Bad news for Garmin today, with the announcement that the PND company is recalling around 1.25m nuvi GPS systems over concerns that third-party batteries may overheat and, potentially, cause fires.

Garmin GPS devices and most other portable electronics use scaled-down versions of the USB connector. The majority use the mini-USB standard, while a few smaller and lighter versions use a tiny ...

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The market is flooded with personal navigation devices these days. But that doesn't mean new entrants can't stand out—particularly if they offer unprecedented value. The Garmin nüvi 1390 ($269.99 list ...

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The Garmin nüvi 3790T is a real beauty. For starters, it's the first GPS we've tested that features a glass capacitive touch screen, so you can pinch, zoom, and swipe to move around menus and maps.

With more and more free map and traffic apps available, is it worth buying a GPS device anymore? If you don't have a smartphone, the Garmin nüvi 55, part of Garmin's Essential series, is a basic GPS ...

The shrink wrap may be barely off the last nüvi refresh, but Garmin clearly wanted to keep a little something back for CES, and here it is: the new 3500 series, the Approach G6 golfing GPS and an ...

The Garmin nüvi 2595LMT ($249.99) is a midrange personal GPS navigation device that offers a solid feature set for its price, including text-to-speech, a 3D map view, and a 480-by-272-pixel, 5-inch ...