For peace of mind on the go, nüvi 255 leads the way with voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions that speak street names and optional MSN Direct® to get you there on time and keep you informed. It’s packed with millions of destinations and maps for North America. Like the rest of the compact nüvi 2×5-series, this portable navigator is priced right and ultra-easy to use.

Navigate With Ease
nüvi 255 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator® NT street maps, including a hefty points of interest (POIs) database with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. It even announces the name of exits and streets so you never have to take your eyes off the road. Simply touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there with turn-by-turn voice directions, 2-D or 3-D maps and smooth map updates as you navigate. Its digital elevation maps show you shaded contours at higher zoom levels, giving you a big picture of the surrounding terrain. In addition, nüvi 255 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. With HotFix™ satellite prediction, nüvi calculates your position faster to get you there quicker.

Take It With You
Like the rest of the nüvi 2×5-series, nüvi 255 sports a sleek, slim design and fits comfortably in your pocket or purse. Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it convenient for navigation by car or foot. With its “Where Am I?” emergency locator, you always know your location. Simply tap the screen to get your exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and fuel stations.

Go Beyond Navigation
Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 255 includes many travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currenc

5 Responses to “Garmin nüvi 255 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator”

1. Margaret J. Davino says:

   June 9, 2010 at 12:00 am

   Not only is this Garmin just an awesome product, the vendor from which I purchased it through Amazon was amazing. Fast delivery. Awesome product. All smiles
2. Occasionally buy stuff says:

   June 8, 2010 at 12:00 am

   After a couple of years of very satisfactory performance, my Nuvi 350 started to flake out and needed to be replaced. Since all I really need is driving directions and no other special features, I decided on the 255 since it supposedly adequately met those minimal requirements. In theory it does, but in practice there have been disappointments:

   (1) Whereas the 350 appears to predominately use recorded speech for its vocabulary, the 255 appears to be 100% synthesized. As a result, the voice is much less pleasant to listen to and somewhat more difficult to understand. Particularly annoying is that although “left” and “right” are usually pronounced clearly, “on right” as in “take ramp on right” always comes out sounding “on reft”.

   (2) The internal map quality seems worse. For an intersection near my home, the 350 knew that if I am on street A, I should “turn left on B, then turn right” (on C), while the 255 seems to want to skip B and somehow expects me to turn right on C from A.

   (3) The 255 sometimes repeats itself, but too late. Coming up to an intersection, it might announce you have to turn right. After sitting at the light, you make the turn, then the 255 might repeat the turn request after the turn is already complete. The 350 never did that.

   (4) On a trip today, the 255 woefully underestimated the time required for an intercity route originally estimated at 20 minutes, but eventually adding another 15 minutes by the end of the trip. I don’t recall that happening with the 350.

   So, beware when comparing Nuvi models. Although a comparison matrix might show two devices have the same feature, the implementation quality of the feature might differ drastically between the models!
3. RF says:

   June 5, 2010 at 12:00 am

   We confirm others’ comments: need to update maps right away. Otherwise, this straight-forward gps works as advertised. Great value for the money.
4. 003 says:

   June 5, 2010 at 12:00 am

   garmins are the standard by which i judge a gps’ they are thin and lightweight, and pretty much work most if not all of the time for me.
5. Glen A. Rawlings says:

   May 28, 2010 at 12:00 am

   Screen size is excellent.

   285WT does need a subscription through MSN to enable the live traffic. Contemplating purchasing the Garmin Traffic (no service fee) when 3 month free membership on MSN expires.