Yesterday, Garmin International announced a new product in the United States. Garmin's newest is the zümo 550, a PND specifically meant for motorcyclists and scooterists. It's fully expected that the zümo will cross over to Europe as well.Specific
The new zümo is literally packed with features and a lot of them are of course specifically meant for motor and scooter use. Eg. the device is built for left-handed use, the buttons which appear on the touch screen are extra big, it's waterproof according to the IEC 60529 IPX7 standard and Garmin has also implemented Bluetooth for a wireless connection to an earpiece and microphone combo which is meant to be installed inside the helmet.Besides all that, the zümo has other specifications which almost have become standard in PND-land. So yes, it's got a built-in MP3 player and JPEG photo viewer. TMC traffic info can also be used with it, but that's optional. For the complete specifications as they are known now, we refer to our Product File.
The zümo will be available in stores starting October 2006 and will have a US advised introductory price of $ 1.077,-. European prices have not been made available yet.
