Garmin zūmo 220 Scales Down Size and Price of Motorcycle Navigation
January 20, 2010 - 06:00 AM
Olathe, Kan./January 20, 2010/Business Wire - Garmin
International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in
satellite navigation, today announced zūmo 220 - a rugged and affordable
touchscreen motorcycle navigator that includes text-to-speech guidance, lane
assist, Bluetooth headset compatibility and on-road/off-road travel options.
“zūmo 220 streamlines the design - and the price - while keeping the
most popular motorcycle-specific features at your fingertips,” said Dan Bartel,
Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales. “Compact and waterproof, zūmo 220
makes two-wheel navigation as stress-free as possible for riders on any budget..”
Whether
you’re riding under a blazing sun or a tranquil moon, you’ll benefit from years
of hands-on experience and countless miles of motorcycle expertise of Garmin’s
zūmo team. With a 3.5” color touchscreen that’s both rugged and responsive, zūmo
220 provides the information you need at a glance in an easy-to-read format as
you travel down the road. zūmo 220 displays speed limits on most major roads and
articulates turn-by-turn directions through spoken street names, such as “turn
right on Main Street,” via the built-in speaker or through a compatible
Bluetooth helmet or headset. Built to withstand the demands of the open road,
zūmo 220 is waterproof, glove-friendly and resistant to fuel spray that can wear
away at similar devices.
For spontaneous road trips or detailed route
planning, zūmo 220 makes life easier with preloaded street-level maps of the
United States, Canada and Puerto Rico and more than six million points of
interest including gas stations, lodging, restaurants and other locations.
Complex interchanges come into focus through advanced
routing capabilities such as lane assist with arrows that indicate the proper
lane for efficient navigation. And zūmo 220 features HotFix, which automatically
calculates and stores critical satellite information and can use that
information to quickly calculate a position.
While riding, it’s also easy
to access trip information directly from the zūmo’s motorcycle console page such
as speed, heading, altitude, and a customizable fuel gauge that can be modified
to the motorcycle’s maximum fuel range. In addition, with the zūmo’s powerful
trip planning tools, zūmo owners can create and customize routes via computer
and then transfer the saved route directly to the zūmo before they begin their
journey.
With an expected availability date of March 2010 for
an expected suggested retail price of $599.99, zūmo 220 is packaged with a
motorcycle mount and an automotive mount for an easy transition between bike and
car or truck.
