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Garmin has been involved in the fitness GPS business for a long time. The company now understands that with the personal navigation devices dying, it is better to focus on mobile markets, such as the one opened up by the iPhone. It has released new fitness apps for iPhone and Android to help those who [...]

Smartphones such as iPhone have decimated the personal navigation device market. People rely on these smartphones to find their way around these days. Garmin may have been late to the game but it still intends to be a major player in the iPhone app business. In fact, it is going one step further with its [...]

The consumer GPS market may have slowed down a bit in the past couple of years. That has not stopped Garmin from buying GPS companies left and right. The company bought Navigon just a short while ago. Now it has acquired a couple of African companies to expand its business in that region of the [...]

Amazon is the best place to shop for GPS devices. The company has some of the best prices on these devices. If you pay attention to the company’s daily deals, you will have an easier time getting your hands on what you need for cheaper. Garmin nüvi 2350LMT is getting a discount for today. The [...]

Cycling professionals do need tools to help them keep track of their performance and improve it over the long run. Cycling GPS devices can help theses folks stay on top of the progress they are making. Garmin has just announced Edge 200 GPS for those who are looking for a budget GPS for cycling: The [...]

Garmin has finalized its purchase of Navigon. These two companies used to be competitors a while ago. Navigon find it extremely hard to compete in the hardware business, so it focused all its efforts on the software side, bringing one of the best iPhone GPS apps around to the market. At this point, it is [...]

Many have wondered what Garmin would have to do to stay relevant in a world dominated by iPhone and Android devices. The company went through some rough patches with its smart-phones not performing as the company expected. But Garmin is back where it belongs. It has beaten earning estimates handily. As Forbes states, Garmin:

Everybody talks about how great 4G networks will be for those who live a mobile life. But not everyone is happy about some of these networks. According to Garmin, LightSquared’s proposed new 4G network will interfere with GPS reception and will affect 911 systems too. The proposed LightSquared plan to add 40,000 high-powered transmitters in [...]

In case you missed it, Garmin recently introduced its first GPS application for iPhone in StreetPilot. It is an exciting application that turns your iPhone into a GPS device and saves you from having to deal with a standalone GPS ever again. The early reviews are out on this app. While the app has not [...]

In case you missed it, Garmin announced a bunch of new products at CES 2011. Sure, the company brought an iPhone application to the market. It also unveiled a personal tracking device, new Garmin standalone GPS units, and improved GPS devices for truckers (Garmin dezl).