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Garmin nüvi 265W/265WT 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic |  | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $349.99
Buy New: $157.99
as of 11/28/2009 03:09 CST details
You Save: $192.00 (55%)
New (63) Used (14) Refurbished (8) from $158.75
Seller: Car Toys
Rating:  544 reviews
Sales Rank: 7
Format: CD
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: N/A
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4.8 x 0.8 x 2.9
nv:Condition: New
Type: Automotive
Waypoints: 1000
Display: Color
Display: TFT
Display: Backlight
Screen Size: 4.3"
Touch Screen: Yes
Voice: Yes
Battery Type: Rechargeable lithium-ion
Battery Life: 4 hours
Special Features: Bluetooth
Special Features: Traffic Ready
Special Features: Spoken Street Names
Maps Included: United States
Maps Included: Canada
MPN: NUVI 265WT
Model: NUVI 265WT
UPC: 753759082673
EAN: 0753759082673
ASIN: B001ELJ9QK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Bright 4.3-inch diagonal color touchscreen; 480 x 272 pixels, WQVGA TFT display with white backlight | | • | Sleek, ultra-thin design fits easily in pocket | | • | Preloaded with City Navigator North America NT | | • | Supports Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free calling when paired with Bluetooth-enabled cell phones | | • | NOTE: Model number on the box is 265WT because the traffic receiver is included; however, the model number on the device itself is 265W as the "T" in 265WT refers to the additional component |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 544
 Works well but has some flaws November 28, 2009
Honda Luver
This product is a very good deal for it's money. I believe Consumer Reports ranks it as a good or best buy or something. I've had this product for about 3 months now and I have used it for the traffic watch for getting to work and back and for going places around town (I'm a new driver so I kinda don't know where everything is in my town). I love using the point of interest feature because a lot of time I don't have the address on me. This works fairly well but a few times I have not been able to find places on this point of interest. As for when I have the address, it does a good job of leading me to my final destination. My only complaint is that sometimes it will overshoot my destination (I'll be driving past the place) but I am still generally able to find it. Another thing is when I go around curves on the highways sometimes it will say "Recalculating" even though I am following it's directions. Sometimes when it tells me to get on the freeway it will say things like "Merge onto I-605 freeway on right" but it doesn't say South or North. I think this is really important because sometimes I've gotten on going the wrong way but it does recalculate and tell me how to get off and go the correct direction. The bluetooth feature on the phone works well. People can hear me clearer than they normally do :). As for the traffic watch, sometimes I am already sitting in traffic when it says "Traffic ahead." But the other day when I was on the freeway (and it usually takes me like 2hrs to get home from work) it told me of an alternate route and it took me only 1hr to get home!! =) =) I was so pleased. So in summary, the product performs okay and is definitely a good deal for the money seeing it has all these features in it. I don't know if there are better gps systems out there because this is the only one I have purchased. It still has a few problems but it's better than no GPS at all. It's probably best to know your generally way (like the direction, south, north, east, west) how to get to your destination like by using mapquest and use the gps system as a supplement.
 Speech impediment November 27, 2009
NDE (Long Island, NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had this model for several months. I sent this model back to Garmin for repair or exchange of another model.
Cons: I believe my GPS is the only one with a speech impediment. It says nrrrf instead of north. It says prrrrk instead of park. It says DOCTOR instead of Drive when the abbreviated street is Dr. The routes sometimes take me the long way around regardless of how the route is set (example: fastest). Traffic indicator is unreliable. It states there is traffic when there isn't. It doesn't state traffic when there is.
Pros: large screen, bluetooth compatible, ease of use,
 Ridiculous Bang For Buck Ratio... November 26, 2009
John Olsen (Hesperia, CA)
This GPS device is everthing I wanted and more. Garmin 265w/wt amazing piece of tech. It gets me home no matter how lost I get. If there is a problem with the road or I dont like the way its taking me I just hit the detour button. I eco challenge thing is funny. I fail all the time though. Its my cars fault. I highly recommend this product to anyone that needs a gps for an awesome price, without sacrificing any functionality.
 Awful, horrible unit...why is it getting such great reviews? November 24, 2009
JH (Birmingham, AL)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this unit from a different location. I owned it for less than a week. Of note, I owned a TOMTOM before.
I am not sure why this unit keeps getting rave reviews, but I am sure that those rating it are going by the available features and not actually USING the unit.
1. It will NOT recognize left turns. Let's say your destination is a shopping area on the right. There are plenty of stop lights to turn left to get you to your destination. But for some reason, the unit will have you turn right into a completely different shopping area, then cross a busy intersection to get to your destination. At first I thought it because I had "AVOID U TURNS" selected (even though it wasn't a U turn) but even after disabling that feature, it continued to do it. And at 3 different destinations!! I don't know if that is true for every destination (since I only had it for a week and some destinations were on the right) but it did it for EVERY LEFT TURN... even after I upgraded the maps.
2. I wasn't happy with the lack of customizable features for the map or even the settings in general. Perhaps the worst was the fact that on the map it showed estimated ARRIVAL TIME (which was always wrong but would correct it self as the minutes would pass). There is no way to get useful information on the screen like miles remaining in trip.
3. The traffic was useless. It never detected serious traffic until you were sitting bumper-to-bumper in it and it would frequently say there was traffic when there was none. No wonder its free.
Those are deal breakers for me.
The things I did like
1. TTS (but that's not unique to Garmin)
2. Automatic power on and off if connected to car via cord (I think that is unique to Garmin)
3. Auto option for day and night maps (again, I think that is unique to Garmin).
4. They (Garmin and TomTom) both allow for map updates, but Garmin is cheaper (lifetime is $120 - which is 4 maps per year vs. TomTom's $80 per year).
Never used the bluetooth, so I can't comment. I have a centro which can't do voice dialing via BT anyway so it was no biggie for me.
Overall, I hated the unit. It was lacking in everything that I found necessary for function.
Not what I had hoped for November 23, 2009
lettuce (PR)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I held out on buying a new GPS as much as I could once my StreetPilot 340 started sputtering. I found this one on sale and the price was reasonable for what you got: my big requirement was that there be spoken street names and plus the traffic transmitter was included. It does connect to the satellites much faster than my old unit and I don't have to stay put in one place waiting for it to get a signal.
It also is quicker to perform a simulated route in case you are indoors or don't have a signal.
A few cons: the volume level is on the home screen, so instead of having something tactile like a wheel to turn the volume down or off, you have to go through the screens making it very dangerous while driving.
Also, the instruction manual is not good. I am pretty good at figuring out technology, but it should come with a manual that spells out things like: the transmitter is not in the unit, it's in the power cord. The only way to get traffic information is if it's mounted on the dash or windshield and plugged in. This I had to find out after prodding. Also, to register and upload maps onto the unit you need a mini-USB cord. If you're like me, who keeps that kind of stuff around, then you're in luck, but otherwise, you might have to go out and purchase one...and I can't remember right now, but it wasn't on the box. If the guy who sold me the unit hadn't told me, I would not have known.
I think the NAVTEQ (traffic transmitter) is pretty useless. I upgraded to a unit with traffic information because I now live in an area with pretty unpredictable traffic patterns. This is just not "real-time" information and the way the information is presented does not serve much help either. Today I stood in traffic for 1hr and 50 mins to get to work in what usually is a 25 mins commute. The NAVTEQ had me going right through the back up and claimed it was the best route even as I could see the traffic building up. After I was "in it" it claimed that the back up was just 2 mins, then it went up to 21 mins, then down to five. To know where the traffic is going to be (to then determine whether to request a detour) you need to go through the screens...and once again, that's dangerous if you are moving.
I am not any more pleased with Google traffic information from an iPhone. There's still a lag from an accident happening to the information showing, plus, you have to look at your phone, which is dangerous if you are in a moving car.
I signed up for traffic alerts in the form of text messages from News12. Hopefully that can solve my issue and I can put that unsightly traffic transmitter away.
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