New Garmin nuvi 865T; 8×0 series discontinued
I don't know why this wasn't included in this morning's news release; I spoke too soon when I speculated on the reasons for not releasing a nuvi 865T, because there's a product page up for it. Not only that, but the 8×0 series has been discontinued. Unless Garmin pulls a major change in the way [...]
CES reveals GPS trends
It's beginning to look like we won't see that many new GPS introductions at CES this year, as manufacturers work to unload excess inventory they didn't move over the holiday season. What we've seen so far is that manufacturers are going for more profitable niche products and high-end units for which there is a clear [...]
Garmin ecoRoute
UPDATE: TWICE is reporting that ecoRoute works with 2xx and 7xx series nuvis. Another Garmin announcement today is ecoRoute, a software update for some nuvi units that adds a "less fuel" route option. Additionally, ecoRoute includes a Fuel Report that tracks fuel usage over time, and a Mileage Report that monitors mileage and fuel usage [...]
CES briefs – Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Here are a few more GPS related announcements from CES: TomTom announces a second-generation in-dash unit in their partnership with Fujitsu Ten – the Eclipse AVN4430 Little known (in the PND world anyway) Dual Electronics looks like they will offer the first PND in the U.S. with HD Radio technology; whether they will take advantage of [...]
Garmin zumo 660 apes the nuvi
UPDATE: Read our Garmin zumo 660 review. Continuing a trend to introduce the nuvi form factor into other product lines, Garmin has announced the Garmin zumo 660. I should have seen a new zumo coming since Garmin discontinued the motorcycle-friendly zumo 450 recently. New features include lane assist, 3D buildings, and A2DP Bluetooth. There’s also [...]
Garmin nuvi 855 and 885T
UPDATE: Read my Garmin nuvi 855 review and my Garmin nuvi 885T review. Another CES announcement from Garmin today — the Garmin nuvi 855 and Garmin nuvi 885T. These units combine the 800 series speech recognition and 7×5 series lane assist features. The 885T will come with three months of MSN Direct service and Bluetooth, [...]
Garmin Approach G5 for golfers
UPDATE: We have video (see below)! Garmin has announced the Approach G5, their first in-house GPS for golfers. Built on the Oregon platform, the Approach G5 will come with thousands of pre-loaded courses in the U.S. I suspect that Garmin has worked out a deal to get course maps from GolfLogix, who partnered with them [...]
Garmin nuMaps Lifetime map update program
Garmin has announced nuMaps Lifetime – a new program that allows customers to download map and POIs updates every quarter for the life of their Garmin device. The program will go live on January 21; it was expected to be available a few months ago, but there were unspecified delays in getting it up and [...]
Magellan Maestro 4350 review
The Magellan Maestro 4350 is one of several new models introduced by Magellan in 2008. This 4.3” wide screen navigator includes the updated “OneTouch” user interface, six million POIs, and text-to-speech. It also comes preloaded with maps of the entire U.S. and Canada, Bluetooth, live traffic and 3D buildings. Other features include AAA TourBook, an FM [...]
Mio to debut Spirit series at CES? NavReady not ready?
Mio’s new corporate blog has dropped a hint that they’ll be debuting the Spirit interface on some new North American models next week at CES. Previously available in Europe under the Navman label, the Spirit interface offers “Glide Touch,” giving ‘tap and slide’ functionality.
