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Posted at 7:50 AM on Wednesday 08/13/08 by
Ben
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eCost.com has the refurbished Garmin Nuvi 250W 4.3" Touch Screen Widescreen GPS Navigator at a good price of $162 + $10 shipping = $172 shipped. [Specs]

  • View map detail, driving directions, photos and in brilliant color
  • 4.3" Screen, 480 x 272 pixels WQVGA color TFT with white backlight
  • Lithium-ion Battery life: up to 5 hours, North American Maps preloaded
    • Garmin Nuvi 250W 4.3\" Touch Screen GPS $172 at eCost

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      jokersmoker - Posted 8:59 am PDT 08/13/08 (396 Posts)  Report Spam

      Does NOT have text to speech. Draw your own conclusions.

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      Sliver - Posted 9:44 am PDT 08/13/08 (737 Posts)  Report Spam

      jokersmoker wrote:
      Does NOT have text to speech. Draw your own conclusions.


      Text to speech isn't a mandatory feature for everybody, which is why the Nuvi 200 refurb on sale a week ago was a great deal for me. Circuit City still has it for $120, FWIW.

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      Milina - Posted 10:12 am PDT 08/13/08 (10 Posts)  Report Spam

      pardon me for sounding stupid, what is 'text to speech'?

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      Sliver - Posted 12:53 pm PDT 08/13/08 (737 Posts)  Report Spam

      Milina wrote:
      pardon me for sounding stupid, what is 'text to speech'?


      Text-to-speech means that the device will say the street name along with the directions. Rather than than the device's just showing you a text message on the map "turn left onto Spring Street" and saying "turn left in 1.2 miles," it will say the street name so you can look for the sign instead of at the GPS. Not a big deal to me, and not worth the extra $50-75 (typically) for the feature, but for some it is.

      In case I'm not explaining this particularly well, see:

      http://www.gpsreview.net/gps-text-to-speech/

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      Chrisman - Posted 2:06 pm PDT 08/13/08 (3166 Posts)  Report Spam

      Agreed...TTS is nice (city driving especially) but not mandatory. NUVI's rock...

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