Nuvi 260W By Garmin, A Driver’s Dream Come True

The Nuvi 260W by Garmin is a widescreen navigation system for the car. Its most heavily advertized feature has been the 4.3 inch screen. But in reality, it is packed with many advanced navigation features. For example it, uses Navteq’s City Navigator street maps, lets you navigate them in 2D or 3D view, adds 6 million points of interest (POIs), wraps text-to-speech, understands turn by turn voice commands, prevents unauthorized use with the Garmin Lock Theft Prevention system, runs on a rechargeable lithium ion battery for up to 5 hours and much more. All of this packing in a box that fits in your pocket.

Garmin is a world leader in general aviation and consumer GPS devices. But in addition to aviation and automotive GPS, its product lines serve the marine, outdoor and fitness markets. Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of international sales, was once quoted as saying of the Nuvi 260W, “it gives consumers the most sought-after navigation features, while eliminating many of the premium add-ons”. Nuvi 260W has the added ability to let users add their own custom POIs from third party sources such as safety cameras and school zones.

To arrive at a certain destination with the help of this device, all you need to do is tap your finger a few times along the intuitive wizard of the software and you’re there! It is very easy to use by anyone regardless of experienceskill level with computers and other technology. Once plugged to a Laptop via USB it transforms into mass storage device mode. It can also be recharged via the Laptop USB. Newer models like Nuvi 650 and 660 are almost at the end of their lives but Nuvi 260W is a product that Garmin will be supporting for a while yet.

The productdevice comes ready to go out of the box with City Navigator NT street maps. As mentioned, those include a hefty database of POI’s including ATMs, fuel, restaurants, museums and more. Nuvi 260W also accepts custom POIs and allows you program proximity alerts so that you can be warned of an upcoming POI. The text-to-speech feature lets it announce street names as if by a tour guide so that you never have to change your body’s position and stress your eyes to read street signs. This means that you can stay focused on your driving duties during traffic jams and other difficult road situations. Most users testify that Nuvi 260W is the ideal driving companion and that it enhances road safety. Its affordable price and slick design give you additional reasons as to why you should get it.

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