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Garmin nüvi 255 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator
 
Manufacturer: Garmin
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Product Description
For peace of mind on the go, nüvi 255 leads the way with voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions that speak street names and optional MSN Direct to get you there on time and keep you informed. It's packed with millions of destinations and maps for North America or Europe. This portable navigator is priced right and ultra-easy to use.

Navigate With Ease
nüvi 255 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps, including a hefty points of interest (POIs) database with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. It even announces the name of exits and streets so you never have to take your eyes off the road. Simply touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there with turn-by-turn voice directions, 2-D or 3-D maps and and smooth map redraw rates as you navigate. Its digital elevation maps show you shaded contours at higher zoom levels, giving you a big picture of the surrounding terrain. In addition, nüvi 255 accepts custom points of interest (POIs), such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs. With HotFix satellite prediction, nüvi calculates your position faster to get you there quicker.

Take It With You
nüvi 255 sports a sleek, slim design and fits comfortably in your pocket or purse. Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it convenient for navigation by car or foot. With its "Where Am I?" emergency locator, you always know your location. Simply tap the screen to get your exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and fuel stations.

Go Beyond Navigation
Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 255 includes many travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. With photo navigation, you can download pictures from Garmin Connect Photos and navigate to them. The 255 is compatible with optional enhanced MSN Direct content (subscription and receiver required) and our free Garmin Garage where you can download animated vehicles that show your location on the map. It also comes with Garmin Lock, an anti-theft feature. Enhance your travel experience with optional plug-in microSD cards such as Garmin Travel Guides for detailed data on attractions.

nüvi 255: Simple navigation at an affordable price

Product Details
  • 3.5-inch Touch Screen Navigation with Turn by Turn spoken Directions
  • Pre-loaded Maps for all North America, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico with 6.5 million searchable points of interest
  • FM Traffic or MSN Direct Traffic/Content compatible (with optional GDB 55 receiver)
  • Easy to Use Interface; slim, pocket-sized form factor; 4-hour rechargeable battery; Vehicle power cable included;
  • Automatically Adjusts Your Time Zone While Navigating

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Customer Reviews
Touchscreen Failed after Two Years
 
Review Date: September 7, 2010
Reviewer: Joe Morgan, Wisconsin
Functionally better than our older Garmin, but not made as well. Biggest gripe is that the touchscreen failed after two years of light use. Garmin support wanted $79 to replace it without a map upgrade, which costs another $50. Since you can buy the 1250 (the replacement model) for $108 this makes no sense so another piece of plasto-electric consumer sediment goes to the landfill. 'Atta boy, Garmin. Garmin is also one of the most arrogant-seeming corporations you will deal with. Half-hour hold times for support if you're lucky; infuriating web support and worthless FAQ's.

Don't sign up for the web-based device updater service (MyDevice, etc.) either unless you want them to access and share with other corporations all of your movement history. They will log everywhere you've been. See the fine print in their "privacy" statement and Terms of Use.

Tip: drag the GPX folder from the "Garmin" folder (when connected to your computer via USB) to move your "Favorites" and "Recently Found" locations to your new device.
Awesome Product
 
Review Date: September 7, 2010
Reviewer: Kimberly A. Rose,
We bought this for our daughter that just turned 16. I have no worries about her finding her way.
Pretty Good
 
Review Date: September 6, 2010
Reviewer: ValGal,
This GPS is very easy to use and it's not hard to figure out the settings. It recalculated very fast if you make a wrong turn and it's good at picking out detours. This is my first GPS and I like it very much. It is small but it's not complicated at all which is very helpful especially if it's your first GPS.
Garmin
 
Review Date: August 28, 2010
Reviewer: Stephen E. Ebbing, usa
I love it! We used it on vacation and never got lost. the touch screen along with the features was easy to use.
I was very unimpressed with this gps
 
Review Date: August 23, 2010
Reviewer: H. Aronovitch, Passaic, NJ USA
I had this gps for only a few months, used only a few times and it already broke. the screen freezes on me and takes a few days till it will go back to working use. this is not what i expected when i was looking into garmin gps because i heard they're supposed to be top of the line. oh well.

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