Garmin StreetPilot 2820 navigation “hands free”
Today Garmin announced the StreetPilot 2820, a new automotive and motorcycle navigation device with Bluetooth wireless connectivity, a hands-free calling interface and map data provided by NAVTEQ
The Bluetooth wireless technology makes it possible for automotive and motorcycle consumers to take advantage of hands-free calling with a full user interface. Customers may retrieve and dial numbers using their phone’s contact list or from the phone’s call history log. A user can also make calls from the StreetPilot 2820’s huge points of interest database that includes hotels, restaurants, stores, and much more.
Garmin StreetPilot c330 Asian Americas talks five Asian languages
Today Garmin announces the new StreetPilot c330 Asian Americas version. This GPS device allows North American motorists who speak Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, or Taiwanese to experience the convenience and safety of GPS satellite navigation in their native tongue. Voice prompted directions, menus and text are given in one of five Asian languages. The Garmin c330 Asian Americas is the only GPS in North America that offers an Asian language user interface.
Garmin GPSMAP 378 and GPSMAP 478 world’s first portable GPS navigators with pre-loaded land and sea cartography
Garmin today announced the GPSMAP 378 and GPSMAP 478 two amazingly versatile and portable GPS navigators that come pre-loaded with a comprehensive set of maps and charts.
"Our customers want GPS navigators that come pre-loaded with the cartography that they need, and the GPSMAP 378 and 478 fit the bill. These two units are the ideal companions whether you’re sailing coastal waterways, boating on inland lakes, or driving across North America," said Gary Kelley, Garmin’s vice president of marketing. "With optional XM WX Weather capabilities, the GPSMAP 378 and 478 are the only portable units on the market that can also let mariners and motorists know what kind of weather to expect during their trip."
Garmin eTrex Venture Cx, the new adventure gps
Garmin today introduced the eTrex Venture Cx, an entry-level addition to Garmin’s eTrex Personal Navigator product line. The eTrex Venture Cx is the least expensive eTrex handheld unit that combines expandable memory, color TFT display, USB interface, and advanced GPS auto-routing capabilities in a waterproof design.
Pocket sized and light weight, eTrex Venture Cx owners will appreciate its versatility when they are traveling on highways, waterways, or byways. The Venture Cx comes with a built-in Americas basemap. For greater mapping detail, users can purchase new microSD cards that are pre-loaded with BlueChart(R) marine cartography and MapSource(R) Topo and inland lake maps. The microSD card slot is located inside the waterproof (IPX-7) battery compartment. Users can also transfer routes and waypoints through the units’ fast USB connection.
Garmin Mobile 20 GPS navigation and bluetooth’s wireless hands-free calling
Garmin International announced Garmin Mobile™ 20 – an automotive navigation system that delivers Garmin’s voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions using Bluetooth wireless technology on Nokia, Windows Mobile and Treo 650 Smartphones. Garmin Mobile 20 provides both data connectivity as well as hands-free capability and is packaged with the GPS 20SM™, a new mobile phone mount with a built-in, highly sensitive GPS receiver and Bluetooth-enabled speaker and microphone. Garmin Mobile 20 will also be the first Garmin product to use the Garmin Online™ wireless data services that includes real-time traffic, gas prices, safety cameras, weather information, and other location relevant content. Garmin Mobile 20 was announced at CeBIT, Europe’s premier electronics trade show in Hannover, Germany.
“By combining hands-free phone capability, wireless connectivity and location-relevant rich content with turn-by-turn GPS navigation, we are able to provide customers with a total turn-by-turn navigation solution for smart phones,” said Gary Kelley, vice president of marketing.
Garmin Language Guide, Garmin Travel Guide and Savers Guide
Garmin released services available for new nüvi 300 and Streetpilot c500 series to help travelers feel like a native after arriving at a destination: Garmin Language Guide™, Garmin Travel Guide™ and Savers Guide.
The Garmin Language Guide contains five bilingual dictionaries and a multilingual word bank and phrase bank that support nine languages and dialects. The Travel Guide for Europe (available on plug-in SD cards) features information from Marco Polo and allows users to call up thousand of restaurant tips and display reviews and recommendations for hotels, shopping, nightlife, sporting events and tourist attractions. The Garmin Travel Guide for the U.S. will be available in the second quarter of 2006.
