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Talk Back to your nvi: Garmins Flagship nvi 880 Features Speech Recognition, Enhanced MSN Direct Services
OLATHE, Kan./January 3, 2008/PR Newswire Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), today announced the new nvi 880, a premium portable navigation device with cutting-edge speech recognition, dynamic MSN Direct content, and an impressive array of other convenience and safety features. The device was announced in conjunction with the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and will be on display at the Garmin booth (South Hall 4, booth #35832). Garmins nvi 880 uses speech recognition to make navigation safer and easier than ever. Now its possible to keep both hands on the wheel, tell nvi what to do and where to go, and youre on your way to stress-free travel, said Dan Bartel, Garmins worldwide vice president of sales. And with enhanced MSN Direct services, the nvi 880 provides cutting-edge content like traffic, fuel prices, news and business headlines, and a wireless send to GPS capability. In keeping with Garmins heritage of elegant user interface design, the nvi 880s speech recognition technology sets the new industry standard for simple and intuitive use. Users mount a push-to-talk wireless remote to their steering wheel, which is used to activate voice commands no additional setup or training is required. Once activated, the user can effortlessly manipulate controls by speaking the words that correspond to buttons that are on the touchscreen display, so that almost any common task can be performed without ever touching the unit. Garmin has also streamlined the way users can perform complex points of interest searches. Driving in an unfamiliar area and hungry for some spaghetti? Simply say, find nearest Italian restaurant, and youre offered a menu of nearby pasta purveyors. Use a voice command to select the establishment of your choice, and the nuvi 800 series gives you turn-by-turn directions to dinner. The nuvi 880 also knows the names of many large business brands, so a user need only say, find place, then "Starbucks" for a quick caffeine fix. For the ultimate in safety, a driver at any time speak the phrase, where am I? and their device will display its exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and gas stations. Speech recognition can also be used to search for addresses as well all hands-free, from start to finish. Speech recognition is available for American English, British English, European French, European Spanish, German, Italian, and Netherlands Dutch languages. The nvi 880 also boasts next-generation dynamic content from the MSN Direct network that helps users efficiently navigate their day, including: Traffic conditions: receive up-to-date traffic incident and flow information for most metropolitan areas across North America, and let nvi select a route that avoids traffic accidents, road closures, and construction.
Fuel prices: receive gas price data from over 100,000 gas stations across the nation. Drivers will always know where to get the best prices and save time and fuel by using their unit to navigate directly to the station of their choice. Weather reports: features current weather conditions (including high/low/current temperatures, chances of precipitation, humidity, pressure, wind, and weather alerts) as well as three day weather forecasts. Enhanced movie listings: search for movies by title or by theater and receive show times, star ratings, genre, actors, and more and get driving directions to the theater. Local events: receive special notices on festivals, concerts, and sporting events in your area, and navigate to them. News and stocks: the latest news headlines and financial market updates are always at your fingertips. Send to GPS capability: plan trips and look up destinations from the convenience of your computer, via Windows Live Local, and then wirelessly send locations to your nvi 880.

Three months of free MSN Direct service is included with the purchase of the nvi 880. Owners can re-subscribe for $49.95 a year, or a one-time charge of $129.95. For more information on MSN Direct services and coverage areas, visit http://garmin.msndirect.com. The nvi 880 has Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free calling when paired with compatible phones. Using the units speech recognition capabilities, users can find and dial phone numbers (specifically supported phones can even access their history log of received, missed and dialed calls) or nvis points of interest database (hotels, restaurants, stores and more). This new premium PND also has a built-in FM transmitter, allowing users to wirelessly transmit turn-by-turn directions and street names, MP3s and audio books through their vehicles stereo. The nvi 880 also boasts front-firing stereo speakers and a removable lithium-ion battery. Boasting a bright, sunlight-readable 4.3-inch color touchscreen display (480x272 pixels), the nvi 880 is loaded with maps of the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. The new unit incorporates a highsensitivity internal GPS antenna that makes it thinner and easier to mount in a car. At startup (Garmins new instant on feature makes the unit quicker to use), Garmins intuitive Where To? and View Map welcome screen appears, allowing for quick searches of addresses or over six million points of interest like restaurants, hotels, attractions, gas stations, and more. Turn-by-turn, voice-prompted directions guide drivers to their destination, announcing streets by name along the way. If they miss a turn, the nvi automatically recalculates a route and gets them back on track. To help drivers find their car in an unfamiliar spot or crowded parking lot, the unit automatically marks where it was last removed from the windshield mount. Users can save 10 routes, specify via points and preview simulated turns, and the unit automatically sorts multiple destinations to provide an efficient route for errands, deliveries or sales calls. It also displays speed limits for highways and interstates, and a trip log provides an electronic bread crumb trail of up to 10,000 points. The nvi 880 also includes many entertainment and travel tools including a music player (MP3, Ogg, and Flac formats supported), audio book player (subscription to Audible.com required), alarm clock, picture viewer, currency converters and more. The nvi 880 even has games pre-loaded to pass the time while waiting in airports and long lines. The units also are installed with Garmin Lock, an innovative patent pending theft prevention system that disables the unit from performing any functions until the user types in a specific 4-digit PIN or takes the unit to a predetermined secure location.

Garmin also offers the nvi 850, which offers speech recognition capabilities but without MSN Direct services or Bluetooth wireless technology. All other features are comparable to the nvi 880. The nvi 800 series will be available in the second quarter of 2008. Visit www.garmin.com for more information and pricing.
About Garmin Garmin International, Inc. is a member of the Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq:GRMN) group of companies which designs, manufactures, markets, and sells navigation, communication and information devices and applications -- most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin is a leader in consumer and general aviation navigation and its products serve the automotive/mobile, outdoor/fitness, marine, and aviation markets. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin's virtual pressroom at www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200. Garmin, and nvi are registered trademarks, and Garmin Lock is a trademark of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved. Notice on forward-looking statements: This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Garmin Ltd. and its business. All statements regarding the companys future product introductions are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management's current expectations. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release may not occur and actual results could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting Garmin, including, but not limited to, the risk factors listed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2006 filed by Garmin with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission file number 000-31983). A copy of Garmins Form 10-K can be downloaded at www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/invRelations/finReports.html. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and Garmin undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.