Discontinued Garmin GPS unit
January 5, 2013 12:53 PM Subscribe
Is there a current production Garmin GPS unit that is equivalent to the discontinued nuvi 265WT in terms of price and features?
I took a quick peek at the Garmin page for this model - be sure and check, but anything with blue tooth hands-free calling built in is likely to be/have:
- widescreen
- traffic (they often say "lifetime traffic," but I haven't seen a model yet where you pay for the traffic service; it's received over the FM radio band and paid for by ads. Also, only available in larger cities.
- lifetime maps (this feature is more of a differential; if you don't have it you generally get one map update at most and then you have to pay).
as well.
Based (again) on a quick glance, I'd say your best bet for something with these features that doesn't cost an arm and a leg is the nüvi® 2475LT. It lists for a bit less than $200, which is kind of the top of the bell curve on these gadgets.
posted by randomkeystrike at 5:05 PM on January 5, 2013
- widescreen
- traffic (they often say "lifetime traffic," but I haven't seen a model yet where you pay for the traffic service; it's received over the FM radio band and paid for by ads. Also, only available in larger cities.
- lifetime maps (this feature is more of a differential; if you don't have it you generally get one map update at most and then you have to pay).
as well.
Based (again) on a quick glance, I'd say your best bet for something with these features that doesn't cost an arm and a leg is the nüvi® 2475LT. It lists for a bit less than $200, which is kind of the top of the bell curve on these gadgets.
posted by randomkeystrike at 5:05 PM on January 5, 2013
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posted by Tomorrowful at 1:33 PM on January 5, 2013