Garmin nüvi 260

Intro
The Garmin nüvi 260 is the successor of the Garmin nüvi 250 that falls under the affordable range. It comes with turn-by-turn voice directions that announce the name of streets as you navigate in order for you to keep your eyes on the road.

Specifications
The Garmin nüvi 260 comes ready with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps including a database of millions of points of interests (POIs) with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. Not only that, the Garmin nüvi 260 also has the ability to announce the name of exits and streets. In order to operate the Garmin nüvi 260, user need only touch the colour screen to enter a destination for it to display maps in 2-D or 3-D and turn-by-turn voice directions. In addition to that, the Garmin nüvi 260 also accepts custom points of interest such as school zones and safety cameras as well as lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs. Similar to the other Garmin nüvi 200- series, the Garmin nüvi 260 sports a sleek, slim design that fits comfortably in your pocket or purse. It runs on rechargeable a lithium-ion battery that makes it convenient for navigation by car or foot. In addition to that, the Garmin nüvi 260 also includes many other travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. For security purposes, the Garmin nüvi 260 comes with Garmin Lock, an anti-theft feature. It is also compatible with the free Garmin Garage that allows you to download custom vehicles that show your location on the map. There is also a slot for users to plug in optional SD cards such as Garmin Travel Guides for detailed data on attractions.
Reviews

“The Garmin Nuvi 260 offers drivers and travelers a more budget-friendly version of the popular portable navigation devices and includes text-to-speech, but we think the price is still slightly high for what you get.” (CNET, 2009)

“Like other devices in the series, the 260 will really excel for pedestrian use thanks to the “hold” switch at the top of the device that prevents accidental touch screen input if you put the device in your pocket. The small size and good battery life will also make this device an excellent choice for pedestrians.” (GPSReview, 2007)

“The Garmin nuvi 260 is the nicest of Garmin’s budget-line nuvi 200 series. This is a basic, no frills unit, but it has Garmin’s intuitive interface and something the other 200 series units don’t have — the ability to call out street names.” (GPSTrackLog, 2007)