September 3, 2010
- Whether you're tackling your daily commute or traveling for family vacation, the newly announced nüvi 2200 and nüvi 2300 families make life easier than ever with multi-stop route planning, route previews and innovative nüRoute technology with trafficTrends and myTrends. “Mixing business with pleasure, the feature-filled 2200 and 2300 products prove there’s a nüvi for every lifestyle and every budget,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales. “At work, at home and on vacation...
September 2, 2010
- Garmin announced two new budget series today, the nuvi 2200 and 2300 product lines. Both come equipped with multi-destination routing, as well as the trafficTrends (historical road speed database) and myTrends features recently introduced on the nuvi 3700 series. The 2200 series will will utilize a 3.5” touchscreen, while the 2300 series will have a 4.3” screen and allow users to “preview multiple routes.” Models with an LT designation will include lifetime traffic. The 2360LT will feature...
- Garmin just announced the new Nuvi 1695, an updated connected GPS device that has a 5-inch screen. The Nuvi is connected to Garmin's branded NuLink! service, that includes data such as realtime traffic, Google Local Search, weather, fuel prices, flight status and more. They threw in a few more NuThings like NuRoute technology which offers you trafficTrends and MyTrends; two routing features that help you route around known traffic issues and allows the Nuvi to learn from your driving habits and...
- Garmin has announced the nüLink! 1695, apparently abandoning the nuvi moniker for connected devices. The 5-inch touchscreen unit will include one year of connected nuLink services out of the box, and will come equipped with the trafficTrends (historical road speed database) and myTrends features recently introduced on the nuvi 3700 series. And to top it off, Garmin is getting an app store of sorts, dubbed the nuLink! Store, for purchasing premium services, such as “real-time advanced weather...
- Garmin is pushing out a new pair of Nuvi lines that offer a lot of capability in a package targeted at a lower price. These Nuvis can help save time and money according to Garmin through smarter traveling on multi-stop routes and with their ecoRoute feedback to offer more economical driving patterns. All models include text to speech capabilities and millions of points of interest. Nuvi 2200 Series - 3.5-inch screen incorporates MyTrends - a new smart learning system that learns about your...
- For China only! So don’t get too excited about these transparent-lid touch screen phones if you’re in Europe or the U.S. I wonder why only Chinese get these transparent covers. Maybe they’re notorious for putting them in their pockets with keys or something. Who knows. Anyhow one of these new models is the Motorola XT806 which runs Android 2.1 and offers dual-mode/dual-standby support for CDMA EVDO and GSM, 3.2″ screen with 300dpi display, of course a GPS receiver, 720p...
September 1, 2010
- The new SonyXplod AV Navigation Systems will be coming with TomTom navigation software which is fully connected, offering LIVE services such as HD Traffic to keep you out of traffic jams and Google business address searches. Other TomTom features that are available on Sony Xplod (aka XNV-L77BT) are the IQ Routes and Map Share which make use of the actual speed data collected from millions of users to accurately calculate the travel time of any given route. It accounts for rush hours, traffic...
- Garmin-Asus A10 is out in New Zealand; available at Telecom New Zealand. As you know Garmin-Asus A10 is an Android device with a greater focus on GPS navigation; targeting European and Asia-Pacific nations. The device will come with everything you need to utilize it it your car including an in-car mount and a car charger. Preloaded maps of New Zealand are of course there as well as Yellow Pages search. Other features of Garmin-Asus A10 include Microsoft Exchange server support, 3.2″ HVGA...
- The Eurobike show opened today in Friedrichshafen, Germany, drawing 40,000 visitors and 1,600 journalists. This is where the trends on two wheels are set on a worldwide stage. And we couldn’t be more proud to be there showcasing Edge 800 — the first touchscreen GPS-enabled bike computer. Our booth will have an ongoing stream of gear-loving press and cyclists who want to be among the first to get their hands on this fine device. Once they start to play, they’ll discover there’s a lot more to the...
- Laptop, Check. GPSMAP 696 , Check. A Blog topic for this week, Check! Garmin’s engineers are at it again. Recently they have added a new feature to the 696 that will allow customers to add customized checklists. That’s right. No more flipping through a multitude of pages for Pre-Flight, Engine Start, Taxi, Pre-Takeoff, and etc. With the 696 and G3X you can literally make your own checklist and check off the items as you complete them. Still don’t believe me? Then check it out yourself...