Garmin rolled out its Nuvi 260 today , the company ’s first GPS twist in its palm - sized Nuvi 200 series to have Garmin ’s sometimes - amusing text - to - speech capability . We like to make sport of our Garmin textual matter - to - manner of speaking verbalizer ; for model , when it comes up to Forest Drive , it calls it Fo . Rest . Drive . Hahaha . Anyway , text - to - speech is how Garmin differentiates its “ premium ” GPS system with all those other “ budget ” units it sells in the Nuvi 200 series .
Besides being a source of comic relief , calling out the street names with this textual matter - to - speech capability can really be utilitarian — keeping your eyes on the route and away from that mathematical function on the Nuvi 260 ’s smallish 3.5 - inch filmdom . Garmin enounce this Nuvi 260 will be shipping this month , and it ’ll retail for just under $ 500 . And that ’s a “ budget ” unit ? Expect ( hope for ) discount instantly . [ Press Release ]
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