Revealing Garmin’s Most Recent GPS Devices The Garmin Nuvi 1250
The nuvi 1250 GPS navigator features an ultra-slim design that fits easily in your pocket (approximately 25% thinner than previous models), enhanced user interface, ecoRoute, public transit mode, and text-to-speech. The nüvi 1200 series also are the very first nüvi devices to provide pedestrian navigation capability enabled through optional CityXplorer maps, which are available for select tourist destinations in North America and Europe and can effortlessly be downloaded directly to the nüvi. The nüvi’s enhanced user interface features enhanced graphics and a brand new slide control for menu operation, while ecoRoute shows fuel-efficient routes to help save drivers money and gasoline. Also, Garmin’s new public transit mode will allow you to navigate using buses, tramway, metro, and suburban rail systems. Pre-loaded with City Navigator North America NT.
The nuvi units are only over a half-inch thick and weigh only 4 ounces, meaning they’ll fit very easily into your pocket and can be taken just about everywhere. With nuvi 1250′s display, you’ll at all times get the big picture. View map detail, driving directions, photos, plus much more in vivid, brilliant color. Its sunlight-readable, bright 3.5-inch diagonal color display with white backlight is simple to read–from any direction.
One of Garmin’s core beliefs is to continually enhance the ease of the user experience. The nuvi on-screen menus are logically arranged, with clearly labeled, colorful icons, making it easy to enter data and get to the information you require quickly. The nuvi 1250 comes all set to go right out of the box, with pre-loaded City Navigator North America NT street maps and millions of points of interest (POIs), for example hotels, restaurants, fuel stations, ATMs, and more, with map data provided by NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality mapping. Enter a destination on the touchscreen, and nuvi takes you there with 2-D or 3-D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. Text to speech enhances standard sat-nav voice guidance by speaking the names of places and roads. It even announces the name of exits and streets so you never have to take your eyes off the road. Furthermore, nuvi 1250 allows custom points of interest, such as school zones and safety cameras, and enables you to set proximity alerts to notify you of upcoming POIs.
Together with the Public Transit feature, you can get around using buses, tramway, metro, and suburban rail systems with optional CityXplorer content. Downloadable CityXplorer data and city guides are available for purchase and download from garmin.com for many cities.
Keep track of yourself along with your car with nuvi 1250. Just tap “Where Am I?” to determine the closest hospitals, police stations, gas stations, nearest address, and intersection. Also see your exact latitude and longitude coordinates. The nuvi 1250 even remembers exactly where you parked. It automatically marks your current position when you remove it from the windshield mount, allowing you to navigate with nuvi by walking and find your way back to your vehicle. Perfect for unfamiliar spots and crowded lots, such as amusement parks, stadiums, and malls.
Garmin’s HotFix capability automatically computes and stores satellite locations, saving you time on satellite acquisition time so that you can turn the unit on and get going immediately. With HotFix, your nuvi remembers the location of all satellites it is tracking when you turn it off, and computes their movements so as to predict where they should be the the very next time you turn it on. HotFix can estimate satellite positions for up to three days after the device was last switched off.
Now more than ever, we’re all searching for ways to help save on both money and fuel. Whether we’re taking fewer trips or carpooling with loved ones, saving resources is a top priority. It was that thinking that led to the creation of ecoRoute–Garmin’s free software update for compatible nuvi products that enables you to find more fuel-efficient routes when navigating as well as track their fuel usage. With ecoRoute, you might be able to save gas and money by adopting smarter driving habits. With ecoRoute, you have a “less fuel” option as a routing preference. When selected, nuvi will determine if more fuel-efficient routes exist considering road speed data and vehicle acceleration data for a given route.
Through ecoRoute’s Fuel Report and Mileage Report, you can concentrate on your habits even when you’re not behind the wheel. Fuel Report tracks fuel usage over time, and Mileage Report monitors mileage and fuel usage on a per-trip basis. Furthermore, Mileage Report makes it easy for business travelers to keep track of distance traveled for company reimbursements. You’ll have a detailed report for every trip as well as the miles driven. You also can customize your nuvi by entering your car’s fuel economy and the current price of gas.
nuvi 1250 preloaded with City Navigator North America NT, Vehicle suction cup mount, Vehicle power cable, Dashboard disc, Quick start manual.
The manufacturer’s suggested retail price for these models is as follows: nüvi 1200 $199.99; nüvi 1250 $249.99; and nüvi 1260T $299.99.