The connected PND, by most accounts, is a dying breed. Dash couldnt pull it off, TomToms execution was downright pathetic and no one even remembers that Insignia made one. But considering that Garmins nüvi range has always delivered, were going to let the nüvi 1690 ship before passing judgment. Said navigator, which just slipped into the FCCs database a fortnight ago, didnt have too many details attached to it, but a recently discovered user manual reveals that although Garmins local-data service will be powered by Google, the company has branded it with the virtually-unpronounceable name "nuinfo." Yeah, we have no idea, but were definitely interested in finding out what the ultimate plan is -- the shots of the device in the manual lead us to believe that local weather information will be on tap in addition to the usual waypoint searching and so forth, but unless Garmin throws these so-called "connected services" in gratis, every smartphone owner on the planet will simply laugh and move on.Tuesday, August 18, 2009
User manual for Garmins connected nuvi 1690 reveals nuinfo service branding
The connected PND, by most accounts, is a dying breed. Dash couldnt pull it off, TomToms execution was downright pathetic and no one even remembers that Insignia made one. But considering that Garmins nüvi range has always delivered, were going to let the nüvi 1690 ship before passing judgment. Said navigator, which just slipped into the FCCs database a fortnight ago, didnt have too many details attached to it, but a recently discovered user manual reveals that although Garmins local-data service will be powered by Google, the company has branded it with the virtually-unpronounceable name "nuinfo." Yeah, we have no idea, but were definitely interested in finding out what the ultimate plan is -- the shots of the device in the manual lead us to believe that local weather information will be on tap in addition to the usual waypoint searching and so forth, but unless Garmin throws these so-called "connected services" in gratis, every smartphone owner on the planet will simply laugh and move on.