggestion to you, in light of the fact that you "just bought" the unit, is that you re-read the manual about once every 3,000 miles of riding, and you will then discover how to use each and every one of the features you enumerated above.

Please appreciate that I'm not saying this in a sarcastic or condescending manner. One of the disadvantages of contemporary consumer electronics is that they pack hundreds of features, but it's difficult for the end user to discover them all unless the end user puts a fair amount of time and effort into learning how the device works. By way of example, I have had 3 different iPhones (4S, 5, and 6) over the past 3 years. I went into the Apple store in Zurich last week to buy a cable, and saw one of the employees dictating a SMS into their phone. I was amazed, I didn't know the phone had that capability. The employee explained to me that not only has the phone had that capability for about 4 years now, but if you changed the language setting with one button push (only) from the main screen, you could dictate to it in any number of languages, and the phone would properly comprehend and spell the messages.

Michael