Inside of the Garmin Nuvi 255w GPS exposed

No, I have not opened up my Garmin Nuvi 255w GPS to see what is inside, but others did.

You can click here to go and see some interesting photos of the internal electronic parts of the Nuvi 255w device after the cover is opened up.

And here is a professional technical write-up on the internal of Garmin Nuvi 205, which is a smaller and more compact unit with 320x240 display in the Garmin 2x5 family.

Click here to see the interesting photos of the internal of Garmin Nuvi 205 (with label description).

From these information, we can guess that our Garmin Nuvi 255w GPS is having:

• STMicro Cartesio (STA2062) processor
  
• Rx Networks GPStream SAGPS chipset
• STMicro STA5620 single-chip RF front end
• 32MB DDR SDRAM
• 2GB Sandisk iNAND internal flash memory
• Rechargeable 3.7-v/1250 mAh Li-Ion battery
• Sharp-manufactured LCD touchscreen