Editorial Reviews
Navigate both North America and Europe without loading more maps with the affordable nüvi 270. This entry-level Personal Travel Assistant makes traveling so simple. For even more mapping options, nüvi 250 and nüvi 200 offer less map coverage at a lower price. Like all nüvi 200-series members, the 270 features an easy-to-use colorful touchscreen and ultra-slim design--perfect for everyday navigation.
 The nüvi 270 comes preloaded with maps for North America and Europe, and features an easy-to-use touchscreen and ultra-slim design. |
 Configurable vehicle icons let you select car-shaped graphics. |
 nüvi 270 accepts custom points of interest (POIs). View larger. |
The nüvi 270 is built with a high-sensitivity WAAS-enabled GPS receiver for extreme accuracy, as well as an SD card slot for storing your media and additional navigation tools, and a USB interface for loading data. All this is wrapped up in a package that measures 3.8 x 2.8 x .8 inches (W x H x D) and weighs just 5.2 ounces. The nüvi 270's 3.5-inch (diagonal) display is touchscreen-enabled, making it a cinch to control the device with your fingertips. A rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides up to five hours of battery life depending on use.
Navigate with Ease
nüvi 270 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps, including a hefty points of interest (POIs) database with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. Simply touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there with 2D or 3D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. In addition, nüvi 270 accepts custom points of interest (POIs), such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs.
Go Beyond Navigation
Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 270 features many travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. It also comes with Garmin Lock, an anti-theft feature, and configurable vehicle icons that let you select car-shaped graphics to show your location on the map. Optional plug-in SD cards for our line of Garmin Travel Guides and Garmin SaversGuide provide detailed data for attractions and information on nearby merchants offering discounts, so you can customize nüvi for your travel needs.
Note: Like most USB Mass Storage Devices, the nüvi is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me.
What's in the Box
nüvi 270, preloaded City Navigator NT for North America and Europe (full coverage), vehicle suction cup mount, vehicle power cable, dashboard disk, and set up and go guide.
Customer Reviews
Exceeded expectations
The Garmin nuvi 270 navigator is great. I have been using this device locally in South Florida and for short trips and is amazing how accurate it is. I'm looking forward to use it for an European adventure during the summer, but I have already reviewed some of the maps for cities such as Madrid and Paris, and they look awesome.
I certainly recommend this product.
easy to use
The Garmin 270 is very simple to use. It is small, but the screen is easy to see. I plan to take it to Europe this summer and hope the European maps are as reliable as the US ones! I love that it is portable and can fit into a little case, then into my purse.
Great Gift for him who has everything
I knew nothing about GPS when I started reasearching a christmas gift for my husband. I did hours of reasearch and read reviews and I decided on this one. My husband (who does know about GPS) was so excited and very impressed with my purchase. He uses it all the time, even to drive around town, when he knows where he's going. We haven't had a chance to try the European part yet (one of the reasons for buying this model) but hopefully it works just as well as the US. The price was shocking too, I found it at a local store for about $250 more!
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