Does anybody remember, or still have/use, the Garmin nüLink! 1690/1695 LIVE GPS units? I never had either one, but I remember thinking that they were pretty cool years ago. I am wondering if Garmin would ever resurrect those features, but rather than having it with it's own cellular connection, have it link to your smartphone via bluetooth, like we do with traffic.
The U.S. nüLink! services include the following:
traffic alerts that automatically re-route you around jams
fuel prices for regular, mid-grade, premium or diesel
weather
custom POIs with "Send to GPS"
flight status
currency converter
White Pages
We have the traffic and weather features currently. The currency converter might be handy, but I think of that as being more of a smartphone feature.
I do miss the fuel prices, flight status and White Pages, though. In fact, several smart phones ago, I had the Garmin Mobile XT micro SD card in my Pharos GPS Phone 600 back in the day and it did those things, too.
I guess the more I think about it, probably having a Google Local Search tab on the Garmin would be quite handy. There have been times where finding it on the Garmin Smartphone Link and then sending it can be cumbersome. I am also wondering how they get their data because there h ave been times when I will enter a business and Smartphone Link doesn't find it. I then go to Google on my phone, find the address, and then enter it manually into my GPS. It doesn't happen a lot, but it has happened.
Does anybody remember, or still have/use, the Garmin nüLink! 1690/1695 LIVE GPS units? I never had either one, but I remember thinking that they were pretty cool years ago. I am wondering if Garmin would ever resurrect those features, but rather than having it with it's own cellular connection, have it link to your smartphone via bluetooth, like we do with traffic.
The U.S. nüLink! services include the following:
traffic alerts that automatically re-route you around jams
fuel prices for regular, mid-grade, premium or diesel
weather
custom POIs with "Send to GPS"
flight status
currency converter
White Pages
We have the traffic and weather features currently. The currency converter might be handy, but I think of that as being more of a smartphone feature.
I do miss the fuel prices, flight status and White Pages, though. In fact, several smart phones ago, I had the Garmin Mobile XT micro SD card in my Pharos GPS Phone 600 back in the day and it did those things, too.
I guess the more I think about it, probably having a Google Local Search tab on the Garmin would be quite handy. There have been times where finding it on the Garmin Smartphone Link and then sending it can be cumbersome. I am also wondering how they get their data because there h ave been times when I will enter a business and Smartphone Link doesn't find it. I then go to Google on my phone, find the address, and then enter it manually into my GPS. It doesn't happen a lot, but it has happened.