World's largest maker of GPS devices Garmin Corporation, on Tuesday entered the Indian mass market with the launch of its nuvi 40LM and 50LM devices, to be priced at Rs 8450 and Rs 9990 respectively.
The devices will also come with free maps of Singapore and Malaysia, two of the most visited vacation spots by Indians. Indian accent will be in-built in the devices.
"Different from traditional navigation devices, which make it difficult to understand the street name or area because of in-built American accent, Garmin self-developed technology and was the first to implement Indian accent into devices. We believe Indian English sounds much more familiar and can be well-recognised by Indian people.
Furthermore, voice guidance in Hindi will further help in popularising the devices," says Tony An, Garmin Asia Marketing Director.
Some of the unique features are Junction View which helps drivers avoid last minute maneuvers. 'Lane Info' guides to the proper lane for navigation and Highway Mode which tells the approaching exist on a highway. Its 'Text-to-speech' feature speaks street names in English but in an Indian accent.
Talking on the need to introduce lesser priced models in Indian market, An said, "Technology should not be restricted to the high and mighty. It has been noticed that masses travel a lot and need guidance to reach the destination.
Even on vacation these are the people who love to travel on their own without any entourage following them. So, Garmin devices will fill in the gap making their vacations and moving around easier."
These devices like other Garmin devices will have broadcast in Hindi and Indian English. The devices come with free lifetime maps. Garmin has a 57% share in personal navigation devices in Americas and around 38% share worldwide. It opened its India office on Tuesday in the capital. source-economictimes.indiatimes.com
The devices will also come with free maps of Singapore and Malaysia, two of the most visited vacation spots by Indians. Indian accent will be in-built in the devices.
"Different from traditional navigation devices, which make it difficult to understand the street name or area because of in-built American accent, Garmin self-developed technology and was the first to implement Indian accent into devices. We believe Indian English sounds much more familiar and can be well-recognised by Indian people.
Furthermore, voice guidance in Hindi will further help in popularising the devices," says Tony An, Garmin Asia Marketing Director.
Some of the unique features are Junction View which helps drivers avoid last minute maneuvers. 'Lane Info' guides to the proper lane for navigation and Highway Mode which tells the approaching exist on a highway. Its 'Text-to-speech' feature speaks street names in English but in an Indian accent.
Talking on the need to introduce lesser priced models in Indian market, An said, "Technology should not be restricted to the high and mighty. It has been noticed that masses travel a lot and need guidance to reach the destination.
Even on vacation these are the people who love to travel on their own without any entourage following them. So, Garmin devices will fill in the gap making their vacations and moving around easier."
These devices like other Garmin devices will have broadcast in Hindi and Indian English. The devices come with free lifetime maps. Garmin has a 57% share in personal navigation devices in Americas and around 38% share worldwide. It opened its India office on Tuesday in the capital. source-economictimes.indiatimes.com
Common Features:
- Display resolution, WxH: 480 x 272 pixels
- Display type: WQVGA color TFT with white backlight
- Battery: rechargeable lithium-ion
- Battery life:up to 2 hours
- High-sensitivity receiver
- Preloaded street maps
- Includes lifetime map updates
- nüMaps Guarantee: yes
- Built-in memory:internal solid state
- Accepts data cards: microSD™ card (not included)
- Waypoints/favorites/locations: 1000
- Routes: 0
- Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 ft.") – yes(internal speaker)
- Speaks street names (e.g. "Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft.")
- Lane assist (guides to proper lane for navigation)
- Junction view (displays junction signs)
- Choice of route setup (faster time, shorter distance, off road)
- Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.)
- Speed limit indicator (displays speed limit for most major roads in the U.S. and Europe)
- Where Am I? (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection)
- Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos)
- Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest)
- Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout)
- Garmin Garage™ vehicles compatible (download car-shaped icons to your device)
- Garmin Garage™ voices compatible (download custom voices to your device)
Unavailable Features:
Both nuvi 40LM and 50LM do not have the following features:
- Headphone jack/audio line-out
- Waterproof
- 3-D terrain view
- 3-D buildings and landmarks view
- Voice-activated navigation (operate device with spoken commands)
- Traffic compatible (routes around traffic with a receiver and subscription):
- Lifetime traffic updates (receive free lifetime traffic updates):
- myTrends™ (predicts routes based on user's navigation behavior)
- trafficTrends™ (calculates routes based on predicted traffic flow)
- Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route)
- ecoRoute™ (calculates a more fuel-efficient route):
- Garmin nüLink! Services: (receive accurate real-time travel information)
- XM® Navtraffic & Radio for U.S. compatible
- Bluetooth® wireless technology (connect to your phone for hands-free calling)
- Garmin Locate™ (marks position when removed from windshield mount)
- Enhanced pedestrian navigation (guides you as you walk around town):
- Exit services (tells you approaching services on highway):
- World travel clock, currency & unit converter, calculator
- Alarm clock:
- Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature):
- Multimode (switches modes to drive, hike, bike or boat)
- Picture viewer:
- MP3 player
- Audio book player
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