Garmin GPSMAP 600 Series: Ready for Land or Sea

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By admin | 1 year, 159 days ago | Category: Breaking News, Navigation

Garmin announced the GPSMAP 640 and 620 an ultra portable and rugged touchscreen navigator that comes preloaded with a set of street maps and marine charts – the latter being designed for markets outside the United States, also shares the same intuitive interface. Both features a high-sensitivity GPS receiver and boasts an intuitive, waterproof (IPX7) super-bright 5.2” WVGA touchscreen display (800 x 480 pixels) that reacts as users tap or drag through intuitive menus and options. The 600 series comes with two mounts: when placed in either the marine or automotive mount, the device will start up in the appropriate mode. On the road, the GPSMAP 640 provides the maps, turn-by-turn directions, custom POIs and proximity alerts you expect. On the water you get aerial POI views and optional BlueChart g2 Vision for underwater 3D perspective. The GPSMAP 620 can have optional street map and marine chart data through an SD card slot. The GPSMAP 640 and GPSMAP 620 are priced at $1199.99 and $999.99 respectively.

[BusinessWire]