Garmin nüvi 265W 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator without Traffic
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Product Features
- Bright 4.3" widescreen display.
- Sleek, ultra-thin design fits easilty in pocket.
- Supports Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free calling when paired with Bluetooth-enabled phones.
- Preloaded with City Navigator NT for North America.
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Garmin's nüvi 265W offers Bluetooth compatibilty as well as predictive technology that provides faster satellite lock, a redesigned screen with more information, terrain maps, and an exciting new photo navigation feature. The 265W 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").
The nüvi 2x5 models all sport the slim design that Garmin introduced with the 200-series last year, so they all fit comfortably in your pocket or purse, and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that makes them convenient for navigation by car or foot. All of the models include useful travel tools like a JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. The 265W also offers a wide 4.3-inch (diagonal) screen that displays 70% more of the road around you.
Important Product Information: This device features a "screen lock" feature. This is a standard feature on all nüvi 2x5 and 7x5 Garmin units. If you slide the "Power" key to the right, it will lock the screen and prevent any accidental touches. Once the screen lock feature is engaged, the screen will go black/gray after about 15 seconds to save power on the device. To unlock the screen, just slide the "Power" key to the center position. This feature is really targeted for "Pedestrian" mode so that a user can put the device in his or her pocket/purse and quickly unlock the screen instead of powering on/off continuously. For more information, see page 5 of the product manual.
In more and more places, it is becoming illegal to use cell phones while driving without a hands-free kit. WIth Bluetooth capability, microphone and speaker, you can match your nüvi to any Bluetooth-capable phone to make hands-free mobile phone calls. Simply dial the phone number with the nüvi's touch screen keypad to make a call on a compatible phone. To answer an incoming call, just tap the screen and speak into the built-in microphone. Making and taking calls on the road has never been easier, or safer. In addition, Garmin makes it a breeze to look-up and dial numbers from your personalized phone book or even tap into your cell phone's call history log.
FM Traffic
With an optional receiver, you can get alerts from TMC Clear Channel about traffic tie-ups and road construction that might lie ahead on your route. All you have to do is simply touch the screen to view traffic details and you'll be ready to detour around any problem area. And if you end up missing a turn, or you're forced into a detour that is not relayed through the traffic receiver, the nüvi's sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time.
In most areas, TMC Clear Channel traffic broadcasts are continuous — there's no waiting for scheduled traffic news updates or random alerts. Because traffic broadcasts are received via a "silent" FM data channel, you can still listen to music or news programming on your car radio without interference from incoming FM traffic data transmissions.
Widescreen
See More of What's Around The super-bright, 4.3-inch (diagonal) touchscreen display gives is anti-glare for ease of viewing during the day and automatically changes its color profile for easy viewing at night or in dim light. It offers 2d or 3D perspective views.
The widescreen format gives you 70% more actual screen area than a 3.5-inch screen. Primarily this translates into a better view of the area through which you are driving. This is especially useful in showing you what parks, restaurants, ATM, gas stations, etc. are nearby, or in letting you know whether a detour is a good idea. Also, the device itself is larger, meaning controls on the screen are more widely spaced and somewhat easier to push.
What's in the Box?
nüvi 265W, Preloaded City Navigator NT for North America (full coverage), vehicle power cable, Vehicle suction cup mount, USB cable, Dashboard disc, Quick start manual
Notes
- Optional software for language translation, detailed travel guides, and savings programs allow you to customize your nüvi to fit your travel needs
- Like most USB Mass Storage Devices, the nüvi is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me.
- Visit Garmin.com to get the latest firmware updates for your nüvi to keep it current and performing at its best.
Device
Screen Size inches (W x H)
Included Maps
Text-to-Speech (Directions in Real Street Names)
Traffic
Bluetooth
Media
FM Transmitter (audio through car stereo system)
Multi-Point Routing
Battery life (hours)
Cont. U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico
AK and Canada
Europe
nüvi 205 2.8 x 2.1 
Product Accessories
- Garmin 4.3-Inch Carrying Case
- Garmin Friction Mount
- Garmin nüvi Vehicle Power Cable
- Garmin AC Charger with International Adapters for nüvi
- Garmin USB Cable
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Customer Reviews
a consumer Said: Decent, but has its bugs like every GPS does Aug. 25th 2010
We fresh got this GPS because a sudden and arduous trip demanded we have one, and we could not encounter the power cloth for our underway one, a Nokia. It was cushy to say we'd yet encounter that noesis cord, but wouldn't it be pleasant to have digit GPS for each car?
So having had the engine Nokia, I hit some foundation for comparison. The Garmin is farther crack in two ways- it is alacritous to find the satellite signal, and the maps it came with were good and current. It is a little more adjuvant too - it tells you which side of the road your destination is on so if you're in an unknown Atlantic you know where to look. Less important, but additionally, the voices are much better than our older Nokia, inferior robotic, and inferior probable to confuse up a Byzantine street name. The Garmin was also easy to ingest right discover of the box. It gives you sufficient heads-up time on turns and exits and advises you on where they will be, left or right. But...
There are a some things about this organisation that I find highly annoying. On start up, the screen displays an stimulative legal denial locution you shouldn't diddle with it while dynamical as it is unsafe, and you verify responsibility for anything that might happen when you use it. I'd be ok with this if it happened the first instance I utilised it, but it happens every instance you turn it on.
Another issue is that it just plumb drops the signal. Yes, it is alacritous to encounter it when you're play discover on a trip, but it doesn't seem to stop that signal. I was on a test run in a suburban Atlantic where there was presumably lowercase trouble when it made this noise I'd not yet heard, but knew meant bad things, and looked downbound to see it admitting it had lost the signal. The Nokia had never done this. The Garmin was purchased to help get me to a far location in the middle of nowhere, and this incident was not certainty building. It did, in fact, retrograde signal several times during my mountainous activate to God's country. Worse still is that when it loses the signal, you hit to hit "OK" on the concealment to unlock the warning for it to travel again. You're moving, so you meet want it to intend on with re-finding the signal, it shouldn't hit to ask permission! What was that most not diddling with it patch driving?
I've also found that it picks whatever bizarre routes. Using it around town to get used to it, I found it was choosing streets that would indeed work, but there were other streets more major that it might hit better selected.
One of its worst "habits" is its inability to differentiate content when you are moving in a diminutive area, like if you hit to do a turn-around, or are in a gas station on a corner, re-entering traffic and it "thinks" you're on the road perpendicular to the digit you are on. It doesn't undergo where you are til you're agitated some distance, and sometimes that indifference is more than you'd like. I hit exited just much a crossway pedal station and been urging it "Come on, become on, you can do it" patch the concealment view is spinning around cluelessly and it's showing an inaccurate picture patch gift directions that don't meet where you are. I understand that satellites are far away and to expect dapple quality is unrealistic, but if the device doesn't "know", it shouldn't "act" like it does, squirting off directions that do not administer to your location. Equally goofily, the Nokia's default function when it didn't undergo what was up was to randomly verify you to "Make a U turn" - it was senseless but conformable so you knew it was meet purchase instance til it figured things out.
I'm detailing these complaints because only you undergo what matters to you. Every GPS has its quirks that can intend on your nerves. Overall, this one's cushy to see and gets you where you're going with some burps on the way. The holdup negative? The Nokia was about half the price and despite my hopes, the Garmin is not twice as good.
Jo Said: I propose this GPS Aug. 16th 2010
I bought this GPS before our Beantown pass and I am very entertained with it. The graphics are easy to read. The pass is very individual cordial and simple. Set up was also easy. It prefabricated dynamical around Boston such manageable. I was impressed that it did not lose satellite act when dynamical thru Beantown tunnels. We only had one small flaw in locating our hotel. I am not trusty ground it did not transpose it correctly, but it was about a block off. Normally, not a big care unless you hit never been there before and in onerous traffic. Overall, it is a rattling quality creation and a beatific value.
mbgearhead Said: AWESOME Aug. 11th 2010
Bought this component initially for my wife when she has to make trips to Houston. After datum the reviews and determining our particular needs I chose the nuvi 265 wt . I owned an senior Garmin deluxe IV and to be honest I was somewhat disappointed with it and my wife couldn't stand it . It was the sheer number of constructive reviews that made me choose a Garmin again. WOW !! this thing is awesome . Took it on a activate to San Antonio and was astonished by it . VERY ultimate to falsehood , VERY easy to ingest . The hardest part was trusting it to direct me accurately due to the experiences with the preceding Garmin navigator. It never missed a turn . And with the "points of interest" feature , dynamical our agenda or adding a kibosh was a breeze. Also the WT features a traffic aggregation update that informs you with live reciprocation information time delay if there is a report along the route your on . Press two buttons and the nuvi will provide you a route choice . Miss a invoke cod to reciprocation or other chance and it will automatically recalculate your line from where you are going to intend you backwards on track . The best part is my wife really likes it and modify gave it a nickname . Definitely would buy again .
Elysa M solon Said: garmin 265w Jul. 31st 2010
easy to use and ordered up. purchased the 265w over the 255w because of the bluetooth feature, a actual pleasure. hit advisable this gps to friends.
Gary Said: Auto Navigation Jul. 27th 2010
This was the first unit I have ever purchased, I utilised all the take back here to decide what organisation I needed. I could not be more pleased with its ease of operation and all of its capabilites. Have proven it several times and had no issues at every I would recomend this to anyone who has had no experience with one,its a winner. I am sure there are many more units that are good and outlay such more, but for this price I can't see how you could top this one. Really satisfied with my choice, thanks also to all of you who hit presented great feed back for us to countenance over, it really helped when making a first time purchase. As ever great Amazon assist as well.