Sale 49% Garmin nüvi 255W 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
Sunday, November 1, 2009 1:31
Garmin’s Nuvi 255W GPS Bundle includes the nuvi255W GPS navigator, USB cable, portable friction mount, suction cup mount, 2 mounting brackets, 2 vehicle power cables, built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery, DC adapter, and a 4.3 inch carrying case. Hit the road with this GPS that features text-to-speech technology, a Secure Digital medial slot, and preloaded base maps of the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.
Garmin’s nüvi 255W improvesupon its 200-series predecessors by adding top-of-the-line features such as FM traffic updates or MSN Direct content to an entry-level line. But Garmin is also introducing some significant improvements with this new series, like a predictive technology that provides faster satellite lock, a redesigned screen with more information, terrain maps, and an exciting new photo navigation feature. The 255W adds complete maps for North America and Text-to-Speech, so you get turn by turn spoken directions with the real names of streets (e.g. “turn left in 50 feet at Nebraska Way”, rather than merely “turn left in 50 feet”). The 255W also offers a wide 4.3-inch (diagonal) screen that displays 70% more of the road around you.
One of Garmin’s key product philosophies is to make extremely complex technology easy to use for anyone right out of the box, and perhaps nowhere is that better exemplified than in the user interface for Garmin’s portable navigation devices.
Garmin’s interface is a key to their success part of what makes their devices such a pleasure to use. Simple controls and sub-screens make it easy to enter or search for destinations and get data about your trip. 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.
This year, Garmin has redesigned its interface to include much more useful information.
