- 30
- Oct
Tag : 250w portable, gps system, with widescreen, garmin nüvi , display
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 Company : Garmin List Price : $589.27 Amazon Price : Too low to display Used Price : Average customer review :  |
Features
- 4.3 in GPS System w/480 x 272 Pixels
- Turn by Turn Directions with Voice Guidance
- Detailed Maps of U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico
- Trip Computer Records Mileage, Max Speed, Total Time and More
- 1.1 Lbs (WxLxH) 0.8″ x 4.8″ x 7.25″
Product Description
Simple navigation at an affordable price; that’s nuvi 250. This entry-level personal travel assistant comes with preloaded maps for North America (Note: Mexico coverage not included). Like all nüvi 200-series members, the 250 features an easy-to-use colorful touchscreen and ultra-slim design ? perfect for everyday navigation. nuvi 250 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. Simply touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there with 2D or 3D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. In addition, nuvi 250 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. Like the rest of the nuvi 200-series, nuvi 250 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. Navigation is just the beginning. nuvi 250 includes many travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. It also comes with Garmin Lock, an anti-theft feature, and configurable vehicle icons that let you select car-shaped graphics to show your location on the map. Optional plug-in SD cards let you add additional features.
Customer reviews
My GPS is trying to kill me. 
I bought this when I moved to San Francisco 3 weeks ago, and at least for SF the Garmin is more than a little buggy. Since SF has several overpasses and freeways over streets, the Garmin has trouble when I go up an on-ramp and often glitches, suddenly thinking I’m on the road below. Once when crossing the Bay Bridge it suddenly thought I’d leapt off the road and headed over water, spinning in slow circles … a situation it didn’t correct until I was well into Oakland.
I know that satellite technology isn’t perfect, and it does a good job for what it is, but I’d at least expect the Garmin maps to know the difference between a one-way street and a two-way. Far too many times it plans routes that are either impossible or dangerous. Add to that the fact I’ve done store searches, selected the store I want to go to, and followed the direct route as instructed by the Garmin only to end up in an industrial park with no stores in sight. They really need to update their maps.
Over all it’s good 
I like this GPS system. The only negative comment would be the estimate time of arrival. We tested with some places that we’ve already known. The worst was using highway. It estimated 1 hr. 30 min., but reality was 50 min.
