Today's Garmin Mobile announcements let you wave your magic wand and turn your favorite phone, laptop, or PDA from a typical device into a high powered Garmin GPS navigator.  The Garmin Mobile 10 is for PDAs and laptops, the Garmin Mobile 20 is for smartphones, and the BlackBerry Edition of Garmin Mobile is specifically for BlackBerry (hence the savvy marketing name).  When you're ready to do some Abracadabra Alakazam magic, head out to the Garmin Mobile Buyer's Guide and we'll help you figure out which Garmin Mobile device is best for you.

Comments

[Paul B-G]

I would love to see Bluetooth output on the outdoors models. I have recently upgraded from a Etrex Legend C (which my wife uses in place of her Etrex Legend) to the 60Csx. Besides geocaching (600 yesterday) I travel for business and sometimes connect my GPSr to my laptop via USB and use nRoute with City Select. It would be easier in the car (less wires) if there was Bluetooth output on the 60Csx. I might be interested in the Mobile 20 to use with my Treo 700P Smartphone but that requires buying another GPSr. I wouldn't mind paying a little more for a single GPSr that was rugged enough for hiking and had voice output or Bluetooth to some other device in the car.
As a simpler (no cost) improvement how about two different tones for "Right Turn" and "Left Turn" so that any Garmin with autorouting could be more easily used in the car!

[Blog Editor]

Boy, that's a good question, Steve. While we poll the engineers, you may want to take a look at the GPS 18 (http://www.garmin.com/products/gps18/). It definitely comes in a USB configuration.

[Steve Tostevin]

The Garmin Mobile 10 looks really nice. Although I realise that it transmits via bluetooth, will it be possible to hook it up via a USB connection?

Cheers.

[Blog Editor]

Thanks for the comment, Eric. We think our Garmin Mobile will turn a lot of heads. Regarding your comment re: Bluetooth for outdoor units... what are some of the outdoor applications you envision through Bluetooth? We're always curious to get feedback from our customers, so feel free to chime in, everyone!

[Eric Richards]

Fantastic! I've been looking to upgrade my BlueTooth GPS system and this looks like it would fit the bill.

What I'd really love, though, is BlueTooth support in the outdoor series. I know, it would risk turning handhelds into the kitchen sink, but it would be a fantastic addition to the, say, GPSMAP line.