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Garmin nuvi 260 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

Garmin nuvi 260 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

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Brand: Garmin
Category: CE

List Price: $482.13
Buy New: $138.99
You Save: $343.14 (71%)



New (45) Used (4) Refurbished (2) from $131.95

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 372 reviews
Sales Rank: 24

Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 3.8 x 2.8 x 0.8
nv:Type: Receiver
Waypoints: 500
Display: Color
Display: TFT
Touch Screen: Yes
Voice: Yes
Expansion Slots: SD Card
Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery
Battery Life: 5 hours
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.

MPN: Nuvi 260
Model: Nuvi 260
UPC: 753759074777
EAN: 0753759074777
ASIN: B000UU7ZPS

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Features:
  • High-Sensitivity GPS Receiver For Improved Performance & Reception
  • 3.5-Inch Color Display, 320 X 240 Pixels
  • Turn-By-Turn Directions With Spoken Street Names
  • Sleek, Ultra-Slim Design
  • Easy Touch-Screen Interface

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Bring the ultra-cool Nvi 260 along for the ride, and arrive on time and in style. Similar to Nvi 250, Nvi 260 is attractively priced and simple to use. Plus, this sleek, slim navigator comes with turn-by-turn voice directions that announce the name of streets as you navigate, so you can keep your eyes on the road. With Nvi 260 you're just a few screen taps away from anywhere.

Amazon.com Product Description
Garmin's nüvi 260 combines the thin profile and attractive price point of other nüvi 200-series GPS with directions in real street names. As with all nüvis, you get Garmin reliability, the fast satellite lock of a high-sensitivity integrated receiver, a slim, pocket-sized navigator with a gorgeous display, detailed NAVTEQ maps that lets you search by name for more than 6 million points of interest like stores, restaurants or hospitals, and an easy, intuitive interface.

Which nüvi is Best for You?: Click here to see a quick, simple comparison of features for all Garmin nuvi GPS navigators.



The nüvi 260 comes preloaded with maps for U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, and features an ultra-slim design.
Text-To-Speech
The text-to-speech feature of the nüvi 260 means that device automatically calls out street names (saying "turn right on Main Street" instead of "turn right in 200 feet."). This feature lets drivers keep their eyes on the road while navigating through busy traffic and tricky roadways.

Smart, Powerful Design
The nüvi 260W is built with a high-sensitivity GPS receiver for extreme accuracy, as well as an SD card slot for storing your media and additional navigation tools, and a USB interface for loading data. All this is wrapped up in a package that measures 4.8 x 2.9 x 0.8 inches (W x H x D) and weighs just 6.6 ounces. The nüvi display is touchscreen-enabled, making it a cinch to control the device with your fingertips. A rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides up to five hours of battery life depending on use.

Garmin Lock
Garmin's patent pending theft prevention system that disables the unit from performing any functions until the user types in a specific 4-digit PIN or takes the unit to a predetermined secure location

Navigate with Ease
The nüvi 260 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps, including a hefty POI database with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. Simply touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there with 2D or 3D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. In addition, the nüvi 260 accepts custom points of interest (POIs), such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs.

Important note about map updates: Due to our high volume of sales, almost every Garmin portable GPS navigator sold by Amazon.com will come with the most recent map version. If you ever do need a map update, you can purchase one from Amazon.com at our Garmin Store.

Easy To Use Interface
Garmin's interface is a key to their success and one of the things that makes their devices such a pleasure to use. Simple controls and sub-screens make it easy to enter or search for destinations and get data about your trip.

Garmin's own navigation is easy to use


Beyond Navigation


Browse your stored pictures with an easy-to-use JPEG viewer.
nüvi 260W accepts custom points of interest (POIs). View larger.

Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 260 features travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. It also comes with Garmin Lock, an anti-theft feature, and configurable vehicle icons that let you select car-shaped graphics to show your location on the map.

This device is compatible with optional content plug-ins available via SD card, such as the Garmin Travel Guides and Garmin SaversGuide provide detailed data for attractions and information on nearby merchants offering discounts, so you can customize nüvi for your travel needs.

Garmin has also added the ability for customers to add custom points of interest (POI's) from third parties such as school zones and safety cameras.


Trick Your GPS Ride

custom vehicle icons
Custom vehicle icons let you ride in style, at least inside your GPS.
See more icon option
Like all nüvis, the 260 supports configurable vehicle icons. These fun, customized car-shaped icons come in a variety of colors to add a personal touch to your vehicle's position on the map.

With this GPS system on board you'll be prepared to steer clear of traffic with the integrated FM TMC traffic receiver. The nüvi 260W is designed to receive alerts 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.



What's in the Box
nüvi 260, preloaded City Navigator NT for the continental U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, Alaska, and Canada, vehicle suction cup mount, vehicle power cable, dashboard disk, and set up and go guide.

Note: Like most USB Mass Storage Devices, the nüvi is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me.

Which nüvi is Best for You?

Note: All nüvis come with detailed NAVTEQ maps containing more than 6 million pre-loaded point of interest locations.


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 200 2.8 x 2.1
check




Photos


up to 5
nüvi 200w 3.81 x 2.25
check




Photos


up to 5
nüvi 250 2.8 x 2.1
check check



Photos

up to 5
nüvi 250w 3.81 x 2.25
check check



Photos

up to 5
nüvi 260 2.8 x 2.1
check check
check

Photos

up to 5
nüvi 260w 3.81 x 2.25 check check
check

Photos

up to 5
nüvi 270 2.8 x 2.1
check check check


Photos

up to 5
nüvi 350 2.8 x 2.1
check

check FM (with opt.
receiver)

Photos, MP3s


up to 8
nüvi 360 2.8 x 2.1
check check
check FM (with opt.
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s

up to 8
nüvi 370 2.8 x 2.1 check check check check FM (receiver
included)
check Photos, MP3s

up to 8
nüvi 650 3.81 x 2.25
check

check FM (with opt.
receiver)

Photos, MP3s

up to 7
nüvi 660
3.81 x 2.25
check check
check FM (receiver
included)
check Photos, MP3s check
up to 7
nüvi 670
3.81 x 2.25
check check check check FM (receiver
included)
check Photos, MP3s check
up to 7
nüvi 680 3.81 x 2.25
check check
check MSN (receiver
included;
1-year free);
FM (with opt.
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s check
up to 7
nüvi 750
3.81 x 2.25
check check
check MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)

Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nüvi 760 3.81 x 2.25
check check
check MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nüvi 770 3.81 x 2.25
check check check check MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nüvi 780 3.81 x 2.25 check check

MSN-enhanced
(receiver inc.;
3 months free)
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 5
nüvi 850 3.81 x 2.25 check check

MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)

Photos, MP3s check check up to 4
nüvi 880
3.81 x 2.25 check check check
MSN-enhanced
(receiver inc.;
3 months free);
FM (with opt.
receiver)
check Photos, MP3s check check up to 4
nüvi 5000
4.5 x 2.7 check check
check MSN-enhanced
(with optional
receiver);
FM (with opt.
receiver)


check check external
battery
only



Customer Reviews:   Read 367 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars Great little tool   January 9, 2009
S. Holden (sherman oaks, ca United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I'm basically a homing pigeon so I don't need a personal navi system on a daily basis. However, I started looking at them for travel. After a lot of research, I decided on a basic Garmin unit with text-to-speech directions. I was torn between the 350 and 260. The 350 came with more accessories so it was a better deal. But, that unit has been discontinued and I read that the 350 tends to break down after about a year. Not a great combination. So, I purchased the 260 (along with a carrying case and beanbag dash mount). The unit is very easy to use; enter the info and press "go". The text-to-speech directions is a great feature that let's me keep my eyes on the road instead of the unit. Overall this is a good basic personal navi system.


5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Basic GPS Unit   January 6, 2009
Kevin A. Boyd (Tampa, Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is my first GPS purchase, but not my first time using one. My girlfriend has one which I have played around with many times. This Garmin is great at doing what a GPS unit should do: get you from point A to point B. No frills, no useless programs and no bells and whistles. The reason I went with the 260 is because it was one of the cheaper models that actually speaks the street names instead of just telling you to turn in 300 ft. Also, if your destination is a POI, it will even tell you what side of the street it is on. Great little tip for those of you like me who travel for work and are consitantly in new and confusing cities (Philly, really, was it so hard to make streets that are parallel to each other?).

The navigation of the menus is pretty easy. There is a little bit of a learning curve and it can get a little confusing when you are deep in menues as it doesn't state just which one you are in.

The speaker is just fine. Even with the windows down and going full speed on the interstates, the volume at 80% is plenty loud. 60% when the windows are up. The down side to this is there is no external volume control. It is on the first page of the menu though, so it is just a small annoyance.

The maps are very accurate and up to date for an older model unit, plus the ability to upgrade the vehicle icon is pretty cool (I am using the little R/C looking car.)

I don't like the fact that Garmin did away with the power cord plugging into the mount and moved it to the unit itself, but it makes sense if you want to plug the unit into your computer to update it. Now you don't have to bring the mount out of your car.

It acquires satellites very quickly and calculates to routes incredibly fast. The stock voice is a little annoying when you miss a turn though, she sounds like she is agrevated at you when you hear "recalculating."

All in all, I am extremely happy with this unit. I don't need bluetooth, mp3 capability, voice recognition or any of the other features the more expensive units are coming out with. Just tell me how to get to the hotel from the air port and then to a pub for a cold beer and this unit really shines at doing just that.



5 out of 5 stars My First GPS   January 6, 2009
Susan M. Jadlos (Troy, NY USA)
After researching for a few months, this is the GPS that I chose and I'm so happy with it. It's simple to use right out of the box. This Garmin is intuitive and the directions are simple and to the point. Some of my friends have GPS devices that repeat the directions and tend to be distracting. The size of the screen is great and the maps are displayed with real life perspective, making them easier to interpret.Another plus, the price couldn't be beat.


3 out of 5 stars Nice unit that needs intelligent improvements   January 5, 2009
Herb Harmison (Ames, Iowa, USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

This review was submitted to Garmin on December 22, 2008. No response has been received as of the posting date.
*******************
Amazon's shipping was excellent. The unit arrived in perfect condition and worked well.
However, there are several points prospective purchasers should know that are not covered well in other reviews.

First, the two calls to technical support were answered quickly and the persons I talked with were knowledgeable, spoke native English and seemed interested in answering my questions. They made absolutely no inquiry about who I was, where I had purchased my nuvi 260, the unit's serial number or my mother's maiden name. They just seemed to want to help. Their support rivals that of Canon which I consider to be the benchmark.

Second, some of the software lacks sufficient user consideration.
For example:

1. There are two ways of saving destinations, "Favorites" and "Recently Found". Individual "Favorites" can be easily deleted. "Recently Found" can't. To make selective deletions the entries in "Recently Found" must be moved to Favorites and then deleted. This is a somewhat thoughtless bit of non-programming.

2. The "World Clock" is not. With children in Berlin, Sydney and Detroit, only Detroit can be shown in the "World Clock". Amazingly, neither Tokyo nor London, both preprogrammed into the unit, can be recalled once deleted. However, Rio de Janeiro can be found! Is there a job opening for QC in the software department of Garmin?

3. The keyboard (A-Z and a-z) begs the question: Why upper and lower case? Shifting from upper to lower case requires a small mental exercise along with a visually smaller character set. Why not make the character set a user option?

4. The driving simulator works in real time which makes it virtually useless. The programmers should code a way to allow rapid simulation. Perhaps 10X with 100X on long stretches or increment with a +/- as is done with the maps.

5. It would be helpful if the device were able to compute both the fastest route and shortest route automatically and display the differences in time and distance facilitating an informed decision.

6. Most aggravating is someone's unthinking decision to hide the 4 digit security PIN number. When using this device the chance of someone trying to steal your PIN is about equal to zero. Garmin, please think! Some of us are old, our eyes are not excellent and our fingers are getting stiff. Is helpful feedback that hard to do?

On the software of the nuvi 260:
The unit should be updated from Garmin's web site upon receipt. They use specialized software (WebUpdater) that makes the task easier. However, again, seemingly thoughtlessly, they do not provide any explanation of the individual update files to enable the user to understand their function and decide intelligently which should be downloaded. For example, "Localization Data, XML file" or "Text, nuvi 2 series, All languages" are obscure identifiers to me.

The web site contains many FAQ's. I could not detect any organization to the FAQ's. When browsing the FAQ site it failed at random times, perhaps reflecting user load. Again, QC in the software department is lacking.

Other Comments:
Garmin does not tell the customer that the unit's battery can be charged with some cell phone A/C chargers. If the cell phone has a mini-usb connector and the output voltage of the charger is 5v DC, the cell phone charger will work.

The supplied manual is very limited. The downloaded pdf manual is 50 pages and not formatted for economical printing. The download manual, like most manuals, is not written with the "How do I do ....?" approach. Were Garmin to carefully watch new users learn to use the nuvi, they would be able to create appreciably better instruction manuals. The manuals are clearly written by people who are very familiar with the device but do not understand the educational process.

The 260 seems to be unable to find addresses on rural gravel roads. Apparently, there is problem with the naming of north and south portions of roads. (This seems a problem with Google Maps and MapQuest also.)

When I set my home location the nuvi supplied address associated with the location was in error giving a house number of 2598 rather than 2692. Inexplicably, there is no way to change the address to match the actual number. Thus the user is forced to use an erroneous house number or an erroneous location.

The Points of Interest failed to show my City Hall (pop. 50,000+) although it showed city halls in very small neighboring communities. It also failed to show the volunteer fire department that protects my home while showing other volunteer departments much further away. The city fire department location shown is on the east side of town while the west side is not shown.

The list of commercial places for my town is strange. There are many omissions and inclusion of obscure and closed stores. Of the 4 stores listed on first screen of "All Shopping", 2 are NOT listed in the most current telephone book. The nuvi 260 found three of seven Subway stores and one of three McDonalds stores in town.

Given the above list of shortcomings there is considerable reason to wonder if the reliability and extent of the knowledge base of the nuvi 260 will be sufficient to make it useful when traveling to unknown places. Is there a system on the back of a napkin outlining how gps owners will be able to download updated and complete information for planned trips and not try to store the entire northern hemisphere in less than 2Gb? Garmin, Google...are you listening?



5 out of 5 stars Exactly what you want for the average guy/girl   January 4, 2009
Shaun (Richmond, VA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

There is no need to type an essay about pros and cons. It does what it is supposed to do. It doesn't cost $8000, so it's not going to cook you breakfast for you. Great product, I've had it a few days and have no complaints. I see people up here complaining about things that aren't included...they tell you exactly what's in the box. There should be no surprises. BOTTOM LINE: GREAT GPS!

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