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Garmin Announces GPS Product Support for Mac OS X

allory

2006-01-10, 5:49 pm

http://www.garmin.com/pressroom/corporate/011006.html

MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO/January 10, 2006/PR Newswire - Garmin
International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), today
announced that it will immediately begin to make its line of GPS and
mobile electronics devices compatible with Mac OS X version 10.4
"Tiger." This makes Garmin the first major GPS designer and
manufacturer to announce direct support for Mac OS X.

"We are very excited to be supporting the many tech-savvy Garmin
users who are also Mac devotees," said Min Kao, Garmin Ltd.'s
chairman and CEO. "Mac users have been encouraging us to make our GPS
units Mac compatible, and we've listened. We hope this brings the
many benefits of GPS to current Mac users and invites future Apple
customers to the Garmin fold."

"The popularity of Mac OS X is attracting many first time developers to
the Mac and driving astonishing innovation," said Ron Okamoto,
Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "We're
thrilled to welcome Garmin to the platform and look forward to exciting
new applications that take advantage of its GPS-based products and Mac
OS X."

Beginning in spring 2006, Garmin will offer a Mac version of its
popular Training Center software. Used with Garmin's line of
Forerunner and Edge series of fitness products, the Training Center
software lets users plan and analyze workouts. Fitness enthusiasts can
create their own workouts or use workout templates that can be
downloaded into the unit for any level of personal training. The
software also offers interactive analysis tools that will now allow Mac
users to chart their performance information like speed, heart rate,
cadence, elevation, and pace.

Also in spring 2006, Garmin will make the www.MotionBased.com upload
interface Mac compatible. MotionBased.com translates GPS data into
performance analysis, online mapping, and route sharing for endurance
and outdoor athletes. Data collected by a Garmin GPS device is uploaded
to MotionBased.com where time, distance, speed, elevation, cadence,
grade, and heart rate analysis is displayed through charts,
illustrations, and reports. This activity data can also be displayed as
a route and replayed on street, photo, topographic, and elevation maps
as well as the popular Google Earth service. Members can also use the
TrailNetwork database to seek out and download new activities in their
region, to find popular routes while traveling, or to engage in
"virtual races" with other MotionBased users.

By the end of 2006, Garmin intends to have made all its popular
hardware and software applications Mac OS X compatible. This includes
the ability to load MapSource map data to Garmin units via a Mac, as
well as waypoint and trip planning applications. Additionally, the
Garmin nRoute application will allow Powerbook and iBook users to turn
their laptop into a powerful street navigation tool with Garmin's GPS
10 or GPS 18 sensors.

blalor

2006-01-10, 5:49 pm

allory wrote:
> http://www.garmin.com/pressroom/corporate/011006.html
>
> MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO/January 10, 2006/PR Newswire - Garmin
> International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), today
> announced that it will immediately begin to make its line of GPS and
> mobile electronics devices compatible with Mac OS X version 10.4
> "Tiger." This makes Garmin the first major GPS designer and
> manufacturer to announce direct support for Mac OS X.

I triple-checked the dateline to make sure today wasn't April 1.
Halle-freakin'-lujah! There's actually hope that I can someday upload
maps and download tracklogs and waypoints from my USB-only Streetpilot
2610 without a dedicated Windows box! Wahoo!!

2TrakR

2006-01-10, 11:48 pm

In article <1136927382.292405.302800@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
blalor <blalor-k-google.63b80b@bravo5.org> wrote:

> Halle-freakin'-lujah!

You can say that again!

--
/Jeramey

Phil Wheeler

2006-01-10, 11:48 pm

blalor wrote:
> allory wrote:
>
>
>
> I triple-checked the dateline to make sure today wasn't April 1.
> Halle-freakin'-lujah! There's actually hope that I can someday upload
> maps and download tracklogs and waypoints from my USB-only Streetpilot
> 2610 without a dedicated Windows box! Wahoo!!
>

Great news.

John Decker

2006-01-11, 2:48 am

In article <1136923950.353530.319200@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, allory
says...
>
>http://www.garmin.com/pressroom/corporate/011006.html
>
>MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO/January 10, 2006/PR Newswire - Garmin
>International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), today
>announced that it will immediately begin to make its line of GPS and
>mobile electronics devices compatible with Mac OS X version 10.4
>"Tiger." This makes Garmin the first major GPS designer and
>manufacturer to announce direct support for Mac OS X.
>
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Outstanding News, Thanks Garmin!!!

JD

Phil Wheeler

2006-01-11, 2:48 am

John Decker wrote:
> In article <1136923950.353530.319200@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, allory
> says...
>
>
> --------------------
>
> Outstanding News, Thanks Garmin!!!
>
>

Tempered somewhat by the schedule: Sound like map loading via Mac will
not come until late in 2006.

Richard Kaszeta

2006-01-11, 5:48 pm

Phil Wheeler <w6tuh-ng7@yahoo.com> writes:
> Tempered somewhat by the schedule: Sound like map loading via Mac will
> not come until late in 2006.

Still, the circumlocutions I've had to use to update Mapsource maps
while on the road with my Powerbook will hopefully become a thing of
the past.

--
Richard W Kaszeta
rich@kaszeta.org
http://www.kaszeta.org/rich

Phil Wheeler

2006-01-11, 5:48 pm

Richard Kaszeta wrote:
> Phil Wheeler <w6tuh-ng7@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>
>
> Still, the circumlocutions I've had to use to update Mapsource maps
> while on the road with my Powerbook will hopefully become a thing of
> the past.
>

Hope so. I now travel with an iBook and a PC laptop .. the latter to
load maps with.

Nick C Topolos

2006-01-12, 2:48 am

There were many happy Mac Addicts at the Garmin site at MacWorld in S.F.
today.

Phil Wheeler

2006-01-12, 5:48 pm

Nick C Topolos wrote:
>
>
> There were many happy Mac Addicts at the Garmin site at MacWorld in S.F.
> today.

Garmin had a booth there? That was a bit of a tip off, if so :-)

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