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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Ice lollies! by flipflapflopflup · 2002-03-03 23:56 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Shame the devices look like military-supplied ice-lollies...
Trying to think of... by qurob · 2002-03-04 01:19 · Score: 0, Offtopic

A good joke involving RMS

BRAIN FREEZE!
Married? Again? by lyonsden · 2002-03-04 01:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Am I the only one who thought that this was another Slashdot marriage proposal?