The global leader in satellite navigation, Garmin Ltd has announced its two new handheld GPS navigation device – Dakotas 10 and 20, which is waterproof, rugged and lightweight. The Garmin Dakota navigation handhelds are equipped with 850MB of internal memory which can store store up to 2,000 geocaches, 1,000 waypoints, 50 routes and an active GPS tracklog of up to 10,000 points and 200 saved tracks. In addition, the devices also come with 2.6-inch LCD color touchscreen display, support up to 20 hours battery life with two AA batteries, and high-sensitivity GPS receiver with HotFix. Furthermore, the new GPS navigation devices also come with preloaded worldwide basemap and compatible with Garmin City Navigator NT for turn-by-turn directions on city streets, Blue Chart g2 for marine charting, and TOPO U.S. 24K and 100K map software.

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Magellan has announced its new navigation device – RoadMate 1475T, which is an updated version of RoadMate 1470. The GPS navigation device come with 4.7-inch WQVGA anti-glare touchscreen display, OneTouch favorites menu, and includes NAVTEQ maps of the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The Magellan RoadMate 1475t also equipped with VPAthat offers subscription free, real-time traffic alerts, incidents and road congestion reports. In addition, the Magellan RoadMate comes with searchable AAA TourBook listings that include restaurants, hotels, attractions, auto repair shops and other destinations. It also offers multi-destination routing with route optimization that lets users plan trips with multiple stops in the order they want or optimize a trip for the most efficient route.

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Mio has announced its new GPS phone named as Explora K75, which equipped with the company’s new Spirit GPS navigation software. The Mio Explora K75 will be the first smartphone from the company to include their new Spirit GPS navigation software. The phone will run on Windows Mobile 6.1, has Bluetooth, 3 megapixels camera and VGA CMOS secondary camera, and Office Mobile. In addition, the Explora K75 GPS phone works on 3.5G and quad-band GSM networks.

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Good news for light hikers, skiers, campers and military personnel who prefer to wear navigators comfortably on their wrists! The worldwide leading company in satellite navigation, Garmin International Inc. has introduced its new rugged, waterproof Garmin Foretrex 401 and 301 wearable GPS navigators, which feature dual-position readout (including latitude/longitude and alternate position format of your choice), USB interface and high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver with HotFix that able to quickly acquire and maintain satellite reception even in heavy tree cover or deep canyons, incorporating TracBack feature that can retrace your path right back to where you started (such as campsite or vehicle).

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Garmin is the leading GPS navigation, communication and solar devices developer in the world. Among its popular products are Garmin Nüvi, Garmin StreetPilot and Garmin Zumo (for motorcyle) series of automobile in-vehicle GPS receiver and navigation unit. Garmin GPS unit allows user to update its firmware, add custom POIs (Point of Interests), Waypoints, Favorites and customize other user settings.

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Nowadays it is quite common to have sophisticated in-dash GPS (Global Positioning System) installed in the vehicle. While it helps to show the direction route that simplify the life, but at the same time it also posts some safety issues if users are too diverted to the tiny device’s display screen. That is how the next generation GPS is so unique about. Named as HG400, it is capable of beaming the compass and speed settings on the windscreen, so that drivers can fully concentrate while driving on the road.

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Garmin and Volkswagen have teamed up to create Click & Ride, an integrated GPS system. The integrated GPS system has been designed to suite both new and used VW vehicles. The system will has similar features of the Garmin Nuvi 7X5 Series portable navigation device.

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Sanyo has announced its new NVA-GS1609FT and NVA-GS1409DT in-dash multimedia GPS navigation which come with built-in 16GB and 8GB SSD for storage so that it can be more durable and faster than non-flash based storage. Both of them can play MP3, MWA, AAC files from SD cards. In addition, the NVA-GS1409DT can also record music to SD cards while the NVA-GS1609FT can read music from USB drive and supports iPod connectivity. Another interesting feature is the Eco Drive function that will instructs the driver on energy-saving driving techniques.

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