Review of Garmin nuvi 250 Portable Car GPS
Up for review: Garmin nuvi 250 GPS.
Keeping in pace with the latest development in the GPS technologies, Garmin has come up with its breakthrough Garmin nuvi 250, the latest technological revolution in the successful nuvi product line. The unit is available with pre-loaded NAVTEQ maps of the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Nuvi 250, another advanced GPS unit of Garmin’s Nuvi range, is much smaller in size and with its integrated GPS aerial, rounded corners, glitz-free designs, this is more useful than its previous ones. Moreover, the uncomplicated feature of windscreen mount and simple design make the device easy to set in position.
With the Nuvi 250, Garmin has concentrated more on the sole navigation and mapping systems. The Nuvi 250 has a 3.5-inch color touch screen display, turn by turn voice and text guidance, calculator, photo viewer, unit converter, a world clock, 6 million Points of Interest (POI) database, picture and slideshow viewer, anti-theft software, etc. The extensive POI selection of all major and popular categories of roads makes the unit a helpful travel companion. The maps can be viewed in four perspectives- 2d, 3d, day and night color- to match different viewing conditions. The zoom in and zoom out buttons help to provide in-depth perception of the directions. The menus and filing of Nuvi 250 GPS are easy to figure out and even a novice user can find it easy to navigate between the menus and submenus by playing around with the touch screen.
Garmin nuvi 250 Features and Specifications Review:
- Dimensions: 97x71x20 mm
- UK and Ireland maps:Yes
- Bluetooth: No
- MP3 player: No
- Screen size: 3.5″
- Hands-free Bluetooth calling: No
- TMC live traffic alerts: No
- Speed cameras: No
- Storage media: Internal/ SD/MMC card
- iPod connector:No
- Storage: 256 MB
- Weight: 147 g
- Europe main road maps: No
- USB: 1
- Europe in-detail maps: No
- Screen resolution: 320×240
- Internet live traffic alerts: No
- Text-to-speech: No
- Touch Screen Display: Yes
- Weight: 5.2 ounces (147.42 g)
- Battery: Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- Built in Travel Kit: Yes
- Receiver: high-sensitivity WAAS-enabled GPS receiver
- Unit dimensions: 3.8″W x 2.8″H x .8″D (9.7 x 7.1 x 2 cm)
The rechargeable lithium-ion battery can provide up to 5 hours of battery life, of course it depends on the use. One of the added feature of the Garmin Nuvi 250 is it can auto complete and auto match the destination if a small portion of the address is entered, thus saving the time of the users and helping them in concentrating on the road. The uploaded custom POIs also come with alerts for speed zones. The built-in Travel Kit that includes picture viewer, world clock, currency and measurement converters, calculator and more add to its feasible features.
With retail prices starting at $535.70 and street price $430 the budget-friendly nuvi 250 GPS stands out among its competitors. You can currently find the Garmin nuvi 250 even cheaper. The unit sports a high-sensitivity WAAS-enabled SiRF GPS receiver. The nuvi 250 also comes with a vehicle suction cup mount to attach the GPS to the windshield, a 12v cigarette lighter power adapter to charge / power the GPS, Dashboard disk to mount the suction cup mount on the dashboard instead of the windshield and a Set up and go guide. In a nutshell, Garmin nuvi 250 GPS is an affordable and useful travel companion.