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Garmin Mobile 10


Wireless Navigation for Your Mobile Device

Add wireless navigation to your Bluetooth-enabled laptop, smartphone, pocket PC or PDA with the Garmin Mobile 10, a GPS and Bluetooth wireless package that includes a portable receiver along with navigation and map software. By connecting to your laptop, Pocket PC, Palm OS, or compatible smartphone via Bluetooth wireless technology, this system makes it a snap to find your way through North America.

Convenient and easy to use, the Mobile 10 includes a portable, high sensitivity, WAAS capable GPS 10x receiver by SiRF for clear, reliable navigation. It also combines all the software you need on just one DVD: the Garmin Mobile XT and nRoute help with navigation, while the City Navigator NT supplies detailed street maps, including a hefty points of interest database, to help make sure you get where you're going as quickly and safely as possible.

Getting started with the Mobile 10 is incredibly easy--simply download included maps and navigation software to a data card for your mobile device or insert the DVD into your laptop to put navigation at your fingertips. In seconds you'll be able to easily look up addresses and services and receive voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions to your destination. Thanks to saved routes and tracks, automatic off-route recalculation, and an auto sort function that handles multiple destinations, you'll have access to the most direct route possible, even when there's traffic or other unexpected delays. If you prefer to personalize your travel options, you can also select the route with the shortest distance, offroad, or one that avoids highways and tolls. Voice prompts and 3D and 2D map view (laptops excluded) help keep you on track.

Ideal for mobile executives and professionals, this compact and lightweight system features a rechargeable and removable lithium-ion battery that delivers up to 22 hours of traditional use. Both portable and wearable, you can mount the Mobile 10 in your car or clip it to your clothes for navigation by car or foot.

What's in the Box
GPS 10x, DVD with City Navigator NT street maps and Garmin Mobile XT and nRoute navigation, software, Lithium-ion battery, belt clip, 12-volt adapter cable, and quick start guide.



Customer Reviews

Average rating:

Better features than Nuvi 360

I have both units ( nuvi 360 and Mobile 10) and I love this thing. It comes standard with the extras that you have to pay for with the nuvi 360 ( traffic / weather / fuel prices and such ) also a feature I've noticed is you can add more than " 1 " via point ....put them in the order you want and it takes you right there. It's a little slow getting a link but once it does it takes you right there and the route is the same as the nuvi 360. The only problem I have is it loses the bluetooth connection from time to time and you can't use the gps receiver with anything but the garmin program which sucks since I have google and Yahoo Go ! installed and had to purchase a seperate portable gps unit to use that software. You can't go wrong with this and I'm using a Treo 700wx with the program and maps stored on a 4GB card. I've taped the SD card to the receiver so I just pop it in when I need to use it and mount the receiver on the back of my mirror inside the car like a ipass and it works great.


Great GPS Receiver

Great little remote GPS receiver. Smaller and lighter than I thought it would be--a piece of velcro keeps it attached to a car's dashboard. Works great with my Palm Treo 680 and Sony VAIO laptop (both have Bluetooth capability). Battery time is at least 8 hours, which is the longest I have had it turned on before charging. Does exactly what it's supposed to do with no fuss, so 5 stars from me.


Doesn't Quite Live Up To the Garmin Name

I've been using this product for about 6 months now, running on a Motorola Q smartphone. I bought it because I wanted to consolidate as many functions as possible on one device. I knew ahead of time it wouldn't have as much functionality as a full-on Nuvi, but all I needed was something to figure out how to get from point A to point B.

I've had previous experience with Garmin, having owned a StreetPilot IIIc years ago. I was disappointed to see Garmin Mobile 10 didn't perform noticeably better than my old SPIIIc in some basic functions like satellite acquisition and accuracy. Some functions like route calculation and recalculating after going off-course, seem worse. It's taken me on some very odd routes over the past six months.

It's possible that some of this may have to do with running on a WM smartphone running other processes instead of a dedicated device, but people should be aware of this.

It does have some useful software features found on the Nuvis and the battery life on the GPS receiver is outstanding and will auto-shutoff if it isn't communicating with the smartphone. The maps are very compact and I can fit a bunch of them on my SD card.


Garmin Mobile 10 + Cingular 8525/ HTC TyTN

I bought this Garmin GPS to work with my Cingular 8525/ HTC Pocket PC windows mobile platform. I am extremely happy with the performance. I do have a factory installed GPS in my car, and do have a Nuvi 360 for the second car. I liked the Garmin interface and mapping on my Nuvi 360, and hence decided to try the Mobile 10. The software/ POI's are accurate. The interface is seamless. Unlike other people, i haven't noticed any significant delay in satellite aquisition. Once the satellite is acquired, you can place the receiver anywhere in the car. I did have to buy a 2GB micro SD to store the map of US+Canada.
The only thing i miss is text to speech. This would have been highly convenient, and hence the 4 stars.


Garmin Mobile 10 for Palm Tungsten E2

Basic funtion of the GPS module is good. Added GPS capability to my Palm for a reasonable price. The SW that came with it worked well Moble XT V4.00.40p. However, when I tried to upgrade to a later version, the Plam stopped running the SW and complained about " not enough cache". Running the included nRoute SW on the same laptop as the Palm was a non-starter. The nRoute SW assumes that it is the only SW using the Bluetooth interface and will not release the port. Bit of a pain that...
Used the Palm and Mobile 10 on a long trip and it worked well, with the exception of a couple fatal errors and Palm restarts while running the Palm application (Mobile XT).

Conclusion: Use the Mobile XT with the Palm or PC but not both. Garmin has work to do to get the Mobile 10 SW running better with the Palm Tungsten E2. Good for finding lodging and services near where you are.


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