255w vs the 285wt???????? I just purchased a few nuvi 255w's for my family members for christmas and this morning I get a email from Amazon with the nuvi 285w for the same price. Can anyone tell the the differance? I cant. 255w vs the 285wt???????? I just purchased a few nuvi 255w's for my family members for christmas and this morning I get a email from Amazon with the nuvi 285w for the same price. Can anyone... » Read More 255w vs the 285wt???????? I just purchased a few nuvi 255w's for my family members for christmas and this morning I get a email from Amazon with the nuvi 285w for the same price. Can anyone tell the the differance? I cant. « Show Less
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You are confused. First of all, the 255W does not come with any traffic. The 255WT (which Best Buy has for $129 today) comes with lifetime FM traffic. It is NOT MSN Direct-based so it will not be discontinued in 2012.
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I am in the exact same situation, I am debating which GPS to return. 255WT or 285WT?285WT is actually cheaper too, since I didn't have to pay any tax buying from amazon.sigh... I should have just shelled out a little bit more for the 265WT from Radio shack.The bluetooth on the 285WT seems nice to have, but is the lifetime traffic on the 255WT any good, and is it more worthy than the bluetooth? I never followed the traffic information from my Navigion 2100T, since I am not sure how useful it is.
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So if I dont care about traffic and blutooth the 255w would be just fine? The reason I am not concerned about traffic is because we live in central WI and it is not covered here.
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Best I can tell is that the 285 has Bluetooth capabilities. However, it only has 9 months of traffic service while the 255 has "Lifetime." But "Lifetime" only last until the MSN service is shut down Jan 2012.
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With the price you can get the 255W (or 255WT) for this weekend, you would be foolish to get a non-widescreen 255. The bigger screen makes it much nicer to use. And you're wrong about the 265 and MSN. It does NOT have MSN. That's the 285WT. The 265WT has lifetime (free) FM traffic, just like the 255WT.
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I am in the process of purchasing one or the other. I am not sure what the differences are. Can someone help me out too:F. Jackson
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Thank you!I was worried because I saw those SD card maps on Garmin's web site are quite expensive.In fact, I had been checking Costco web site for 650 for the past few days, but it is always out of stock .....I will come back and purchase 250W is the 650 is really unavailble to meThank you
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Well I've got the 255W and have tried all of this stuff. It used to display the Garmin logo before turning off completely. Now it is just dead. Pressing any of the corners of the screen while sliding the powers witch for 8, 15, 30 , or even up to a minute. Does absolutely nothing. It has been charged with the provided car charger as well as a USB and still it is stone dead. Judging from my experience and the posts on this thread the 255 is a dud.
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I use my nuvi 2797 instead of my car gps. It is much easier to use and better. Plus free updates for life whereas my car gps wants 250 bucks to upgrade. The nuvi can also show weather in the area you are traveling. I have logged over 3000 miles with my nuvi and it is great. Now, in some mountain areas it was slow and lagged a bit in showing your location especially if you make a quick change off of the route, but it will still get you where you want to go and will not get you lost. My car gps sucks.
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Gary, I have been researching the same use (snowmobiling) for the nuvi 500. sledgps dot com lists chips available either nationally or by region. The region maps are $50, the national $99. Did you get the 500, and do you like it? I want a crossover/multi mode unit and this one seems to be the only one available. I think the difference between this unit and the 550 is that the 500 has US road and US topo maps, and the 550 has north american roads but no topo maps. I don't know if sledgps maps will overlay on the topo. If anyone has tried this, please reply with info. I have not bought it yet, so can't answer your question directly (I want to be able to though). Finally I am torn on the mixed reviews on the unit. I can handle the missing USB cable, and AC adapter, but has everyone found the unit accurate, both on road and off road? Are the maps updated? Thanks...
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I'm actually gathering info to buy one right now. I ruled out the 200 & 205 because I really do want the voice directions while driving rather than having to read the screen. Right now I'm looking at the 250w, 255w, 260w & 265w.
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For me the 66LMT, as i like the larger screen. I'm not familiar with the 2555lmt other than a quick check. If screen size is not a deal breaker than open up two windows and go line by line on features either here on Amazon or Garmin's site and decide what is most important to you.
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yep - i agree - i ALMOST ordered it last night...glad I didn't. even more interesting will be the price they'll have when it's offered by amazon direct - i am still trying to decide between the 765T and the 265 WT, which, by the way has become 7 bucks cheaper than last night !!!MediaHub - i feel like we will both end up with a good in-car nav - let's keep in touch here and try to make a good decision. www.gpsrmagazine.com has a great review/analysis of 265WT and 765T...
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Thanks, Valdvogel...you gave me just the info I needed. Of course, the first inclination is to purchase an expensive NUVI, but it's good to know that an earlier hand-held works even better! We already have a GPS (Staples brand) that works great for road directions, but it uses wrong coordinates for geo-caching. It's just too difficult to"translate" the coordinates for every cache! Thanks again!
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I bought 285W in Dec 2009. It reboots about once per trip. Then I returned it to Amazon and bought a new one. To my surprise, the newly arrive unit still reboot itself, though less frequently. Maybe it's some software glitch related with MSN receiver, just a speculation.
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RE: Rod: Can you answer this question about Garmin nuvi 3790T 4.3-Inch...?Roderick Ferguson 11:36 AM To: "Amazon Answers" <answers@amazon.com>Your best bet is to google Garmin and ask them. They might be able to download the Aussie stuff for you over the internet.These things are getting cheaper every day, so you might have to make your case with Garmin and have them send you a "sympathy" GPS at a super low price as an apology to their of global flexibility.
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I want to know the same thing. I would like to try the Bluetooth, provided the 265W is as good and reliable, and has as good reviews as the 255W. Anyone had bad experiences with the 265W?Thanks,Gary
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AFAIK, only the 7x0 series and up have multi-point routing. The other Nuvi units allow for one waypoint to be added. Larry, if the 265wt has multi-point routing, it's the first I've heard about this.Edit: Larry, I just checked with some people on gpsreview.net and they agree with you. This is a undocumented feature. Thanks for your input!
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***UPDATE!!!*** I JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM AMAZON.COM THAT STATED MY GARMIN NUVI 760 WAS SENT OUT TODAY AND WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW!!!! HOLY MAN THAT IS FAST SERVICE!!!! I just ordered it yesterday...I guess it wasn't on back order after all. And I did the free standard shipping and I'm getting it within 2 days of ordering! Cool! I love Amazon.com!!! To think of all the frustration I got from dinking around with a few of those cheap online dealers...I canceled an order from Broadwayphoto.com because of the terrible customer service and the wait time on the back order was 8 WEEKS! I called two more online sellers with simuliar responses. I am doing the happy dance that I canceled with them and ordered here! Ordered mine today for $249.99 w/free shipping...seems the GPS is on backorder till 11/24...just one week. Everywhere else I've tried to order from online is BO'ed for up to 8 weeks. Hope Amazon comes through for me again at this terrific price!
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Right on the Garmin site! I studied the features of both units, and further down, they have a comparison chart. That's where I saw something a bit different noted on one unit over the other, so I went back to make sure I knew what it was and sure enough it was the part about how that unit shows the actual highway signs. You might have to click on something in the details to see a demo of what you'll see on the screen. I loaned our portable (old)Garmin to our daughter & was caught without it, so going to get this upgraded one to replace it & let her have the old one...
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Hey MelissaS, I've been researching the Garmin GPS's for a couple of weeks and can tell you the differences I've seen. The 255W has a few of "new" features in their 2x5 line but the two that I've seen people the most happy with in the reviews I've read are the satellite "hotfix" and the faster processor. The "hotfix" is supposed to speed up satellite acquisition immensely by having the unit remember where it was turned off last so it can calculate where the satellites should be when you turn it back on and from what I've read it works like a charm. The faster processor will speed up things like map drawing and looking up points of interest which people have really seemed to also notice in their reviews. The big drawback of the 255 and 255w is the text to speech voice quality (this is the voice that pronounces street names). Apparently the voice quality isn't as good on the 255 line as it is in the previous products due to the voice engine Garmin has used in this model...most people I've read say they can live with it but some bring it back due to the quality. I would goto a store and try both side by side to see if you can live with the quality. I did that today and was able to understand what the 255w was saying even in a busy store but still think I'll wait for the 265WT in October. Hope that helps!
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I want to know the same thing. I would like to try the Bluetooth, provided the 265W is as good and reliable, and has as good reviews as the 255W. Anyone had bad experiences with the 265W? Thanks, Gary