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Garmin Nuvi 255W GPS - 4.3" Touch Screen Display, Text to Speech, 3D Map View, SD Card Slot, HotFix, North American Maps Included

Garmin Nuvi 255W GPS
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Item Number: G145-0216
Model: 010-00718-20
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List Price: $179.99 
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Garmin Nuvi 255W GPS
Go wide and get peace of mind with nüvi 255W. This affordable, widescreen navigator leads the way with voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions that speak street names and optional MSN Direct® services to get you there on time and keep you informed. It's packed with millions of destinations and maps for North America. Like the rest of the sleek nüvi 2x5-series, this portable navigator is priced right and ultra-easy to use.

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With nüvi 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
nüvi 255W 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 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 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 HotFix™ satellite prediction, nüvi calculates your position faster to get you there quicker.

What It Is & Why You Need It:

  • Simple navigation at an affordable price
  • Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it convenient for navigation by car or foot.

Take It With You
Like the rest of the nüvi 2x5-series, nüvi 255W sports a sleek, slim design and fits comfortably in your pocket or purse. 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 255W 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 Google™ Panoramio™ pictures via our Garmin Connect™ Photos website and navigate to them. The 255W 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.

Please Note: For Garmin map updates you will need to go to www.garmin.com and register your product. The 60 Day nuMaps guarantee is valid from date product is registered and applies to new and refurbished models. Map updates are available for download only.


Specifications

Garmin Nuvi 255W GPS
  Condition:  New
  Screen Size:  4.3"
  Type:  Automotive
  Battery Life:  4 hours
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Customer Rating:    4.6
Customer Reviews: 222

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Value 4.7
Features 4.4
Quality 4.7
Performance 4.5

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Excellent value
Reviewer:  my GPS on  May 31, 2011
Customer Rating:    4.0
Value 4.0
Features 4.0
Quality 4.0
Performance 4.0

This Garmin is very user friendly, easy to use. Service was excellent, we received it in on scheduled delivery day. Loved the maps and the POI's were very helpful.


map update??
Reviewer:  none on  May 04, 2011
Customer Rating:    2.0
Value 3.0
Features 2.0
Quality 2.0
Performance 1.0

I have owned this Nuvi255 more than a year. It's not even a good paper weight, I have found little use for it as the map is very old and useless. I have tried to update the map and get a response that the map is up to date. I'm very disappointed with it. I'm still using my reliable paper map.


Should have bought a Magellan
Reviewer:  Ktoey on  Oct 02, 2010
Customer Rating:    2.5
Value 3.0
Features 2.0
Quality 3.0
Performance 2.0

Had an old Mgl 1200 before. This Gar is heavier and has smaller suction cup. Falls off after a couple days consistently. The Mag, never. Why put zoom in and out over each other instead left & right ?. At 3 zoom levels, no neighborhood streets shown as if you are off road, until you zoom in closer. At some zoom levels, you can see streets & freeways as end to end jagged dominoes !. Annoying, why can't they smooth it ?. I live just a couple miles from Mag HQ in San Dimas; I am a traitor. I deserve this.


great product
Reviewer:  jpostas on  Aug 26, 2010
Customer Rating:    4.0
Value 4.0
Features 4.0
Quality 4.0
Performance 4.0

I bought this for my wife as her nuvi 650 touch screen died and hopefully garmin is fixing it. she drives a bus for work and this works like a champ. no need for the more expensive models, with all the poi's in this, people must just like to spend money.


Pretty decent
Reviewer:  Reyza on  Aug 19, 2010
Customer Rating:    4.0
Value 4.0
Features 4.0
Quality 4.0
Performance 4.0

Pretty good bang for the buck...I got it a bit cheaper than 159.99 BNIB. Only issues I've had was that it wouldn't recognize newer streets but that's not too big of a deal so far. It does have a ton of POI that were pretty interesting


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What You Should Know

Here's How To Update The MAPS On Garmin Magellan & TomTom GPS Units

Garmin:

  • Go to www.garmin.com and register product
  • 60 Day nuMaps guarantee from date product is registered, applies to new and refurbished models
  • Update available for download only

Magellan:

  • Need to call 800-707-9971 and register product
  • 30 day map guarantee from date of purchase, update available for new and refurbished GPS models
  • Need to email or fax store receipt to magellan_pop@cs.magellangps.com or fax # 866-935-5539
  • $10 shipping charge applies for CD or SD card, (depending on model) update not available for download

TomTom:

  • Go to www.tomtom.com and register product and download TomTom HOME
  • 30 day map guarantee from date product is registered
  • Update available for download only
  • Normally applies to new product only, not all refurbished models qualify for the free update - check product details to see if it qualifies

Limited Warranty

This Item's Limited Warranty is:
-  12 Months Parts
-  12 Months Labor
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This Product Has Limited Exchange Privileges.

Only defective exchanges for identical item within 30 days of purchase permitted on this product. After 30 days, please contact the manufacturer at: 800-800-1020.Only defective exchanges for identical item within 30 days of purchase permitted on this product.
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Manufactured by: Garmin International
Warranty provided by: Garmin International
Limited Warranty: 12 months parts; 12 months labor
Mfg Part No: 010-00718-20
UPC No: 753759077600
Box Size: ( Length: 6, Width: 3, Depth: 6 )
Shipping Weight: 1.6500 pound(s)
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