Garmin nüvi 250 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Silver)

Overview

Simple navigation at an affordable price–that’s nüvi 250. This entry-level Personal Travel Assistant comes with preloaded maps for North America, including all of the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. For added flexibility, choose nüvi 270 with preloaded maps for both continents or save more with nüvi 200 which offers less map coverage at a lower price. Like all nüvi 200-series members, the 250 features an easy-to-use colorful touchscreen and ultra-slim design–perfect for everyday navigation.

The nüvi 250 comes preloaded with maps for North America, and features an easy-to-use touchscreen and ultra-slim design.

Configurable vehicle icons let you select car-shaped graphics.

nüvi 250 accepts custom points of interest (POIs). View larger.
Smart, Powerful Design
The nüvi 250 is built with a high-sensitivity WAAS-enabled GPS receiver for extreme accuracy, as well as an SD card slot for storing your media and additional navigation tools, and a USB interface for loading data. All this is wrapped up in a package that measures 3.8 x 2.8 x .8 inches (W x H x D) and weighs just 5.2 ounces. The nüvi 250′s 3.5-inch (diagonal) display is touchscreen-enabled, making it a cinch to control the device with your fingertips. A rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides up to five hours of battery life depending on use.

Navigate with Ease
nüvi 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, nüvi 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.

Go Beyond Navigation
Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 250 features 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 for our line of Garmin Travel Guides and Garmin SaversGuide provide detailed data for attractions and information on nearby merchants offering discounts, so you can customize nüvi for your travel needs.

Note: Like most USB Mass Storage Devices, the nüvi is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me.

Product Specifications

Brand:Garmin
Model : 010-00621-00
EAN Code :0053759065547

:
Psmap 530; Without Dual Beam Transducerr
Sleek, Pocketable Form Factor
Thinner Than Current Nuvi?
No Flip-Up Antenna
Full Us & Canada Coverage

Reviews

>Reviews of the Garmin nüvi 250 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Silver) at Amazon.com
Average Rating: 4.5
William M. Powell Rating: 1 Stars out of 5
Nuvi 250 Mexico; lousy Mexico maps, no U.S. maps at all
Amazon says that the Nuvi 250 Mexico comes with both U.S. and Mexico maps; it does not have any U.S. maps at all. The maps of Mexico, Tampico comes to mind, are terrible. We were routed the wrong way down one way streets, and sent through the docks. No toll roads were ever chosen, although they could have avoided major delays. I assume that the other Garmin products use these Mexico maps so watch out, they are awful. .... Read more

Mom of Three Rating: 5 Stars out of 5
Great product
Bought this for my husband for Christmas and he has been very happy with it's use. The only thing he would have liked (which is included in the step above this model) is for the names of the streets to be spoken. Other than that, he is happy with all the features. All our friends seem to prefer the Garmin by far. .... Read more

John V. Lembke Rating: 5 Stars out of 5
Excellent GPS Works Very well
I got this for my brother. He loves it and I tried it once. It is easy to use and give great directions. If you want it to actually say street names instead of just turn here, then you need to get a more expensive model. .... Read more

Bonnie L. Benson Rating: 4 Stars out of 5
I like it
It is easy to use although I have a few questions and there is not a manual and I did not see a way to get answers at their website.

For the most part I really do like it a lot.

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Angie H. Rating: 4 Stars out of 5
Works
It works alright. Doesn't have maps of the new areas but for the most part it is very decent for the price. .... Read more

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