Garmin has just announced a new LiveTrack feature for their Fit smartphone app, that allows you to share your location by email, Facebook or Twitter. At an in-app purchase price of $19.99 a year or $1.99 per month, I think they are going to sell a lot of these. There are enough runners and road bikers with anxious spouses that I think it will be a big hit.
Archives for May 2012
Garmin adds LiveTrack feature to Fit app
May 7, 2012 By 7 Comments
New Magellans bring Landmark Guidance
May 7, 2012 By 8 Comments
UPDATED with availability info below.
UPDATE: Read my hands on review of the Magellan RoadMate 5230T-LM with Landmark Guidance.
Big news today from Magellan, which (AFAIK) becomes the first GPS manufacturer in the US to deliver what they are calling “Landmark Guidance.” They define it this way, saying it:
…gives drivers an easier way to navigate to their destinations. Instead of presenting the driver only with street names that may be hard to locate and read, the Magellan RoadMate GPS tells drivers to turn at familiar landmarks such as gas stations, banks, stores or other large, easily-seen places.
Using Garmin nuvis for fleet tracking
May 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
Did you know you can use a Garmin nuvi or dezl for fleet tracking? Yes, you can dispatch and message vehicles, track them using a Web interface and more. In order to do this though, you’ll have to turn to one of Garmin’s Mobile Resource Management (MRM) partners. These companies have taken Garmin’s Fleet Management Interface toolkit and built an end to end solution around it. So in addition to the cost of the navigation unit, you’ll also be paying for a transponder, data usage and access to a fleet tracking Web interface.
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DeLorme inReach 1.5 for iOS and Android clears the FCC
May 4, 2012 By 2 Comments
This one is for you iPhone toting backcountry types. It looks like the DeLorme inReach two-way satellite communicator is finally going to see an iPhone version. Or to be more precise, there’s actually a new model, the DeLorme inReach 1.5 that will be compatible with both iOS and Android.
Garmin Forerunner 910XT
May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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Geomate.jr to be revived after latest acquisition?
May 2, 2012 By 11 Comments
The geocaching one-trick-pony Geomate.jr may be about to get a second life. We reported back in January that the product had been discontinued, but if you login to update your Geomate.jr today, you’ll get a message saying the page is temporarily out of service. The interesting part is that the page is “signed” by Brand 44.
Top 10 GPS for April 2012
May 1, 2012 By 26 Comments
It’s time to look back at our reader’s favorite reviews for the past month (which seems to be a good indication of what folks are researching for purchases). With few new releases out there, the rankings were once again pretty static; one thing worth mentioning though, is the arrival of the new Garmin nuvi 3590LMT, debuting at number five on the auto chart. And for the second month in a row, Garmin makes a clean sweep in both the auto and handheld categories, with the nuvi 1450LMT and eTrex 20 continuing to hold the top spots. On to the charts…
