New GPS Service from Garmin

Wouldn't it be nice to have GPS maps and turn by turn directions on your mobile phone without paying a monthly service fee? Well now you have a new option. If your device has a built in GPS receiver then you are in luck. If your device is a Palm Treo then you can get a GPS receiver from Garmin and utilize this new software. Here's an excerpt from the press release.

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.

Garmin press release