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Is Garmin’s K2 platform a sneak peek at what we may see in a next-gen Garmin HUD+?
The Consumer Electronics Show has taken over Las Vegas this week, resulting in a bevy of GPS-related announcements. In addition to the individual posts I’ve written, here are some odds and ends that may be of interest to GPS Tracklog readers… read more
The 7″ Garmin nuvi 2798LMT comes with a wireless backup camera
UPDATE: I’ve added links to the product pages on Garmin’s website.
Garmin has announced their 2014 nuvi Essential series, featuring 5″ and 6″ models, a 7″ nuvi 2798LMT with a wireless backup camera, and lower prices.
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The Garmin vivofit fitness tracker
Garmin has announced the vivofit, launching them into the fitness tracker market, which has been dominated so far by the likes of the Nike FuelBand, Fitbit and Jawbone Up. read more
The new Garmin Connect
Garmin has updated their free Garmin Connect website to appeal even more to fitness buffs, although they do say it is now compatible with Garmin Approach golf devices as well (and the new vivofit fitness tracker too). read more
The Garmin HUD+ and companion smartphone app
UPDATE: Here’s the HUD+ product page and more info on the app.
UPDATE 2: The Android and Windows apps do not have a nuvi-like interface.
This is probably the strangest Garmin announcement of the day, so I’m just going to quote the entire HUD+ section of the news release before I delve into what it means… read more
Garmin’s Dash Cam
UPDATED with product links.
UPDATE 2: Here’s our hands on review of the Dash Cam 20.
Garmin has announced the Dash Cam 10 and Dash Cam 20, high-definition cameras that mount to your windshield giving you a continuously recorded, wide-angle, high-definition video of all your road warrior exploits. read more
Magellan’s new dash cam PND
Looks like Magellan wants to get into the dash cam act too, albeit with a twist. Rather than a standalone unit like the one announced by Garmin this morning, Magellan has opted to add one to a PND, the RoadMate 6230T-LM PND DashCam. read more
Magellan’s latest RV unit
Magellan has announced the 7″ RoadMate RV9490T-LMB, which offers live weather and gas prices via a Bluetooth connection to a smartphone. Information can also be preloaded via WiFi. read more
This week in GPS is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends, from GPS Tracklog and other places around the Web. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. The image above shows what’s next in my review queue; now if the weather would just cooperate!
TomTom GO 2014 series
UPDATE: I’ve added the above image, plus several screen shots at the end of this post.
The US will finally get the new TomTom GO series, perhaps within a year of when they were announced for Europe. The company still hasn’t released model numbers, saying “more details, pricing and availability will be announced closer to the launch date late Q1 2014.” read more
