Well we purchased the Garmin Nuvi 250 GPS unit the other day at a Futureshop in Canada. We only paid $299.99 and it works perfectly.
Features:
Preloaded North American Maps
Turn By Turn Direction (doesn’t mention street names)
Touch Screen interface
Loads of points of interests.
Use with vehicle, or as a pedestrian.
We got this running right out of the box, we tried to fool the unit by taking an incorrect turn and it went to recalculate and found us a way to get back on route. Say you are driving down a highway and find out there is an accident ahead of you, you press detour and it will find a route to go around the problem.
We put the unit to the test yesterday. We drove from Trenton, Ontario to Watertown, NY. We never lost satellite signal, nor did it say off route (common problems with Microsoft Streets and Trips.
This unit doesn’t have text to Speech (telling you what street to turn on), but it shows you the name of the street. This isn’t bluetooth and doesn’t have an MP3 player. You can’t plug this in an AC outlet to charge it up, but you can plug it in your usb drive to charge. Doesn’t come with USB cable or a carrying case. If you are looking for a basic GPS unit then this is the one.
Edited August 19th, 2008:
Garmin has released new maps, but at a cost of around $70.00
I haven’t updated mine yet, and not sure I will pay out the $70.00, I bet my address is still wrong once I update.
September 17, 2007 at 10:38 pm
Hey Ross,
I discovered you blog whilst searching the web for a way to send my telephone (bell canada) voicemail messages to my computer. I’ve some voice mails that have sentimental value and would like to save them permenantly.
If you have a few minutes to spare and you know of a way to do that I’d be very appreciative. I went to the G4/TechTV Canada web site that you mentioned. I’ts great. Thx, dave
June 30, 2009 at 9:04 am
Garmin Nuvi 265WT
Garmin’s nüvi 265WT improves upon its 200-series predecessors by adding free real-time traffic updates from Navteq (for the life of the device) as well as Bluetooth connectivity to your cell phone. Other significant improvements in the 2×5 series include a predictive technology that provides faster satellite lock, a redesigned screen with more information, terrain maps, and an exciting new photo navigation feature. The 265WT provides complete maps for North America and the handy Text-to-Speech feature, 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”).