PR - Garmin International Inc., announced a new series of personal
navigators that combine cutting edge navigation features with outdoor recreation
navigation capabilities. With one touch, the transitions
between driving, bicycling, boating or walking mode, while boasting sought-after
features such as routing capabilities, improved mapping and water-proof
hardware.
“This multi-mode nüvi is the ultimate device for those seeking portable
navigation in the car and in the great outdoors,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice
president of worldwide sales. “This product allows us to combine features from
several of our most popular automotive and outdoor navigators into one compact
unit. From weekend trips to the lake, to a hike around the trail, nüvi 500 is
ideal for people seeking automotive and recreational navigation in one dynamic
device.”
Drive, hike, bike or boat with this portable and rugged unit – the nüvi 500
is pre-loaded with both road maps and U.S. topographic maps. For use in and out
of the car, simply touch the usage mode indicator located at the top of the home
screen to change between driving, bicycling, boating or walking mode.
Get turn-by-turn directions, look up restaurants, and download geocaches from
Geocaching.com with this versatile series. Ready for the great outdoors, the
nüvi 500 models display shaded digital elevation mapping on the 3.5” water-proof
touchscreen. This series comes standard with a compass page, track log and a
removable, rechargeable battery for extended outdoor use. With one tap of the
screen, users can also see their exact location with Garmin’s “Where Am I?”
feature. In addition, with Garmin Connect Photos, users can choose from
millions of geo-located photos provided by Google’s Panoramio photo sharing
community to provide photo navigation by land or water.
When loaded with optional BlueChart® g2 Vision, and Inland Lake Vision marine
cartography, the nüvi 500 series is great on the water, providing detailed
chart-specific information, spot soundings, intertidal zones, wrecks, port
plans, restricted areas and more.
For a scenic road trip, the nüvi 500 series comes preloaded with the Historic
Route 66 map guide developed by MAD MAPS. This route spans from Chicago to Los
Angeles, while highlighting specific points of interest associated with Route 66
along the way.
The nüvi 500 comes preloaded with detailed street and topographic mapping for
the lower 48 U.S. states, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The nüvi 550 boasts
comprehensive street map coverage of the U.S. and Canada. When either model is
used with an optional receiver, users can receive important updated information
from Traffic Message Channel or MSN Direct. The dynamic content from the MSN
Direct network includes traffic conditions, fuel prices, weather reports, movie
listings, headline news, stock updates and local events. A scooter mount will
come standard in select European markets and sold as an optional accessory
elsewhere.
Information about pricing and availability can be found at www.garmin.com.
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