Archive for September, 2010
Garmin Chicago Store: Focused on customer service
Yazan: Garmin | 21 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews
At the Garmin Chicago Store, we strive to deliver the ultimate in customer service. Around here, we like to call it “acquiring the extra satellite” – and we’re always thrilled to hear stories from our customers about their experience in…
“Show Us Your Panel” recap
Yazan: Garmin | 21 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews
We have a winner! In case it slipped your mind, we’ve been in the midst of a “Show us Your Panel” aviation photo sweepstakes where customers had the chance to win an aera. Garmin owners have been sending us pictures…
TeleNav Announces Amendments to Sprint and Tele Atlas Agreements
Yazan: TeleNav Press Releases | 20 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: TeleNav
Extends Sprint Contract Through December 31, 2012. Provides Updated Financial Outlook for Fiscal 1Q11 and Introduces Full Fiscal Year 2011 Guidance.
Hesjedal and Stetina share Interbike spotlight with new Garmin Edge 800
Yazan: Garmin | 17 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews
We’ll be pulling out all the stops at Interbike next week, showcasing the GPS-enabled touchscreen Edge 800 cycling computer as well as two of the brightest stars on Team Garmin-Transitions, Canadian Ryder Hesjedal and American Peter Stetina. Hesjedal and Stetina…
Patriot’s Run: running to remember.
Yazan: Garmin | 16 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews
Nearly 500 runners took part in the Patriot’s Run on Sept. 11, set in our backyard of Olathe, Kansas. More than 2,000 troops participated in similar events at bases overseas. All came out to remember, and many runners had a…
Look for Garmin Chicago at ScoutFEST100
Yazan: Garmin | 15 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews
Celebrate 100 years of scouting at ScoutFEST this Saturday, Sept. 18, with the Boy Scouts of America and the Garmin Chicago Store. Interact with the new GPSMAP 62 series across Northerly Island with paperless-Geocaching. Garmin-led hikes are offered on a…
Victor’s Vectors: Using the Map on Your GPSMAP 696
Yazan: Garmin | 15 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews
The most popular feature of most of Garmin’s GPS units is overwhelmingly the Direct To button. However what happens if there is a line of intense thunderstorms in your direct flight path? For a lot of pilots this would mean…
Garmin selected a Preferred Supplier of Choice by the American Boatbuilders Association
Yazan: Garmin | 14 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews
Today we’re honored and excited to announce that the American Boatbuilders Association (ABA) has selected Garmin as a Preferred Supplier of Choice for its chartplotter, radar, autopilot, sonar, VHF radioand other related marine navigation device offerings. The ABA, a coalition…
TeleNav Launches Navigation-Based Mobile Advertising Platform
Yazan: TeleNav Press Releases | 14 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: TeleNav
Platform delivers location and search-relevant ads to users at point-of-need and delivers unique, measurable ‘Drive-To Rate’
Garmin Dakota gets high praise after high-speed tumble
Yazan: Garmin | 13 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews
The following note came crashing into our inbox from Kenneth, who says his job specializes in quality control for weapons. And while he adds a smiley face when saying that the weapons are conventional and not nuclear, we’re still taking…
