| Average Customer Rating: |  4.0 |
| Brand: | Garmin |
| Model: | NUVI 265WT |
| Display size: | 4.3 inches |
| Weight: | 1.1 pounds |
| Dimensions: | 0.8 inches x 4.8 inches x 2.8 inches
[Width x Length x Height] |
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Product description
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The nuvi 265WT 3.5-inch GPS has a wide touchscreen for a crisp, high-resolution picture. nuvi 265WT integrates Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free calling and lifetime traffic alerts for avoiding traffic delays and road construction. Bluetooth wireless technology enables users to make hands-free calling with nuvi's built-in microphone and speaker. Take advantage of Garmin's first premium traffic service without subscription fees. Steer clear of traffic with nuvi's integrated FM traffic receiver. Receive alerts about traffic delays and road construction that lie ahead on your route. The nuvi 265WT offers full coverage mapping for the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The preloaded map data has nearly six million points of interest, including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs and attractions. HotFix will decrease satellite acquisition times by recording ephemeris data, then predicting satellite location for the areas and times recorded for up to three days Garmin Connect Photos lets you associate your favorite images with saved locations DEM maps show you shaded terrain contours at zoom levels of five miles and above. The Where Am I? feature finds the closest hospitals, police stations, gas stations, nearest address and intersection. Auto time zone automatically adjust your time zone while navigating Turn-by-turn directions with voice guidance. Configurable vehicle icons allows users to select a fun, customized car-shaped icon Offers a three-dimensional mapping perspective, or 2-D overhead view Built-in lithium-ion battery lasts up to four hours depending on usage Dimensions - Width 4.8 x Height 2.8 x Depth 0.8 Weight - 6.1 ounces
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FeaturesBight 4.3-Inch Diagonal Touch Screen Color Display480 X 272 Pixels, Wqvga Tft Display With White BacklightSleek, Ultra-Thin Design Fits Easily In PocketPreloaded With City Navigator(R) North America NtBluetooth(R) Wireless Technology For Hands-Free Calling
Customer reviews
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Great Unit for the $$
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I'm really happy with this as my first GPS unit. I haven't fully explored all the bells and whistles but it was very easy to get this going and start using it out of the box. The turn-by-turn voice directions are great, the screen is easy to read and the voice is very easy to understand. So far it has been very accurate everywhere I've gone with it.
I have enough MP3 players so I don't really care about that functionality and didn't want to pay for it. I haven't tried the Bluetooth speakerphone yet but don't really expect to hear high-quality voice from a GPS and I have a Supertooth already. It's nice to have either way but I doubt I'll use it much.
I would have given this 5 stars but I have to agree with others that the documentation is almost non-existent. Also I found the process of loading favorites a bit confusing at first. But these are minor issues and don't detract from the performance or value. Overall this is a great unit if you want voice directions, wide screen, and integrated traffic reporting.
Rating:
(4
out of 5) @ 2008-11-22
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Great GPS with advanced functionality
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The 265WT is (literally) THE way to go! It's an easy-to-use GPS. It has voice turn-by-turn instructions (including street names), free FM traffic for life!, and hands-free Bluetooth capability. The graphics are great too. The antenna is built in and very sensitive.
The FM traffic is a great feature, and unlike other models, it's free for life with the 265WT. While commuting, I can easily see where traffic is congested or stopped, and my Nuvi 265WT routes me around it. Isn't technology great!
For the price (purchased on Amazon <$300), the 265WT is a great value considering the advanced functionality. I can't think of a better GPS with all of the features I need and will frequrently use. The hands-free Bluetooth speaker quality is okay, but not great.
Note: Like all Nuvi's, the 265WT is fairly intuitive to use, so you won't need a printed manual. You can download a PDF manual from the Garmin website. Garmin saves lots of paper annually by not including a printed manual with the unit. Way to go Garmin!
Rating: 
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-11-15
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Great GPS, bluetooth is excellent addition
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This is my first portable GPS navigator and I'm not quite sure what more you really need. Honestly, this provides all the features you can reasonably use...anything more seems a lot like needless luxury. oh, BTW: manual shmanual...does not knock a great product to 1 star.
Rating:
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-11-12
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No manual included, print your own! What do you expect for $300.....
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This might be a good product, but the documentation is lousy.
Not only does it NOT come with a manual, but when you go to the Garmin site to download a "current" manual, it covers multiple products, and is designed to print on 4.75" square paper. Don't know about you, but my printer doesn't use 4.75" paper.
Nothing like buying a new $300 product and having to print your own 60 page manual! Thanks a lot, Garmin! Good job saving 15 cents!
(Yes, that's right, I'm a crotchety old dude.)
Rating: 
(1
out of 5) @ 2008-11-08
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Good unit for the price
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Spent a weekend reviewing various GPS devices to replace my less than 1 year old Mio C320 (avoid these like the plague) that had its battery die about 4 months after purchase. Went back and forth along the entire line of Garmin devices, and finally settled on this one for the blue tooth and traffic, neither of which I'll probably hardly ever use, but nice to have when I want them.
I was disappointed with the map, the "new" 2009 one, because I have some streets in my neighborhood that have been around for over four years and they're not to be found on this unit. Even the piece of junk cheap Mio had these streets.
But that's about the only downside there is to it, the only reason I haven't given it 5 stars.
Having been used to the MIO, and the horrible refresh rate, it is a pleasant change to see smooth scrolling as my vehicle moves. The ability to change the car icon is nice, especially with the plethora of icons available on the garmin website.
Accuracy is very good as well, and even in turns the unit isn't so laggy that it becomes annoying. And also unlike what I was used to with the MIO, when I come to a stop at the intersection, the map doesn't start rotating randomly on me.
Speaker is about as I expected, won't hear much over a loud stereo but crank it up enough you can at least hear it if you keep the music down a bit.
The option to easily download voices is also appreciated.
It did well with my testing of going point to point, following the instructions, and for the most part you're given the instructions in plenty of time. only once or twice did it not tell me "turn right on such and such" until I was about 20 feet from the street, but that was when I was coming up on stop signs and had slowed down, so it may be compensating for the speed factor.
Recalculation notice is a bit annoying, my MIO would say it once, sometimes this says it three times before it starts to display the alternate route.
Still has about 900MB free on the internal memory for additional voices, icons, maps, and such, and with the SD slot there's plenty of room to grow.
I have a Verizon XV6900 phone with Windows Mobile 6.1, and while the bluetooth paired well and it can see the phone status, battery power, signal, even dialed and missed call lists, it never does get the phonebook. it gets a random entry and that's it - so whenever I turn it on, I have just one user to select from, and it's different each time. Still haven't tracked that one down yet. But every other bluetooth option worked just fine.
I'm not a fan of the very thick double power cable for it though, and it would be doubly annoying (no pun intended) if I were mounting this somewhere higher up on the window to have that double cable dangling down.
I can see how the ads would get annoying sometimes (the free traffic is because it is advertising driven) but you don't get them at all if you turn off the traffic feature, and since most of my driving isn't around times that traffic is a concern, i can just leave it for when I really have a use for it.
Good response to finger input, and while the unit is overall much better quality than the MIO, I really do miss the MIO's ability to have an info pane down the last third of the screen and the map on the first two thirds of it when desired. But there's some of that info available in the data bubbles on the bottom and top so I'll survive.
Overall happy with the unit, it works well and was worth the cost.
Rating:
(4
out of 5) @ 2008-11-06
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