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While working on new marine cameras, Garmin has also been negotiating new deals, one of which involves the full acquisition of a certain maker of sonar technology.
Right to the point, Garmin has announced the acquisition of Interphase Technologies Inc., a privately-held phased array scanning sonar technology maker.... |
14 February 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Garmin has officially introduced a bunch of additions to its collection of marine cameras, photo and video capture devices meant to be used at sea.
The three newcomers carry the names of GCT 30, GCT 20 and GCL 20 and are fully controllable from compatible Garmin chartplotters (GPSMAP 4000/5000/6000/7000).
The came... |
14 February 2012
17:01 GMT |
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In conjunction with the Miami International Boat Show, Garmin International announces its BlueChart Mobile marine app for iPad and iPhone that lets mariners enjoy the same accurate BlueChart data in Garmin chartplotters on an iPad or iPhone.
The BlueChart Mobile app will be showcased in the Garmin booth (#1689) at t... |
14 February 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Garmin has just announced the availability of “Smartphone Link” application for Android devices. The software creates a smooth experience between a compatible Garmin personal navigator and an Android smartphone. The application is compatible with all Bluetooth-enabled 2012 Garmin devices including ... |
9 January 2012
20:01 GMT |
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An expert in satellite navigation, Garmin International Inc. has announced today the release of a new GTN 750 trainer app for the iPad 2.
Garmin’s trainer is not cheap. It goes for 25 bucks on iTunes, but it can do something that no other GPS app does - simulate the behavior of the GTN 750 system interface and... |
20 December 2011
15:51 GMT |
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When thinking about Garmin, GPS navigational devices are the first thing that comes to one's mind, but the company also builds a series of other gadgets, such as the FR70 fitness watch it just announced.The new watch is designed to fit both genders and is available in a variety of colors, but all featuring the s... |
28 October 2011
08:51 GMT |
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Garmin has announced Fit, a new fitness app that lets users track speed, pace, distance, time, calories and other metrics, as well as its ANT+ adapter for iPhone, which allows users to pair Garmin ANT+ accessories with their Apple smartphone.Available now through Garmin for $49.99 USD (around 35 EUR), Garmin’s ... |
25 October 2011
08:18 GMT |
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The IFA 2011 trade show is proving to be quite the trove of information on both new and not so new products, all from a variety of areas, even global positioning systems, as Garmin made it obvious.
If users were in any way concerned that all the economic troubles and natural disasters would leave the IT market st... |
5 September 2011
08:02 GMT |
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The turn-by-turn navigation solutions niche for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform has been badly covered by developers, but as of lately it appears that the number of apps is growing.
Windows Phone 7 users who are forced to operate the default Telenav GPS app that some carriers bundle with their devices fo... |
7 July 2011
09:47 GMT |
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Given Garmin's extensive experience in the field of GPS solutions, it should come as no surprise that they've decided to also release a consumer-grade GPS locator, the new GTU 10, that offers plenty of useful features, but, unfortunately, requires a permanent data connection to AT&T’s wireless network... |
5 January 2011
04:27 GMT |
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Garmin International Inc. has announced its first turn-by-turn navigation application for iPhone, StreetPilot. StreetPilot for iPhone will be on display in the Garmin booth at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, alongside other solutions like Garmin Tracker, myMechanic, and My-Cast Lite.
According to ... |
4 January 2011
09:26 GMT |
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Since Garmin announced at the beginning of November that it is withdrawing from the smartphone market, therefore putting an end to its partnership with Asus, the following announcement might sound surprising. T-Mobile, the exclusive seller of the Garminfone smartphone, has just released the Android 2.1 software upgra... |
16 November 2010
08:44 GMT |
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We might know Garmin best for its numerous GPS navigation devices, but the truth of the matter is that the company has rolled out, over time, a much wider range of orientation products, including here a serious lineup of fishfinders, which they're updating today with the addition of the echo series.The flagship ... |
15 November 2010
08:14 GMT |
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Present day car navigations systems have really managed to surpass everything that we could imagine just a few years ago, but Suzuki wants to make this experience a lot more enjoyable so it joined forces with Garmin in order to develop an impressive navigation system for their 2011 Suzuki Grand Vitara and SX4 models,... |
2 November 2010
11:17 GMT |
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Just a few years ago GPS navigation devices were something of an luxury item, but now everybody has one either in their car or in their smartphone, Garmin even putting one inside a watch, and not any watch, but the first GPS wristwatch designed specifically for golf, the Approach S1.Although at a first glance you wou... |
29 October 2010
10:54 GMT |
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Garmin and ASUS have announced officially that their joint venture aimed at the development of mobile phones does no longer exist. No new Garmin-Asus device would be brought to the market, though the two companies would continue to work together in various areas. At the same time, the duo announced officially that t... |
27 October 2010
03:29 GMT |
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Since geocaching seems to have become one of the greatest outdoor adventures available to modern man, Garmin coudn't let this opportunity slide past them so today, they announced the chirp, a wireless beacon designed specifically for this type of activity that provides cache creators with an unique way of storin... |
15 October 2010
09:42 GMT |
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Wireless carrier AT&T announced officially on Tuesday that it would add to its offering the Garmin nuvifone G60 starting with October 4. The new handset comes to the operator's subscribers with an easy-to-use location experience and integrates GPS navigation capabilities with voice, data and mobile web functiona... |
30 September 2009
05:15 GMT |
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According to the latest news on the Web, Garmin will set back its nuvifone GPS/smartphones once again, this time pointing towards a release in the second half of the year, at least this is what the company's president and COO Cliff Pemble seems to have said during a recent conference call with analysts. “... |
11 May 2009
05:46 GMT |
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Berbie has released the latest version of its route planning software application, TrailRunner, adding new abilities, as well as bug fixes. Among the new enhancements, Berbie points out to TrailRunner's ability to import and display lap information from your Garmin fitness device. Garmin, for its part, has updat... |
6 April 2009
09:15 GMT |
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Berbie has released a new update for users of its route-planning application, TrailRunner. The latest version available (1.9.341) adds a new workout importer for Garmin devices like the Edge or Colorado that can mount as a USB mass storage volume, a new optional diary column to the diary table and more.TrailRunner is... |
9 March 2009
07:50 GMT |
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According to the latest news on the Web, the computer maker Asus, which has been earlier reported to have announced the launch of a new mobile phone, has also pulled back another handset, namely the Asus P565, which was released on the market only three months ago. The reason for which the company has pulled off t... |
28 February 2009
04:55 GMT |
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Garmin, the company popular for its GPS devices, is on its way to deliver us a new phone, the Nuvifone. As for now, the handset isn't ready, yet the maker has recently released a series of screenshots, which are meant to show that the device is doing very well, and which display the navigation app, Google Local,... |
6 January 2009
02:54 GMT |
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The Garmin brand has been famous for some time now for being the leading company in the GPS industry and the news of an Android Garmin handset set to come in 2009 will surely linger in users’ minds until the project is complete and the device is for sale. In any case, the combination between technologies is alr... |
23 December 2008
10:15 GMT |
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While the world is still waiting for the first-ever Garmin phone to be launched, Australian mobile users might be pleased to find out that Telstra, the largest mobile carrier in their country, has striken a deal with Garmin, via Sensis, in order to improve the capabilities of its GPS-enabled handsets.Following the ag... |
8 September 2008
13:13 GMT |
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Looks like Garmin is yet another company that simply loves to offer its customers a wide array of choices by launching a very large number of products on one occasion. And that's because the manufacturer of personal navigation devices has just announced the imminent release of no less than 7 new PNDs, 4 of which... |
28 August 2008
02:13 GMT |
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There are relatively few GPS devices designed especially for bikers available on the market nowadays, but it seems that the demand in this segment has become a pretty serious one as well, as more and more manufacturers try to come up with such products. And the latest announcement regarding a device of this type come... |
6 August 2008
06:16 GMT |
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Awaited with curiosity by lots of mobile users, Garmin's nuvifone (the company's first mobile device that incorporates phone-related features) will not hit the market this year, as initially announced by the Kansas-based navigation device manufacturer. In a press release issued today, which mostly refers ... |
30 July 2008
10:04 GMT |
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Whenever we say "rugged handheld navigator for outdoor experiences", the first thing that comes to our mind is an all-rubber, generally yellow-colored product, with a grayscale display and not exactly very extensive features. However, that's not at all the case with Garmin's latest Oregon series of rugged n... |
11 July 2008
05:21 GMT |
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One of the richest-featured touchscreen handsets to come out this year, Garmin nuvifone, will not be manufactured by Garmin, as many of us have initially thought. Apparently, the nuvifone will be made by ASUS, the giant Taiwanese company that produces, among other things, Pocket PCs, smartphones, notebooks, motherbo... |
18 June 2008
03:45 GMT |
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GSmart, the mobile phone brand owned by Gigabyte Communications Inc., announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (11 - 14 February), the introduction of new slim 3.5G GPS PDAs that feature built-in Garmin Mobile XT navigation. The new devices combine the advantages of 3.5G high-speed networks, built-i... |
13 February 2008
06:43 GMT |
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Garmin International Inc., global leader in GPS technology, announced the release of its first mobile phone, Garmin nuvifone, a fully-featured stylish and slim device that combines high-end phone functionality with an advanced personal navigation system and a mobile web-browser. The nuvifone is presented as "a work o... |
31 January 2008
11:23 GMT |
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Although Garmin has rolled out a very large number of GPS-based personal navigation devices at this year's CES, it would seem that there's always room for more (or that the company has simply forgotten about one of its models). Thus, the PND-manufacturer has just announced its nvi 850 model, a rather average PN... |
21 January 2008
02:08 GMT |
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Much like many other consumer-electronics manufacturers on the market, Garmin has the rather irritating habit of releasing a very large number of devices on a single occasion, especially an important one, such as the International CES. Thus, it's really no wonder that the company has announced a vast "armada" of... |
4 January 2008
12:36 GMT |
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Although Garmin is best-known as a manufacturer of portable GPS navigators (PNDs), the company has come up with a very wide range of navigation gear over time, including certain devices targeting especially the marine market segment, namely designed especially for boats. And that's pretty much the case with the ... |
14 November 2007
03:31 GMT |
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"Pink - it's my new obsession/Pink - it's not even a question/Pink -it's the color of passion/'Cause today it just goes with the fashion". Sounds familiar? Well, it would seem that Aerosmith's lyrics are still extremely popular, as pink remains a favorite color for a large number of people ou... |
24 October 2007
03:31 GMT |
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Garmin International announced the release of a software application that makes smartphones behave as fully featured Garmin GPS navigators. Garmin Mobile XT uses the phone's built-in GPS capabilities to offer navigation assistance in North America and Europe. Unlike other navigation software, the application can... |
3 October 2007
09:10 GMT |
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Garmin has been on a roll lately, providing customers with quite a few interesting surprises. Thus, after announcing yesterday two GPS devices designed especially for cyclists, the company hits us today with yet another announcement, this time related to its flagship series, the nvi, and to the launch of three new high-e... |
31 August 2007
09:06 GMT |
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The people over at Garmin have launched quite an extensive line-up of GPS-related devices over time, including a special line-up of products aimed especially at recreational and advanced cyclists, dubbed Edge. And in order to complete said line-up, the company has just announced two new models, the Edge 705 and Edge ... |
30 August 2007
07:16 GMT |
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Being able to track one's workout is extremely important, especially when the respective person has set himself/herself some fitness goals which he/she is very keen on attaining. And this is the reason why the Garmin company has launched the Forerunner 50, a wrist-wearable device that will help users track their... |
9 August 2007
07:06 GMT |
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As the competition on the personal navigation devices' market becomes increasingly harsher, the big names in the industry try to come up with various technological features and gimmicks that will make their products more attractive to the general public. And that's exactly the case with Garmin's latest... |
7 August 2007
07:36 GMT |
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Can you find your way without the help of a GPS navigator? Well, it would seem that the answer provided by more and more people to this question is a definite "No", at least considering just how crowded the GPS devices' market is nowadays. And, in order to leave even less room for its competitors, Garmin - one o... |
18 June 2007
04:56 GMT |
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"There can never be enough GPS units"; this seems to be Garmin's motto, as the well-known manufacturer has announced no less than five new models of handheld devices. The new models include the eTrex Vista HCx, eTrex Legend HCx, eTrex Summit HC, sieTrex Venture HCand and eTrex H.The eTrex Vista HCx and Legend HC... |
1 June 2007
05:06 GMT |
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Here's some more rumors and speculation on which other companies might be picking up on releasing mobile phones. Aside from Google, Dell, Microsoft and others mentioned before, it now looks like GPS-device vendors Garmin and TomTom might also be considering entering the GPS-enabled handset market with Garmin bei... |
10 April 2007
10:40 GMT |
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