Garmin Connect staff lost in SF office shutdown
Garmin has decided to close its San Francisco office, resulting in the loss of most of the team that built MotionBased, the original Garmin Connect platform, which was acquired by Garmin in 2005. A new website, The GC Team, has been posted, saying:
Garmin Colorado 400 series discontinued
Earlier this week, Garmin moved the Colorado 400 series to their discontinued list. The Colorado was the first high-resolution handheld introduced by Garmin, but it was quickly followed by the touch-screen Oregon, where it seems most of Garmin’s development efforts were focused. The Colorado series never did get some of the features found on [...]
Garmin nuvi 1450
The Garmin nüvi 1450 is a relatively high-end unit in the 1xxx series line up, offering a luxurious five-inch screen and advanced features such as multi-destination routing, lane assist and junction view.
Garmin zumo 220 announced
Garmin has announced the zumo 220, a somewhat less expensive unit in their motorcycle-friendly zumo product line. I say somewhat because the list price is still $599.99, although that’s $400 less than the recently announced zumo 665.
More on Garmin BirdsEye aerial imagery
The BirdsEye aerial / satellite imagery subscription program for the Garmin Colorado, Dakota and Oregon series is now official. I have a few tidbits to add to my post from last week:
The $29.99 subscriptions will be available starting this March
Imagery will include “0.5 meter per pixel resolution in many areas of the United States”
There [...]
Garmin BirdsEye Satellite Imagery
It looks like Garmin is getting ready to announce a BirdsEye satellite imagery subscription program for owners of the Colorado, Dakota and Oregon handheld series. Similar to DeLorme’s Map Library, the BirdsEye program will let you transfer an unlimited amount of satellite imagery and aerial photos to a compatible Garmin handheld for $29.99 per [...]
Hey Garmin – WTF?
Garmin has apparently already made all their CES announcements. Lets see, we have a new golf GPS, a motorcycle GPS, a tool for high-tech grease monkeys and an app to make your nuvi curse like a sailor. The country’s biggest electronics show and this is all they have? WTF?
Well, actually, that’s a rhetorical [...]
Garmin ecoRoute hd
We first reported on Garmin ecoRoute hd back in November, when it was called ecoRoute ESP. Basically, this tool allows you to use your nuvi to monitor onboard vehicle diagnostics and performance data via a wireless connection with the car’s standardized onboard diagnostics port (OBD II). ecoRoute hd will be compatible with many current [...]
Garmin zumo 665
UPDATE: Amazon now has the Garmin zumo 665 available for pre-order.
The motorcycle-friendly Garmin zumo 665 was announced today, adding to the zumo 660’s feature set with an antenna for XM Satellite Radio®, real-time XM NavWeather® and real-time XM NavTraffic®. Otherwise, the unit appears nearly identical to the zumo 660.
Garmin Approach G3
UPDATE: Amazon now has the Garmin Approach G3 available for pre-order.
With the golf lover’s Garmin Approach G3, the Approach G5 now has a little brother. Modeled on the Garmin Dakota platform, the G3 is smaller and we suspect it will have the slightly brighter screen that made the Dakota 20 a real winner in [...]
