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New Garmin GPS

By Yenie Darian, August 14, 2009 4:03 AM

Newest Garmin Nuvi 1200 Series GPS

By Yenie S. Darian

Garmin nuvi 1200 Series

Garmin nuvi 1200 Series

The Garmin Nuvi 1200 series that consists of the Nuvi 1200, the Nuvi 1250, and the Nuvi 1260T are the latest of great automotive GPS units from Garmin.

All of this new Garmin GPS have the same size (3.7″W x 2.9″H x .6″D), weight (4.0 ounces) and screen size (2.8″W x 2.1″H, 3.5″diagonal). It is thin and light weight that can easily fits in your pocket for walking around the city.

This new Garmin Nuvi 1200 series GPS has:

  • 3.5 inch display (diagonal)
  • Speaks street names
  • Optional FM lifetime traffic information
  • Preloaded street maps for lower 48 states, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
  • Where am I? feature
  • Photo navigation
  • ecoRoute™
  • Optional MSN® Direct

Compare the nüvi 1200 Series

Model

The 1200

The 1250

The 1260T

Preload maps

Regional

Speed Limit Display

Bluetooth

Navteq Traffic Receiver Included

Traffic compatible

MSN Direct Compatible

Photo navigation

Picture viewer

Public Transit mode
Uses Optional CityXplorer data

Some features that are missing from the newer widescreen versions are Lane Assist, Lane Guidance, customizable vertical data fields.

However, this entire new Garmin GPS navigator is an ultra-slim design that fits easily in your pocket. These are simply GPS units.



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