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July 23, 2008

Garmin nuvi 500 Series Rugged GPS Navigation Devices

Nvi_500Garmin's nuvi 500 series portable GPS navigation devices are made for easy navigation in the car as well as rugged outdoor life, easily transitioning between driving, bicycling, boating or walking modes with one touch. The nuvi 500 model comes preloaded with detailed street and topographic mapping for the lower 48 U.S. states, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, while the nüvi 550 offers street map coverage of the U.S. and Canada. 

"Get turn-by-turn directions, look up restaurants, and download geocaches from Geocaching.com with this versatile series.  Ready for the great outdoors, the nüvi 500 models display shaded digital elevation mapping on the 3.5” water-proof touchscreen.  This series comes standard with a compass page, track log and a removable, rechargeable battery for extended outdoor use.  With one tap of the screen, users can also see their exact location with Garmin’s “Where Am I?” feature.  In addition, with Garmin Connect Photos, users can choose from millions of geo-located photos provided by Google’s Panoramio photo sharing community to provide photo navigation by land or water."

Suggested retail price: $ 499.99 USD

www.garmin.com
 

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