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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: $169.99
as of 3/16/2010 06:13 CDT details
You Save: $160.00 (48%)
New (7) Used (7) from $139.99
Seller: bestsales101
Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 5777
Format: CD
Platform: Windows
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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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 21
 Unit freezes when recalculating March 14, 2010
A. Ijaz (Maryland, United States)
The unit freezes when reclaculating. Do a search and find out this is a common problem on this model with no fix.
 Excellent GPS Unit March 3, 2010
Anon (NY, NY)
I bought this out of necessity when I found myself on the road for a weekend with poor knowledge of the area. I had not done much research and went into a local store where this was on sale. I was very impressed. This is a high quality device. Traffic receiver is an excellent. Garmin support is good. I have since bought a higher end Garmin GPS unit (the 765WT). However after 3 months this one has held up well as navigates the same. Lane/junction assist isn't a perfected technology on the more expensive units - I would not recommend you buy them just for this function. That said, the 255WT is not a perfect product - the device will occasionally freeze or have difficulty locating satellites when exiting from a covered garaged. This happens too with the higher end 7-series. The cord-mount placement in the 2-series is annoying, which is one reason I like the 7-series. The 255WT has a better selection of pleasant voices in my opinion. This device does not come with bluetooth, which I will say works quite nicely on the 765WT. If you are considering this unit (or the 265WT) versus the 7-series units, I suggest you get the cheapest unit with the options you need.
Traffic sensing is a great feature (but it's not perfect) February 27, 2010
A. Benenson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm only going to review the free traffic feature. There are 4 things about this "T" (traffic) version of the GPS that make it different from a regular non-traffic GPS.
1. There's a lump on the power cord which is the traffic receiver antenna, which means that you have to have that cord plugged into the GPS for the traffic feature to work (I'm not sure if you also have to have the other end plugged into power though, since the GPS can run on a battery).
2. There's a little round traffic icon on the screen. It's green if there are no traffic problems on your route, or yellow if there are (along with the distance to it and projected time delay). If you touch the icon it'll give you options to show traffic on your route, or other nearby traffic, or route around it.
3. Sometimes, small ads show up on the GPS screen - (said ads are paying for your free traffic). They're only a line or two of text and don't cover up much of the screen, so I don't find them a bother at all.
4. The GPS takes current traffic conditions into account when planning a route (it took a couple of weeks before I realized this). For instance, twice last week I had it route me from home to work; the first time I traveled at rush hour and it gave me a route that put me on a secondary road to avoid a well-known slow spot on the freeway. The second time I traveled at midday and it gave me a more direct route instead.
So how well does all this work?
Well, other than item #4 above where the unit clearly was smart enough to give me a route that avoided traffic, the traffic feature has been hit or miss. On the two occasions so far when the traffic icon turned yellow, there actually was no traffic ahead; the icon went back to green after a few minutes. However on the one occasion so far when I DID get stuck in traffic on my route, the unit did NOT warn me - the traffic icon stayed green. To be fair, it's possible that the jam was very recent, but I kind of doubt it since the tie-up happened in an area that often gets congested.
To sum up...
Having this traffic capability (even if it's not perfect), has really changed how I use my GPS. With my old GPS, I only used it on the rare occasions when I was driving somewhere unfamiliar. But now I use my GPS a lot more often - basically any time I'm driving somewhere or some time when traffic jams are likely.
 Worth The Investment February 14, 2010
Suz (GLOUCESTER, MA, US)
I just got a new job that has a lot of traveling involved. I had to invest in a GPS unit (first time buyer). I bought the Garmin brand because it was recommended by the store clerk. I had done a lot of research online and asked people what products they used. Of course I got mixed reviews. Going on the word of the sales clerk and some people that already had it I bought the Garmin nuvi 255WT. I went on my first trip without using my trusted Google Maps for the first time. Lets just say I will never use Google Maps again lol. This unit took 20 minutes off a trip that normally takes me about an hour and 20 minutes. I was so happy I decided to re-name it lol (Garmin gives the voice a name). If you decide to buy this you will be so happy you did. I'm no expert and I'm not going to get any lengthier then this but this is a very good investment.
 Not great as i expected February 6, 2010
Giridhar Kumar
Touch screen is not very responsive
The traffic is not working
I am not satisfied with this
Not worth for the price
Garmin has disappointed me
It has many features, but after buying, i dont need all those
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