So my latest gadget was delivered today, and it’s got me plenty excited. It’s a Garmin nuvi 255W GPS. As you know if you follow this blog, I’m taking my daughter to college this week, and I wanted a GPS more full-featured than the one that comes with my iPhone (that’s not a knock against the iPhone — just that the Garmin is a dedicated unit with a lot more functionality).

I got the Garmin today, and have only had a chance to play with it for a little. I’ll give a fuller review after I’ve experienced it on the 12-hour trip (each way) to Indiana. What I like so far are the big screen, intuitive navigation, easy-to-read icons and voice capability.

One little quirk is that I had to reboot the unit three times before it would acquire any satellites. The first two attempts, it did nothing but display no progress on the progress bar. Strange. But the third time was the charm, and everything seems to work properly. Can’t wait to try it out.