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Garmin nüvi 275/275T 3.5-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic |  | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $379.99
Buy New: $167.54
as of 11/28/2009 07:43 CST details
You Save: $212.45 (56%)
New (46) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $179.99
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  97 reviews
Sales Rank: 260
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 3.8 x 0.8 x 2.8
MPN: NUVI 275T
Model: NUVI 275T
UPC: 053759082438
EAN: 0053759082438
ASIN: B001ELJ9Q0
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Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 months
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| Features:
| • | Bright, 3.5-inch diagonal color QVGA TFT touchscreen with 320 x 240 pixels and white backlight | | • | Sleek, ultra-thin design fits easily in pocket | | • | Preloaded with City Navigator North America NT and Europe NT | | • | Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free calling | | • | NOTE: Model number on the box is 275T because the traffic receiver is included; however, the model number on the device itself is 275 as the "T" in 275T refers to the additional component |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 97
 Save your money. November 23, 2009
M. Kricun
I bought this to help get around during my trip to Italy. I didn't work even once! Not once!!!! Every street I typed in came back "Not found" Completely useless!
 Great for use in Europe! November 21, 2009
Patricia Cramer (Ohio)
I bought this for my niece who was heading to Amsterdam to be an au pair. Great tool for helping her navigate the narrow and confusing streets of the city!!!
 Unsatisfied twice November 18, 2009
Jeri
I have one of the original Garmins, and I decided to upgrade. I was taking a trip to Europe, so I decided to get the transcontinental version. First of all, the "pedestrian" feature does not work very well. We walked in circles for hours! After about a week the GPS would power on for a second and then turn itself off. I plugged it in for days thinking it may just have a dead battery, but to no avail. I exchanged it for another one. The new one I got did the same thing. I finally just returned it. I have not bought another one yet.
 European Routing needs Improvement November 7, 2009
foiegras (Ketchum, ID United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Overall, I like this GPS, but I find it to be much more reliable for navigating in the USA or Canada, than in Europe (at least in France). I spent a month with this unit in France, driving rental cars, and have only returned to the USA 2 days ago, so my impressions are very fresh.
I would recommend using this in France only if you have a general idea of where you are going, and have studied your route on a map beforehand. Although in many cases the unit functioned just fine, in many other cases totally ridiculous and nonsensical directions were given. To list just a few of the unreliable directions I received, they included (1) being directed to literally drive around in circles in small towns with narrow roads and one way streets; (2) being instructed to get on the Autoroute (on which there are expensive tolls) for short trips where the autoroute would save no time whatsoever and might even be a longer drive both in time and distance; continuing to be directed towards the autoroute even after ignoring earlier prompts and being so far along using regular, non-toll roads ("route nationale") that going backwards to the autoroute would be idiotic; (3) told to exit off roundabouts (traffic circles; "rond-points") onto the wrong road even though the right road was clearly marked with signs. These are but a few examples, and each of these things happened so many times in so many places that it was clearly not a few isolated errors. In addition to using the unit on mainland France, I used it for a week on the Island of Corsica (part of France) and found it to be almost useless there.
I'm not saying that the unit is worse than not having a GPS; it was genuinely useful quite a few times. I would simply not rely on it completely and I would pay attention to road signs and follow common sense, ignoring the unit's voice prompts whenever that seems reasonable (and that happens a lot).
Driving in France can be a challenge for drivers not used to their road system and signage. I am quite familiar with both and therefore found this unit's flaws to be only a minor annoyance. If I was not familiar with French driving, I'm not sure how useful this unit would have been.
Awful accuracy November 5, 2009
V. Thomas (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was suppose to be a great product, however after I bought it discovered I couldn't trust this GPS to go to any store/business or restaurant; at least three times took me to places didn't exist, even after updating it online didn't work properly. Very disappointing!
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