http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/ Engadget Comments for Suzuki offers up Garmin GPS on all 2009 SX4 vehicles http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/
Here's to a future where these become standard, like power steering.]]>Apr 27th 2008 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/
If I ever found myself in a japanese car, it would be a Lexus]]>Apr 27th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/
Suzuki's are not bad cars at all for what they go for. I fact, since Toyota has changed the RAV4 (bigger, no manual transmission, worse mileage), I am considering a Suzuki SX4 Crossover instead.]]>Apr 27th 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/
I was referring to the march of technology.

Cell phones were once expensive and rare. They were very limited in function.

Then, production ramped up and tech improved. Soon features like large address books and color displays made them more convenient to use.

Now, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting some teenage girl with a phone glued to her head, yakking away.

GPS is following the same curve, unlike, say, the mp3 player, which was a fringe device, then the iPod and not much more (in terms of market share, not features or whatever). ]]>Apr 27th 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/
"Soon features like large address books and color displays made them more convenient to use."

those are not features. ask your cell phone provider why your phone is virtually bricked in the US.]]>Apr 27th 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/
I mean it doesn't look like it's built into the car. That'd make it way more wesome in my mind.]]>Apr 27th 2008 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/
I'm sure it wouldn't be to much hassle to get it loose from that enclosure if you want to update with a newer unit.]]>Apr 28th 2008 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/This version though has some quirks. Since it is make to Suzuki specs it interfaces with the radio, it turns the radio sound off when directions are given, if you put, for example a Nuvi 765 in its place it will not use the car speakers, but all else works fine, including the traffic and MSN features.
The draw back to this unit is that the newer software packages, as in the 765 unit are far superior. They have better graphics and features.
The real complaint is that the "Safe Mode" is locked on, you cannot turn it off. Suzuki has decided this, there are no known workarounds and dont seem to be any coming. This means that ANYTIME you want to enter an address to go to, you MUST stop the car, it will not allow entry while in motion. You can go through favorite, or points of interest with preset addresses fine, its only manual entry of addresses that you must pull off the road to enter. NOTE to Suzuki and the other manufacturers, STOP this stupidity, set it to defaul and let people decide if they want to change it or not, just as on all the OEM units]]>Jan 8th 2009 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/This is then hardwired into the car for charging.
The Volvo has only a charging connection, no audio integration.
This will probably be the same.
The Land Rover Defender SVX will have the same thing...
It's just a Nuvi with some custom software, you can buy the mount on it's own and use a normal Nuvi.
]]>Apr 27th 2008 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 27th 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 28th 2008 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/My friend's 2-yr old corolla has a computer for a console that switches interface between music player, television, GPS, and a rearview camera to look behind you. This, on an average Toyota Corolla.

I didn't know this until I came to Japan.

My conclusion is this: North American car buyers get so totally gypped it's absolutely ridiculous. It's disgusting how the largest car-buying market gets such shoddy treatment!]]>Apr 28th 2008 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/
And I cannot stress enough how much of a "culture shock" it has been when even the Daihatsus here in Japan are light-years better than anything Detroit has puked out in the last 8-10 years.]]>Apr 28th 2008 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 28th 2008 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Apr 28th 2008 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/
wow...]]>Apr 29th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/suzuki-offers-up-garmin-gps-on-all-2009-sx4-vehicles/Jan 3rd 2009 7:56PM