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5
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No regrets,
11/18/2009
I found the buying process, through Walmart.com, an easy and fast way of selecting what I wanted; the Garmin Nuvi 265T.
What I didn't enjoy was the week long wait, watching it, through the tracking facility, crawl from the midwest to the SE. Boy, that was slow!
The enforced wait was worth it though. The unit fired up straight away, in my car, parked in Walmart's parking lot. It grabbed satellites and within seconds was ready to work. Much fun playing with the options and customising it, the touch screen being sensitive and accurate. The only thing that was not clear, was how to enable the NavTeq lifetime traffic facility. Garmin's excellent web support told me there was no need to do anything, as the unit has the FM receiver in the power cord and will usually pick up any broadcasts after a few minutes of the unit being powered up (you'll know when it has acquired Traffic, by the icon in the top left corner, two cars side by side)
I love the TTS (text to speech) option, as often you need to know exactly which left or right to take, and the spoken confirmation really helps. I have downloaded the (free) map updates, but the two gig size really gave the Wi-Fi a workout, so be aware and make sure you are on a fast network.
The handsfree is awesome, the way the Garmin talks to my BlackBerry, showing phone book, call log etc, all via Bluetooth, is really cool. I can use the Garmin when at home, as a handsfree unit, which it does well. All in all, this has been one of the best purchases I have made for a long time. The long delay in delivery has made me wary of buying from Wally World again, but the product has more than made up for that, as did W.W's price.
Garmin really has done their sums on this one and I look forward to doing some road trips now I don't have to try and read written directions at 70mph!
Buy and enjoy!
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5
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