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Garmin dispute sales predictions, pointedly ignore Android device rumors

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Dec 23rd 2008 No Comments

Garmin have responded to the same Digitimes report yesterday that suggested the company was planning a new range of Android-based devices in the second half of 2009. The primary point of disagreement is in Digitimes’ “sales figures and product rollout schedules”; quoting Garmin’s Asia Pacific marketing director Tony An, the publication claimed that 2008 total sales would amount to 18 million units. Now Garmin appear to be distancing themselves from those predictions, perhaps paving the way for lower performance figures.

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Garmin Android devices coming second-half of 2009

By Chris Davies on Monday, Dec 22nd 2008 No Comments

Garmin are planning to release at least one Android-based smartphone in the second half of 2009, that will follow the company’s delayed nuvifone. According to Tony An, Garmin’s Asia Pacific marketing director, the nuvifone will hit the Taiwan market in Q2 2009, with self-developed Android devices coming later.

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OHA gets 14 new Android fans: ASUS, Sony Ericsson, Garmin & more onboard

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Dec 9th 2008 No Comments

open handset alliance logo The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) has announced fourteen new members, including ASUS, Sony Ericsson and Garmin, together with carrier Vodafone. While the specific intent of the new members is unknown, they will all either “deploy compatible Android devices, contribute significant code to the Android Open Source Project, or support the ecosystem through products and services that will accelerate the availability of Android-based devices.”

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 48 2008

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Nov 30th 2008 No Comments

It’s been a shorter working week what with Thanksgiving on Thursday, and much of the gadget news has been around what offers, bargains and discounts were on offer at cash-strapped retailers. SlashGear has done its bit to ease your present picking pickle, with the 2008 Holiday Gift Guide. We’ve also had reviews of Sony’s VAIO LV and VAIO RT all-in-one PCs; will you be lucky enough to find one of these monster media machines under your tree next month?

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Garmin Nuvifone set to launch in early 2009

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Nov 26th 2008 No Comments

We’ve been hearing about the Garmin Nuvifone for quite some time now. It was slated for release earlier this year, but now it seems the early 2009 release timeframe is set in stone. This phone will be offered from a carrier exclusively, though which carrier is still unknown.

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Telenav Shotgun PND Review

By Vincent Nguyen on Monday, Nov 10th 2008 3 Comments

Telenav just announced the Shotgun, a new Internet-connected personal GPS navigation device (PND). The Shotgun is the company’s first two-way PND taking advantage of cellular networks to provide real-time traffic alerts, Internet content such as maps and business listings as well as updated gas prices.

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Garmin Nuvi 510 weatherproof touchscreen GPS

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 24th 2008 No Comments

At first glance we’d expect Garmin’s new Nuvi 510 to be a budget model. After all, the 3.5-inch screen is smaller (and regular aspect rather than widescreen) than most other new GPS devices we see, and there’s no fancy graphics or clever 3D building renders. However Garmin intend the 510 to be used not only in a car but on a motorbike and at sea, and so the feature set is slanted toward that.

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Garmin nüvi 7×5 series with optional MSN Direct & A2DP Bluetooth

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 27th 2008 No Comments

It’s not just the bargain end that Garmin are tackling. The company also has Navigon’s new 7200T in their sights, with the new nüvi 7×5 series of in-car GPS devices. Each of the four models – the nüvi 755T, 765T, 775T and 785T - have a 4.3-inch wide-aspect touchscreen, lane assist for close-up detail of intersections, semi-transparent 3D models of significant landmarks and, aside from the 755T, stereo Bluetooth support.

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Garmin nüvi 265T, 265WT & 275T entry-level GPS

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 27th 2008 No Comments

A fresh batch of entry-level GPS units from Garmin, in the shape of the nüvi 265T, 265WT and 275T. Each has Bluetooth for use as an in-car handsfree kit, lifetime traffic alerts from NAVTEQ Traffic and Garmin’s HotFix technology which promises faster positioning locks through caching satellite information.

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Seamless WiFi S-Gen UMPC gets Garmin GPS

By Chris Davies on Friday, Aug 15th 2008 No Comments

It may have been pretty quiet from Seamless WiFi since we first saw their S-XGen UMPC back in September 2006, but the company would like us to know that they’ve not been sitting on their hands all this time. Apparently Seamless have been “very cautiously” deciding on GPS software for the UMPC – now renamed the S-Gen – and have settled on Garmin’s Mobile XT app.

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