Garmin understand Russian speech

Garmin is launching two new series - and 2hhh 37hhT. Some of the latest developments of the company - voice control of navigation, an assistant in fuel economy and three-dimensional images of city landmarks. At a press conference arranged by the Russian company Navicom jointly with the American company Garmin, new items were released in 2011. Buyers of new series navigators will be able to enjoy the development of the company as voice control, the actual display of crossroads, which continues to operate even in the tunnels, the most convenient choice of lanes. In the updates will be available until the exact addressing the entrances to houses, road computer, which monitors fuel consumption, manual input of speed limits and the choice between horizontal and vertical screens. Just Garmin users can update maps russified company's website. Update for motorists to "weigh" about 1 GB, and with the topography - about 1.3 GB. Garmin navigators can work with the satellite images - Subscribe to the option year is worth 25 euros. Appear on the map 3D models of city landmarks, and the relief will display the topographic situation - on the map will be visible to the plains, mountains, rivers and other types of terrain. Garmin is guides to tourist sites. The site can download a free demo version of the sights of the two capitals, Moscow region sites and the coast. And for the active traveler a set of maps, which includes Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Europe. Plugs into Garmin navigators are free. However, unlike competitors, the sources, whence comes this information is not disclosed. Vladimir Zenin, marketing director of ZAO Navicom "but noted that these data are taken from different locations and processed, and provide something" by hand "including dealers. At this time, display tubes are available in 8 cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don and Ufa. The representative of the Garmin Stephen Bernard emphasized novelty with a stylish metal body nuvi 3790T, which was the thinnest on the market - its thickness is only 8.9 mm. A device with a touchscreen 4.3-inch display has high resolution - 800x480 pixels. For this series are available 3D images of houses and landmarks, topography. And as a novelty can be controlled by voice commands. Series 37hhT can connect to car diagnostic socket and display real-time fuel consumption and other parameters that allow the driver to select a more economical mode of driving. The cost of navigation in this series range from 15,000 rubles (for the version without the 3D model and voice control) to 18,000 rubles. A series of nuvi 2hhh includes seven devices with screen sizes from 3.5 to 5 inches. All of them have included options such as speed control, the choice of lanes, the mapping units of houses, voice control, viewing the crossroads, the choice of color maps, point addressing. Top models - nuvi 236LT, nuvi 2390 nuvi and 2460 - in addition, are equipped with pedestrian navigation, voice control, 3D images of buildings and reliefs. Cost will range 2hhh as the current series 1hhh, with prices 1hhh will be reduced. The new series will be available in early 2011. On the question of work with chip GLONASS Stephen Bernard said that while Garmin is not doing the exact analysis, but if it turns out that cooperation with the Russian navigation system will lead to an increase in sales, the company will be ready to cooperate. While the calculations that will be cheaper - to pay 25% tax-nye or embed chips GLONASS - were not made. Text: Olga Zabelkina.