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Garmin Nuvi 255WT GPS Navigation (4.3in, Text To Speech, Lifetime Traffic Updates) |  | Brand: nuvi
Category: CE
List Price: $329.99
Buy New: $179.98
as of 7/29/2010 11:00 PDT details
You Save: $150.01 (45%)
New (3) Used (6) from $149.99
Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 19352
Format: CD
Platform: Windows
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 6.1 x 3
Rechargeable lithium-ion battery With up to 4 hours of battery life.
JPEG image viewer
Travel assistant tools
Speed limit indicator
Automatic rerouting
MPN: 255WT
Model: 255WT
UPC: 753759095116
EAN: 0753759095116
ASIN: B002ACBNXO
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | The Garmin nuvi 255WT GPS Navigation features: a 4.3-Inch touchscreen display, NAVTEQ maps of North America | | • | Text To Speech, built-in traffic receiver with FREE Lifetime Traffic Updates, and MicroSD expansion. |
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Product Description
Go wide and get peace of mind with nvi 255W. This affordable, widescreen navigator leads the way with voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions that speak street names and optional MSN Directreg services to get you there on time and keep you informed. It's packed with millions of destinations and maps for North America or Europe. Like the rest of the sleek n#252vi 2x5-series, this portable navigator is priced right and ultra-easy to use. See More With nvi 255W's widescreen display, you'll always get the big picture. View map detail, driving directions, photos and more in bright, brilliant color. Its sunlight-readable, 4.3-inch display is easy to read - from any direction. Navigate With Ease nvi 255W comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigatorreg 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 smooth map updates 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, nvi 255W 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 HotFixtrade satellite prediction, nvi calculates your position faster to get you there quicker. Take It With You Like the rest of the nvi 2x5-series, nvi 255W 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
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 Good algorithm but features suck! July 25, 2010
Mike_brazil (Rockville, MD)
I am going to compare this GPS to the most basic Tomtom (an old One 3rd generation) because this is the one I had before and, in a way, it makes some sense...
I just got a Garmin 255WT yesterday and had the chance to play with it extensively. In some aspects it is not a bad GPS, but in others it is lagging considerably behind Tomtom's simplest's and cheapest models. Yes, Garmin does has some nice attributes, as for instance, a good screen size (4.3 inches), a good algorithm (the software that calculate the route) and a good mounting system, specially when compared to Tomtom One 3rd Generation (the current equivalent model to the One that Tomtom sells cost only US$60 now). Nevertheless, I am not satisfied at all with the Garmin and think that this GPS is not in condition to compete even with the most basic Tomtom. The features which my old, cheapest, completely no frills Tomtom had, and which I think are highly missed on the Garmin are:
1) Customizable map screen (which allows you to choose which information to show)
2) Customizable map color schemes (just in case you get tired of the standard color scheme)
3) Volume control on the the map screen
4) Excellent search engine
5) Different color schemes for night and day
This may sound little things but, believe me, they do make a huge difference. The search engine, which on Tomtom allows you to input city and state for every search and is much faster than the Garmin lame search engine is one of the points which is specially frustrating on my new GPS. Furthermore, the touch screen on the Garmin is not as responsive as the Tomtom screen. Last, one should keep in mind that I am comparing a US$180 unit to a US$60!!!! Probably if you compare a US$200 Tomtom (which nowadays come with free map updates for life) the differences should be even bigger.
One last note, if the best route is the only thing that matters for you, Garmin is not a bad option. My old Tomtom would suggest some very strange routes very frequently and it would get lost on my block every single time (i.e. it would make me go around the block to get to my home, even when all I had to do was to keep going straight).
All in all, I would not buy this GPS and would go for any Tomtom.
 I really like this unit July 13, 2010
jack (massachusetts)
I bought this at best buy about a year or so ago and have found it very useful. The best setting for clarity of voice is the Australian English lady, I find this voice the easiest to understand. The traffic feature is interesting and I think I have to check the manual to see how best to use it as of yet have not found it that important but as I stated I need a bit more info on it's proper use.
Generally everything else about this is very intuitive and easy to use and I can't really live without this, even on trips I know the route, as it alerts me to turns etc in case I get distracted.
A GPS makes a wonderful gift and it really takes the stress out of finding places and reading maps etc.
The maps are not perfect however so occasionally you may find a route that you know is not the fastest or a mistake, but this is probably true of any data base and I find the device so useful that it's not a big deal at all.
I like the bigger screen but the smaller screen is OK to. My wife has our first GPS, the garmin 360, and she loves it. I just had the data base updated last fall I think when amazon had a sale of 70.00 I think for the lifetime updates. The 360 we've had for a few years and it works perfectly.
If you're on the fence about getting a gps just check the reviews on amazon and find one that is 4 starts or better and go for it. I think this one got 3 1/2 stars but don't agree with that. It's a great unit but there may be ones that are less expensive. I bought this for about $130 so it was a good deal at the time. Check out amazon's list of most popular radar detectors and you'll find a good deal on something that is highly rated.
 familiarity with product is important June 9, 2010
Ian Flemming
I have owned this product for 1 1/2 years and am quite pleased with the performance. It was purchased new at Best Buy and have had zero issues with freezing or overcast reception issues in Ohio. Purchased the lifetime map upgrade recently and have found corrected information in my local area, new streets, restaurants etc. Although my area shows traffic on main roads I have never seen it work until a trip to San Antonio, TX where it did advise me of some delays on one of the highways out of town. I am pleased overall with the performance and accuracy. The proper settings for your driving needs are very important when setting up the gps. I'm not sure why people need to start over for typos. The upper right shows a pencil eraser to remove double entries or misspelled words. It is not as good as my factory unit built into another car, but the portability and substantial cost difference make up for it's shortcomings.
 Very disapointed in Garmin. April 26, 2010
George Willcock
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I gave this 1 star because 0 stars was not an option. I purchased this gps in 11/09 and have had to replace it 3 times all because of the same problem. After about 1 month of use they will loose signal on a clear day and not be able to get it back for days. The traffic is unreliable. The features are not very good. I have an older Garmin that works fine. I would look for another model.
 A Great "Middle of the line" GPS April 9, 2010
Jeff Kimble (Savannah, GA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this to replace my failing Nuvi 350 because I've always liked Garmin products and my old one was getting outdated, slow, and starting to crash.
This one caught my eye because of two major features that I thought would be extremely helpful and fix two of my major complaints with the original nuvi.
1) Traffic - this is really quite lame. AFTER I bought it, and after some time trying to get in touch with Garmin, I learned that there are only about 20-25 cities that the traffic works in. You can purchase a Premium subscription as an add on but who wants to spend more money after spending money? Aside, even the premium map is extremely limited [&]
2) The ability to locate itself with "hotfix". While it DOES do this a lot better than my old one, the 350 was notoriously slow for its day and my girlfriend's Magellan can locate itself just as fast, if not faster. By all means, the fix time is plenty acceptable and usually is about the same amount of time it takes you to enter in your destination.
All in all, it's a great GPS unit with a very vsible, large screen that makes it great to use. It's never given me problems, it's pretty thin, and I enjoy it. You can download new "vehicles" and voices for free as well and this model supports some of the cooler ones.
One more thing to keep in mind as well is you get one free "map update" when you register your GPS. Try to hold off as the GPS comes loaded with updated maps. Maps can run a small fortune, especially when compared to the unit. I'm sure that's the idea, though.
If you're looking for a very basic, clear speaking, "meat and potatoes" unit, this does a spectacular job.
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