Garmin To Marry GPS with FRS/GMRS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday March 3, 2002 @11:51PM from the roll-it-together-aand-sign-it-with-a-b dept.

zornorph writes "Garmin is set to come out with the Garmin RINO in June, which integrates FRS and GMRS radio with a GPS unit, which will give it up to a 5 mile range of communication. Garmin has a unique twist though, to quote their site: "What really separates the Rino from the rest of the FRS herd is the ability to "beam" your exact location to another Rino user within a two-mile range using the FRS spectrum." However, there are concerns about the implementation of this "beaming", as it causes interference with GMRS users."

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Re:Functionality by zeth · 2002-03-04 00:30 · Score: 2, Funny

It should not be too dificult to make a single unit of the mobile phone, PDA and maybe wallet. The keys can be replaced with eletronic transmitters or something. Just an idea..

The smokes however could be quite difficult to integrate with the rest :)
Instead of a rhino.. by nukey56 · 2002-03-04 00:36 · Score: 2, Funny

I think these would be far more versatile devices if instead of looking like a rhino horn, they implemented a bottle-opener.