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Garmin 450T Outdoor GPS Their Best (Without a Silly Camera)
Garmin's 450T GPS is their highest end without an integrated camera, and so, the best discrete outdoor GPS they make. It has a barometer, altimeter, waterproofness, tilt-compensated compass and a receiver sensitive enough for quick fixes in canyons and forests. More »12/16/09
This will inevitably be another blow to the PND industry ... #Garmin et. al. are totally screwed.
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Garmin EcoRoutes ESP Displays Car Diagnostics On Your Nuvi GPS
Sometime next year, Garmin nuvi GPS devices will have the option of displaying information on your car's inner workings using EcoRoutes ESP—a module that taps into your car's onboard diagnostics (OBD-II) port. More »Google and the Deadly Power of Data
Today, as soon as Google showed off its beta GPS navigator, the stocks of Garmin, TomTom and other companies in that industry fell into the toilet. It's hard to compete with free Google apps, but that's not why they're screwed... More »It's Not a Good Day to Be a GPS Manufacturer
Google's free GPS feature on Android 2.0 is great news! Unless you're the fine folks at Garmin and TomTom, in which case, oh shit. [Engadget]Amazon Chops Garmin Nuvifone G60 Price By Two Thirds In the First Month
Our recommended price for the Nuvifone G60 was death, payable by the handset, not the prospective buyer. Until that can be arranged, though, Amazon's plunging $200 discount (on a $300 phone!) will have to do. More »Now Available
Archos 5 tablet models starts trickling out, Garmin's latest GPS is shipping, and best Buy rewards Zone members can get an HTC Hero on Sprint two days early. More »Garmin Nuvifone G60 GPS Phone Review: Do Not Buy
Garmin makes the best portable navigators out there. Millions of people, including me, are fans. But following notoriously lengthy delays, the first Nuvifone should have been euthanized, not put on AT&T shelves next to the iPhone—for $100 more. More »Garmin Nuvifone G60 Is Finally Happening: On AT&T Oct. 4 for $299
Took long enough: The near-vaporware Garmin nuvifone G60 GPS-cum-fone is actually coming out, and it's gonna be on AT&T come Oct. 4 for $300, with an extra $5/month for navigation services. I'm sure it will fail miserably. [Yahoo]Pricing Revealed for AT&T's Upcoming Line of HTC and Garmin-ASUS Smartphones
Got a second and a few hundred bucks to spare? Great, then check out this short list of loftily priced smartphones coming to an AT&T retailer near you, sometime in October: Updated. More »Garmin nüvi 1690 GPS Gives You Google on the Go (for Two Years)
If you're nuts for wireless data and for some reason don't own a smartphone, the Garmin nüvi 1690 would like to tempt you with two years of data in its purchase price. More »Are The Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 and M20 Both Headed to AT&T?
Following recent launch list rumors, and confirmation of U.S. tests, two separate credible sources now report that the Linux-based G60 and Windows Mobile-based M20 Nuvifones are on course to AT&T. More »Garmin's WinMo Nuvifone M20 Finally Launches In Taiwan
Despite repeated delays, Garmin / Asus have managed to get their Windows Mobile-powered Nuvifone M20 out on the Taiwanese market. The HSDPA phone features a 2.8-inch touchscreen, 3 megapixel camera and, of course, Garmin GPS navigation. More »Garmin's Tardy Nuvifone G60 Finally Coming in Q4, Possibly to Multiple Carriers
Fun fact: A healthy couple could've produced two children in the time it'll take Garmin to bring the Nuvifone from the press office to customers' hands, in Q4 of this year. By then, the oldest would be learning to walk. More »Upcoming Garmin Nuvi 1690 Supports GSM, GPRS, EDGE
FCC tests have revealed that an upcoming Garmin GPS device, the nuvi 1690, will feature GSM/GPRS/EDGE support. Presumably, this connectivity would be for updates like real-time traffic. More »Garmin Nuvi 1350T Lightning Review
Garmin Nuvi 1350T, a reasonably affordable, full-featured, ad-supported portable navigator from Garmin—possibly the last PND we'll ever review. More »Garmin
Garmin, which has been fairly frank about how totally, like, hard it is to make a new smartphone, has finally announced they'll be shipping the Nuvifone S60 to Taiwan on the 27th. It only took the—wait, 19 months? More »NeverfoneNuvifone G60 Ships Next Week To Someone, SomewhereGarmin vs HTC on the Roads of France
Handset maker HTC and GPS giant Garmin have found themselves in the middle of an ugly war. This time the fight it isn't in courts over patents or trademarks—instead the battle is on the roads of the Tour de France. More »Garmin Issues Fix For Wonky Nüvi 7x5 Update, Will Repair Bricked Units for Free
Following a small software update last week, a swath of Garmin's product line started exhibiting some troubling symptoms, like freezing, constant update prompts, and death. Now, Garmin has apologized, rolled out a firmware fix, and will repair bricked units. More »Garmin 310XT GPS Fitness Watch Deemed the 'King of Training Tools'
So says Wired, the first folks to literally run it through its paces. Waterproofing and sleeker styling compared to its fatty fat fat predecessors are both noted pluses, but the clincher is that the 310XT does, well, ev-er-y-thing. More »Why TomTom Sucks
TomTom's latest Go 740 Live is piled with features, but I've tested TomToms for five years, and in that time, nobody has fixed the platform's inherent problems. In fact they're only getting worse. More »