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January 6th, 2010

Garmin — XM Sat Radio For Riders


Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), has announced the zūmo 665 — a new fully touchscreen motorcycle navigator that includes an antenna for XM Satellite Radio®, real-time XM NavWeather® and real-time XM NavTraffic®. To receive the XM Satellite information, an optional subscription is required.

The zūmo 665 is being announced in conjunction with the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas (Garmin booth, South Hall 4, #35832). The zūmo 665 comes standard with the GXM 40 XM antenna — simply add an optional XM subscription and users can receive real-time XM Satellite Radio with 170 digital channels of commercial-free music, news, sports, talk and entertainment along with 20 dedicated channels of XM Instant Traffic and Weather when you travel in the United States. With the addition of XM NavWeather, up-to-the-minute weather data can be accessed with NEXRAD radar graphics from the map screen to stay ahead of the storm. XM NavTraffic locates trouble spots are and routes around them.