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Garmin Mobile(TM) XT: Plug 'N Play Maps for Your Phone
		New logo for Garmin Ltd. and its subsidiaries. (PRNewsFoto/Garmin International Inc.) OLATHE, KA UNITED STATES
    OLATHE, Kan., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Garmin International
Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), today announced Garmin Mobile
XT, a unique, all-in-one software solution that turns select smartphones
with internal GPS into high-end Garmin navigators. This mobile phone
software application seamlessly pairs the phone's built-in GPS with
Garmin's software so that customers have the benefits of navigation
anywhere in North America or Europe. Unlike other mobile phone
applications, Garmin Mobile XT offers convenient preloaded maps and
includes access to dynamic content like premium real-time traffic alerts
and fuel prices, but does not require any monthly fees or subscriptions of
any kind.
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    "Garmin Mobile XT is easy-to-use and affordable, with no monthly
charges," said Charles Morse, Garmin's director of mobile and PND
marketing. "It's a one-time investment that gives customers full-featured
GPS navigation on their smartphone whenever and wherever they need it,
including areas outside of wireless network coverage."
    Garmin Mobile XT is preloaded on a microSD card (with miniSD and
standard SD card converter) that includes Garmin navigation software for
the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, or Europe. Once the card is
inserted into a compatible smartphone with embedded GPS, the Garmin Mobile
XT application will launch automatically. Customers are then greeted with
Garmin's intuitive "Where to?" and "View map" welcome screen. With a few
screen or button taps, customers can easily route to a specific street
address or choose from millions of points of interest -- such as
restaurants, hotels, ATMs, and gas stations. In addition to turn-by-turn,
voice prompted directions, users will also see their exact position on a
detailed moving map. If a turn is missed along the way, a new route will be
recalculated automatically.
    Thanks to Garmin's vast product line and ability to leverage technology
from the other GPS markets Garmin serves, Garmin Mobile XT builds in unique
features such as support for travel guides, topo maps and custom points of
interest, as well as advanced features such as route planning with saved
routes, custom avoidances and visible trip logs. Garmin Mobile XT users
also have the benefit of routing to the location of a contact in their
phone's address book or to a calendar appointment (on supported platforms).
    Garmin Mobile XT also includes PeerPoints(TM), a powerful feature
enabling users to send their position to any other phone as well as view
and navigate to the location of other Garmin Mobile XT users. PeerPoints is
the perfect way to keep track of friends and family and navigate to them
with the touch of a button.
    In addition to navigation, Garmin Mobile XT includes free access to
Garmin Online(TM) so that customers have useful, constantly-updating
information at their fingertips like real-time traffic, fuel prices, hotel
prices and weather forecasts. The real-time traffic service from
traffic.com identifies accidents, road construction or other incidents
affecting traffic, and routes users around the congestion. The fuel price
feature displays the filling station's name, fuel price, type of fuel, and
distance to the station (U.S. only). Garmin Mobile XT users can also help
customers find hotel information, ratings and discounts from hotels.com.
Real-time weather information provided by Custom Weather lets users see
weather forecasts at their current location or anywhere in the world.
Garmin Online is accessed through the phone's wireless data service.
    Garmin Mobile XT is available now for a suggested retail price of $99
in the U.S. Garmin Mobile XT products purchased in the U.S. include maps of
all North America. In Europe, Garmin Mobile XT includes map data for 30
countries in Europe. Map data is provided by NAVTEQ(TM) -- a world leader
in premium-quality mapping.
    Visit the Garmin Mobile Buyer's Guide, http://www.garmin.com/mobile,
for more information or to purchase Garmin Mobile XT.
    About Garmin International Inc.
    Garmin International, Inc. is a member of the Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq:
GRMN) group of companies which designs, manufactures, markets, and sells
navigation, communication and information devices and applications -- most
of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin is a leader in consumer and
general aviation navigation and its products serve the automotive/mobile,
outdoor/fitness, marine, and aviation markets. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated
in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the
United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit
Garmin's virtual pressroom at http://www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact
the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200. Garmin is a registered
trademark, and Garmin Mobile, Garmin Mobile XT, Garmin Online and Peer
Points are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.
    All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service
marks are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
    Notice on forward-looking statements:
    This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Garmin Ltd.
and its business. All statements regarding the company's future product
introductions are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on
management's current expectations. The forward-looking events and
circumstances discussed in this release may not occur and actual results
could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and
uncertainties affecting Garmin, including, but not limited to, the risk
factors listed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 30, 2006 filed by Garmin with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (Commission file number 0-31983). A copy of Garmin's Form 10-K
can be downloaded at
http://www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/invRelations/finReports.html. No
forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date on which they are made and Garmin undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
SOURCE Garmin International Inc.
http://www.garmin.com
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