Garmin Nuvi's New Features - The Savers Guide
Garmin announced today that the Garmin Nuvi is getting great reaction and that they are adding new features - specifically a location based coupon book. It's kindof like buying into a club that gives you discounts at participating shops.
"Public response to Nuvi has been amazing," said Gary Kelley, Garmin's vice president of marketing. "We believe it's because nuvi is a one-of-a-kind, all-in-one device; a GPS navigator, an MP3 player, an audio book player, a language translator, a travel guide, and much more. Nuvi provides industry leading convergence of capabilities in the PND product category."
Garmin is introducing the latest software plug-ins for nuvi at this year's CES, including the Garmin SaversGuide. With data provided by Entertainment Publications, the world's leading provider of value and savings, the Garmin SaversGuide is the first geo-coded "coupon book" that notifies users of merchants near their current location where they are eligible for a discount such as restaurants, hotels, stores, dry cleaners, movie theaters, and auto repair shops. Subscribers will receive over 45,000 discounts from participating businesses in 160 markets across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Users can save 20% off dining, shopping, and services (up to $25) and up to 50% off at participating hotels.
These user guides would be compatible with the Garmin Nuvi 350, and the new Garmin Nuvi 360.
"We are excited to work with Garmin to offer the first-ever GPS-enabled version of our exclusive Entertainment merchant database," said Terry Clark, Entertainment's executive vice president. With nuvi, users will not only have access to discounts at tens of thousands of our merchant partners across North America, they'll also be able to navigate directly to their doorsteps."
In addition, Garmin will soon announce a partnership with a leading travel publisher to develop the Garmin U.S. Travel Guide for use with nuvi. This database gives users in-depth travel information - helpful and thorough reviews and recommendations for restaurants, hotels, shopping, nightlife, sporting events, and tourist attractions. Turn-by-turn directions to a selected location are then just a finger tap away.
Both the Garmin SaversGuide and Garmin U.S. Travel Guide are available separately on SD data cards. Once a Guide is installed, users can remove the card to free up the SD slot for other purposes.
"We are excited to work with Garmin to offer the first-ever GPS-enabled version of our exclusive Entertainment merchant database," said Terry Clark, Entertainment's executive vice president. With nuvi, users will not only have access to discounts at tens of thousands of our merchant partners across North America, they'll also be able to navigate directly to their doorsteps."
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Posted by Scott Martin at January 3, 2006 9:22 AM
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