Garmin nüvi 295W Wi-Fi Portable GPS Navigator Reviews
Garmin nüvi 295W Wi-Fi Portable GPS Navigator Reviews
Other products by Garmin Ratting 3.5 Out of 5.0 Special Offer Total New 1 Total Use 0
Read More From Here Now
nüvi 295W offers a new take on an old favorite with Wi-Fi® connectivity, a 3 MP camera with auto-focus, dual orientation capability and much more.
| Dual-orientation with 1-touch navigation |
Get Connected
Wi-Fi connectivity on the nuvi 295W provides a full desktop web experience with an HTML browser so you can surf the web whenever and wherever you choose. Check your e-mail, including Hotmail, G-mail, AOL mail, POP3 and IMAP, and view email attachments in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and JPG. You can also search an abundance of customer-rated points of interest (POIs), such as restaurants, hotels and more, using Google™ Local Search.
Get Going
With a single tap on the dual-oriented screen, you can avoid writing down addresses and go straight to your destination. nüvi 295W offers 1-touch navigation from your e-mail, address book (with up to 5,000 contacts) and local search results. Additionally, the unique 3 MP camera geotags pictures so you can create routes to them. You can also send the picture to a friend to route to or upload to the web to auto-locate on a map.
| The slim, sleek design is ultra-portable |
With an intuitive interface that greets you with simple, familiar icons and a scrollable menu, nüvi 295W is the perfect travel companion for getting around town. With a quick tap on an icon or flick of the menu, you can easily look up addresses and services and get voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names to your destination. It comes preloaded with detailed City Navigator® NT street maps for the U.S. and Canada with nearly 6 million points of interest (POIs) such as stores, restaurants, hotels, entertainment venues, gas stations, ATMs and more, and speed limits for most major roads. cityXplorer maps are also available for your nüvi 295W. cityXplorer™ maps provide the latest detailed roads and points of interest for metropolitan areas.
Go Beyond Navigation
nüvi 295W isn't just for navigation. A quick tap provides access to the lengthy feature set, including a calculator, stop watch, calendar, check lists and more. Also included are travel tools such as a JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter and current and 5-day weather forecasts. With photo navigation, you can download pictures from Garmin Connect™ Photos and navigate to them. Garmin Locate™ automatically marks your position when you remove nüvi from your car so you'll never forget where you parked again, and nüvi 295W is compatible with the free Garmin Garage where you can download custom voices and vehicles. Enhance your travel experience with optional microSD™ cards.
Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
Amazon.com is happy to offer this item in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging, a recyclable, easy-to-open alternative to traditional packaging. Products in Frustration-Free Packaging are exactly the same--we've just streamlined the packaging. A Frustration-Free Package comes without wire ties, hard plastic "clamshell" casings, and plastic bindings. It's designed to be opened without the use of a box cutter or knife and will protect your product just as well as traditional packaging. This item ships in its own box, without the need for an additional shipping box. Learn more about Frustration-Free Packaging.
What's in the Box
nüvi 295W, preloaded City Navigator® NT for North America, vehicle suction cup mount, vehicle power cable, USB cable, dashboard disc, and quick start manual
| Certified Frustration-Free Packaging | Certified Frustration-Free Packaging |  Certified Frustration-Free Packaging |
Technical Details
- Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging- Spoken street names (e.g. "Turn right on Elm street in 500 ft.")
- Dual-orientation automatically switches between portrait and landscape view
- 3 MP camera with auto-focus
- Wi-Fi hotspot connectivity
- MP3 player with 2.5mm headphone jack/audio line-out
- 1-step navigation from contacts, e-mail, and local search results
See more technical details
By Northern Traveler (Michigan)
Just finished my first few hours with the 295W.
Just received the 295W today to replace the 755T that was unfortunately stolen. I was thinking about waiting for the 3790T or 3760T, but needed something before that becomes available.
** UNIT DIMENSIONS / FEEL / RESPONSE **
First impressions of the 295W are pretty good. Good fit and finish, has the right heft to it to where it does not have a "toy" feel. Fit and finish is nicer than the 755T I had. All functions process more quickly than the 755T did, and the touch screen is much more responsive. On my old unit, either the processor bogged down a bit, or the screen sensitivity was not quite there, but it did not respond like the 295W does. Scrolling with the touch screen is nice both in the menus, and in map view mode.
** ROUTING / DIRECTIONS **
The routing seemed faster than the 755T. I will miss the lane assist when I travel to larger cities like L.A. and Atlanta, but for the vast amount of time, it won't be a big deal. I did purposely take some wrong turns to check the rerouting capabilities, and found that to be very quick.
That said, it did have one hiccup already. ( i.e.- when chose Lowe's from the POI list, it showed it in two different directions, same address, 5 miles apart. There is only one Lowe's in my town, and it is not a divided highway or anything).
** UPLOADS **
I have not yet updated the map. It seems strange to have JUST released the unit, and the website suggests there is an updated map set available? I am going to see if I can figure out the version, and when the last one was released. Since I can upload over 60 days from initial use, I may wait a bit.
That said, I did upload some of the extra voices and vehicles that you can get from the Garmin site. It was quick, and seems to be just fine. ( By the way, I did have the problem upload with my prior 755T that made it a brick, and I had to send back and forth with Garmin.)
** WEB / WIRELESS **
Set up with my wireless network. Security settings were easy. The auto download weather is a neat feature, but I don't see myself carrying this around every day in and out of the house the way I probably would with GarminPhone. The Google Local Search worked well though. The pre-loaded POIs were very good I thought, but there were a couple places I figured it wouldn't know, and it didn't. Connected through the web though, it found them in 5 seconds, and then they were added to the unit saved places.
** OVERALL FIRST IMPRESSION **
After being used to the larger 755T screen, this seems a little bit small. Seems like I can't just glance as quickly at it as the prior unit, but maybe that will change with some time. The spoken directions seem a little bit clearer than the 755 was The response of the unit is very good in my opinion. Not sure how much I will really use the wireless, but I can see it handy traveling when I head to the hotel and might be looking for all the food options locally that the bas POI may not have, etc....
I am headed on a couple hundred mile drive over the next weekend and will see what other opinions arise. I know it's an initial review, but at least I don't have any buyer's remorse at this point. I may still wind up with a 7300 series after those arrive, and put this in the other vehicle, but we'll see.
**As for the packaging issues mentioned by the first poster, (who may just have wanted to be the first poster, since it certainly was not a PRODUCT review), I can say that while everything did arrive in fine shape, the stuff did just kind of seem tossed in the box. I felt it actually cheapened the Garmin brand to send it this way.
By J. Mursuli (Palatine, IL United States)
I just received my Nuvi 295t and I have to say that I like the concept. The 3.5 inch screen is not like having a 5" Nuvi 1490t but it's manageable especially when you have Web surfing and Google searches without the monthly plans. It works like a regular Nuvi with the addition of WIFI. I was able to drive to a Panera Bread and a Barnes and Noble and use their free WIFI to surf the web and use the Google Search feature. Now we are not limited by the 6 million POI database. The Google search option worked nicely finding POI's not found in the built-in database. Its identical to a Garminfone without the phone features. The Scrolling menu option was a nice add-on. Either the browser loads the pages a little slow or the CPU is weak but the web surfing is a little sluggish. The on screen qwerty keyboard is not the greatest but you can still input the URL's and other info.
I'll update this review once I use the 295 some more. I'll give my PRO's and CON's later tonight.
By George W. Ireland (Englewood, Florida, US)
Recently ordered and recvd a Garmin GPS from Amazon. The shipping was fast and the product was in great shape when it arrived. Packaging was in perfect condition.
By Joe Barry (Bay Area)
I would NEVER buy this product for one reason from Amazon, here's why;
Quote:
"This item ships in its own box, without the need for an additional shipping box" This as shown in the pictures a plain thin walled brown cardboard box and no real protection. It should come in the manufactures box which has all the items in plastic clam shell wrapped. Then that box should be placed in a well padded shipping container/box.
Here we go again, when is Amazon going to learn about damaged products and stop this craziness.
No packaging padding as shown in the pictures, NO protection against when UPS/FedX throws this box from the sort line into the bottom of a bin, which I can attest is several feet and will hit the hard surface HARD.
Frustration free packing?? For who Amazon? so they can speed orders out the door and pocket the extra profits. You know they have to pack boxes in 30 secs? Yup they get 30 secs to fold the box, tape it, put your stuff in it, and apply the printed label and get it onto the conveyor belt and then move on to the next picked order. I seen it recently on undercover boss, they even fired the guy who couldn't keep up with packing orders at that rate. No wonder Amazon is pushing frustration free packing, for themselves.
I only want items that are well packaged and protected from the harsh shipping hazards along the way.
Look at all the hard drive pictures on Amazon and how "Frustration free packing" ruined them.
Sorry I'll pass on getting this from Amazon.
Images Product
Read more Garmin nüvi 295W Wi-Fi Portable GPS Navigator
Post a Comment