Garmin Mobile has announced the availability of their Garmin Mobile navigation software for the Windows Mobile and Blackberry platforms for just $99. This helps to bridge the gap between navigation units and phones, and should make using your phone for driving directions much easier.
I’ve tried a number of different mobile mapping tools for the Windows mobile device and have been only partially satisfied with any of them. Using Google Maps for Mobile is helpful for getting directions, but has poor visualization and does not have voice guidance. To me, voice guidance is what makes car GPS electronics so much easier, so this should be really helpful for driving.
This price basically included the software license and an SD card with the maps on it. If you do not have a GPS unit, they will sell you a bluetooth GPS device for your phone for an additional charge. It’s very cool that they seem to support any bluetooth device, as there are a number of value players that can be paired with your smartphone from lesser brands than Garmin.
Their interface seems to actually make your phone look and act like a Garmin navigation device. They’ve included Points of Interest, hotel prices and even weather into the available features. Check out the screenshot gallery after the jump.
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[...] is a lot of buzz around full GPS applications for mobile phones. Garmin has already released a version of their software for Windows Mobile. There’s a lot of speculation around a similar application for the iPhone 3G, but no one has [...]