Somethings afoot !

[tomthompson]

Isnt it strange how all of a sudden lots of ebay sellers are selling the Zumo ,Halfords has dropped it from its range and Garmin for a very short while had mention of a Zumo 660 on their web page that disappeared as fast as it arrived.

Are we expecting a new motorcycle friendly GPS from Garmin ?


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Asus Zenfone 2 twin sim, Garmin Zumo 550, 660 and pocketgps speed camera database

I keep on learning but they invent new things faster ,How do I keep up ?

[Darren]

There have been some rumours circulating and it does seem likely that a new motorcycle friendly GPS is imminent. From what I can gather it is a similar to the previously launched bike friendly nuvi but in a wide-screen format so not a hard core Zumo like we have been used to.
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Darren Griffin

[tomthompson]

The banner on the garmin site now chats about the Zumo 660, but its nowhere else on the site !
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Asus Zenfone 2 twin sim, Garmin Zumo 550, 660 and pocketgps speed camera database

I keep on learning but they invent new things faster ,How do I keep up ?

[chastreo]

This all looks interesting. I expect a new model will be announced at CES 2009, next week

It looks like a wide screen Nuvi 550, with LH screen controls to suit motorbikes.

It could be that Garmin figure that the Nuvi 550 is a good bike gps in a good form factor, but lacks the bells and whistles of the Zumo 550.

So they are looking to bring out a newer model in the bike range.

However they can't call it a Nuvi 660, as there used to be a Nuvi 660, which is now discontinued, so they are going to call it a Zumo even thought the form factor is clearly Nuvi.

This is good news for Bikers, as it adds to the range, plus should see a drop in new and S/H prices of current Garmin bike GPS models ?

Roll on CES

[chastreo]

Some more rumours about the Zumo 660:
http://www.fjrforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=113497

[tomthompson]

Its not rumour any more Garmin have announced the Garmin Zumo 660 today
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Asus Zenfone 2 twin sim, Garmin Zumo 550, 660 and pocketgps speed camera database

I keep on learning but they invent new things faster ,How do I keep up ?

[chastreo]

Here is the Garmin link:
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=135&pID=15000

Wide screen
Lane assist
Next turn + time + actual speed display while on a route
Stereo over bluetooth
Display quickest & fastest route for you to decide which one to use.

On the USA site it's about $160 cheaper than the Zumo 550, so it'll be interesting to see how the market values it here in the UK

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