Garmin added three new portable GPS navigators to their affordable nüvi 2×5 series today - the nüvi 265T, 265WT, and 275T. All three devices support Bluetooth wireless connectivity and provide free traffic alerts to users from NAVTEQ Traffic.

The nüvi 265T features the following:

• Measures 3.8 x 2.8 x 0.8 inches and weighs 5.2 oz
• 320 x 240 resolution display
• Comes preloaded with City Navigator NT street maps with over 6 million points of interest
• rechargeable lithium ion battery with 4 hour battery life
• High sensitivity receiver
• microSD support
• 1000 waypoints/favorites/locations
• Voice prompts
• 3D map view
• Auto-reroute
• Route avoidance
• FM traffic compatible
• Hands-free calling with Bluetooth support
• Picture viewer
• Garmin Garage
• World Travel Clock
• Touchscreen
• Garmin Lock
• Suggested price of $299.99 and available in the third quarter of this year.

The nüvi 265WT features the following:

• Widescreen 4.3 inch 480 x 272 display
• Preloaded with City Navigator NT streep maps with over 6 million POIs
• Accepts custom points of interest
• HotFix satellite prediction
• Built-in microphone and speaker for hands-free Bluetooth calling support
• Integrated FM traffic receiver
• JPEG picture viewer
• World Travel clock
• Automatic Time Zone Transition
• Unit Converter
• Calculator
• Garmin Lock
• SD card support
• 3D map view
• Auto re-route
• Route avoidance
• MSN Direct for U.S. compatible
• Measures 4.8 x 2.9 x 0.8 inches and weighs 6.1 oz
• rechargeable lithium ion battery with 4 hour battery life
• Suggested price of $349.99 and available in third quarter of this year

Finally, there’s the nüvi 275T which features the following:

• 320 x 240 resolution display
• Preloaded maps for North America and Europe
• Turn by turn directions
• voice prompts
• 3D map view
• Photo navigation
• Accepts custom points of interest
• HotFix Satellite prediction
• Bluetooth wireless for hands-free calling
• Built-in microphone and speaker
• Integrated FM traffic receiver
• JPEG picture viewer
• World travel clock
• Automatic time zone transition
• currency converter
• unit converter
• calculator
• MSN Direct compatible
• microSD card support
• Measures 3.8 x 2.8 x 0.8 inches and weighs 5.2 oz
• Suggested price of $399.99 and available in third quarter

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If you’ve been waiting to see more of Garmin’s newly announced nüvifone mobile phone, the folks at PhoneMag.com can certainly help you out in that department. They’ve posted a ton of hands-on images of the new nüvifone over from the Mobile World Congress. They’ll even have a hands-on video up on their site soon but for now - check out the pictures here.

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When you think of Garmin, the first thought that comes to mind is of course GPS devices (or personal navigation devices) right? Well guess what folks - the company has officially entered the mobile phone industry with the announcement of the new Garmin nüvifone. Not only is the company entering the phone market, they’re entering it in a big way with the nüvifone as it features items such as  mobile web browser, personal navigator (but of course!), mobile phone features, and a touch screen display. Garmin calls the nüvifone an “all-in-one device” and the “first of its kind to integrate premium 3.5G mobile phone capability”.

The 3.5 inch touchscreen display has three primary icons - “Call”, “Search”, and “View Map”. You can easily transition from hand-held phone calls to hands-free calls - especially when you’re about to get on the road in your car. Features of the nüvifone include the following:

• Comes preloaded with maps of North America, or Eastern and Western Europe (or both)
• Allows drivers to find specific street addresses, establishment names, or search for destination by category
• Turn-by-turn voice prompted directions guide
• Includes Google Local Search
• Supports email, text, and instant messaging
• Use touch screen anytime to display exact latitude and longitude coordinates, nearest address and intersection, and closest important points of interest
• Includes access to Garmin Online - offering updated info on real time traffic, fuel prices, stock prices, sport scores, news reports, local events, and weather forecasts
• Built in camera
• Access to Google’s Panoramio picture sharing site
• Support for MP3 and MPEG4 playback

The Garmin nüvifone is slated for Q3 of this year.

Here are various snapshots of the phone.

Here is a snapshot of the home screen.

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