Comments on: Garmin to offer Mac Support!!?!!?!?!??

By: Ana

Ana — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:16:21 +0000

I use it with my powerbook and it works like a charm now. this was a huge step up for garmin, i remember struggling with my earlier versions and making my son let me use my laptop

By: s.lewis

s.lewis — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:07:18 +0000

Garmin seens like they are listening, and for now l’m happy with them , your right TOMTOM”S map data is not up to date, and if you compare the two, by far Garmin is a better choise, although they muct address the compatablity problem with their products.

By: bbum’s weblog-o-mat » Blog Archive » Does a GPS have an expiration date?

Thu, 11 May 2006 15:50:20 +0000

[...] Given that Garmin has announced Mac compatibility in future products, it is about time for an upgrade anyway. [...]

By: Michael James

Michael James — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:07:38 +0000

Now it’s TiVo’s turn…

By: Michael James

Michael James — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:06:17 +0000

Actually, Garmin won’t be the first GPS company with hardware and software compatible for the Mac. TomTom has a Mac OS X client application available for free download today. I found this out when recently shopping for a GPS device for the car. It was between a TomTom GO 300 and a Garmin StreetPilot i5. I only went with the Garmin because I read that the TomTom’s map data was not very up-to-date (at least for the U.S.).

I’m very excited that after years of begging/praying/flaming/hacking, Garmin finally listened. We should definitely hold Garmin to their commitment to have all their software Mac-compatible by the end of 2006.

By: John C. Randolph

John C. Randolph — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:26:15 +0000

I spoke with some of the Garmin guys at the show, and they were showing their work in progress on the Mac. They’re using Cocoa.

-jcr

By: Jonathan Wight

Jonathan Wight — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:14:54 +0000

Garmin were hiring one or more Mac developers before the holidays. Looks like they found someone(s?) in or willing to move to Tempe, AZ. I’m excited about this too – but it might not be the best news for the GPS software I was working on in my spare time.