Topic: Garmin Ltd.

Best Buy Announces GPS Units With Mobile Broadband

Best Buy [BBY] revealed the first generation of its in-house GPS units this week, which will be sold under the “Insignia” brand and will feature a surprising feature-set that might be a game changer for Garmin [GRMN] and other ...READ»

Asus, Garmin Join to Build GPS-Centric Smartphones

Garmin's been teasing its entry into the smartphone market, the Nuvifone, for ages. And there had been suggestions that Asus was building an Eee phone. But the two companies have now revealed they're joining forces to make cellphones ...READ»

What Ever Happened To Garmin's NuviFone? [video]

It looked like it could be the ultimate iPhone-killer, but delay after delay has kept it from market. Some reports say it will be ready soon, while others suggest it's been abandoned all together. Will we ever see Garmin's [GRMN] ...READ»

Garmin Introduces Ad-Supported Traffic Updates

When Garmin [NASDAQ:GRMN] introduced their latest batch of Nuvi GPS units, they came with one transcendent feature: free traffic alerts for the lifetime of the product. But now that review models have gone out to the tech media, ...READ»

Garmin Quietly Releases New GPS Devices

This week Garmin [NASDAQ:GRMN] introduced a handful of GPS updates to its lower-end models, bringing them up to speed with some trickle-down technologies present in their high-end devices. The entry-level 2x5 series (which includes ...READ»

Garmin's Nuvifone Suffers Delays

Much ado has been made of Apple's [NASDAQ:AAPL] iPhone 3G as a smartphone with GPS, but what ever became of that GPS device that was to include a smartphone? I'm talking about Garmin's [NASDAQ:GRMN] slick-looking Nuvifone, which was ...READ»

Pro Cycling Gets Back In the Saddle

Every headline I’ve seen about the sport in the last two years has made some mention of the vast doping problem that’s driving the sport into the ground. Case in point: last Thursday’s front page of CNN.com, which reports that ...READ»

Unveiling The Reality With The Garmin 60CSx

The Garmin 60CSx is really a transportable handheld gadget you'll need. It is a multi-use GPS handset suited for many endeavors where it can act as an electronic compass and biometric altimeter. There are also lots of ...READ»

Garmin-Asus Outs Its M20 Smartphone, Doesn't Herald GPSphone Revolution

News that Garmin and Asus were teaming up to produce the other type of convergence smartphone--marrying serious navigation power with a cellphone--only hit the other week, but the alliance has just stumped up with news on its first ...READ»

Lost Satellite

I travel a lot for work, and as a matter of practice will rent a car with a GPS navigation system included. My trip earlier this week – first to San Francisco and then to Los Angeles – taught me a valuable lesson. All in-car ...READ»

Online Retailers Leak New Garmin GPS Handhelds

For those outdoor enthusiasts who haven't found a GPS to their liking, Amazon [NASDAQ:AMZN] and Buy.com may have come to your rescue. The two sites simultaneously leaked the existence of a new line of Garmin [NASDAQ:GRMN] GPS devices ...READ»

Garmin Connect Returns to Kansas, Leaves SF Team Home Alone, Unemployed

Last month, the Garmin Connect team, a 15-strong band of software engineers, product managers and the like, were asked by the firm to relocate from San Francisco to Kansas. And, since they weren't particularly chuffed by the idea of ...READ»

Where 2.0

Waldo could never hide these days. "There's all this openness now, thanks to location-aware apps and mobile devices," says Brady Forrest, chairman of Where 2.0, which will host industry leaders in San Jose to discuss everything from ...READ»

Turn-by-Turn Google Maps on iPhone Steer Google, TomTom, Garmin to Dead End [Update]

One of Android's biggest strengths, free turn-by-turn navigation, is coming to the iPhone. Update: We've had an official denial from Google--looks like the report was premature.READ»

Google's Turn-by-Turn Nav Sends Garmin, TomTom Stocks Plummeting

We reported yesterday that Google may upset the entire GPS market. Hours later, they did. Personal navigation stocks went into freefall yesterday after Google announced it would bring turn-by-turn navigation to its mobile Google Maps ...READ»

In the Bag

It seems simple and mundane, but I'm always fascinated by the things business people carry. What's in the briefcases. What they take home in their tote. What rests in their laptop bag when they travel. The most recent fascination ...READ»

Now March 2010

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• 10th Anniversary of the Nasdaq Peaking

The Sky's the Limit

Some 11,000 miles above the earth, 28 satellites beam down data that enables the targeting of locations with once-unthinkable precision. It's a lethal tool in war -- and a killer app for business. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is transforming everything from auto insurance to agriculture, from hauling freight to trading stocks. Is your business next?READ»

Tour de France

When this grueling race began in 1903, the 20,000-franc prize ($4,000 in today's dollars) wasn't enough to entice entrants, and its organizers had to also offer a five-franc daily allowance. Fast-forward a century: The top prize is ...READ»

10th Anniversary of GPS's Nonmilitary Expansion

Finding restaurants. Mapping hiking trails. Geo-tagging photos. Playing location-based social-media games. Tracking lost pets. What don't we use GPS for these days? It's hard to believe that just a decade ago the military-designed ...READ»

Now: July/August 2010

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• Tread Lightly: Sustainable Tourism 2010
• Steer: National Drive-Thru Day
• Invent: Patent Races

Now: May 2010

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• Olge: 20th Anniversary of the First Photo From the Hubble Telescope
• Help: International Virtual Assistants Day
• Groan: Franchise Fatigue

Ads in Google Maps Street View: A Sign of Things to Come

Google is charting new territory in the virtual world of advertising. The company wants to plaster the digital billboards that pop up in Google Maps street view with real-time promos for products. Rather than generate a street view ...READ»

Cellphone Satisfaction Study: Consumers Prefer Smartphones Over Dumb Ones

It should come as no surprise to smartphone users, but a customer satisfaction survey recently performed by JD Power has smartphones scoring higher than their limited-tech dumbphone siblings. And, of course, Apple's cellphone is the ...READ»

MyFord Touch System Teaches Drivers to Be Fuel-Efficient

Fuel efficiency is an elusive thing. If you have a hybrid or EV, efficiency is easy enough to achieve, but otherwise it's difficult to gauge (unless you're a professional driver). Ford's MyFord Touch system, set to launch on the ...READ»