[OSM-talk] Garmin Recalling 1,250,000 Units Over Fire Hazard

Maarten Deen mdeen at xs4all.nl
Fri Aug 27 12:43:42 BST 2010


On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:24:00 -0400, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Details here, I don't think its the hand held variety but better to
> check and be safe.
> 
> Cut and paste this link into your browser rather than click on it to
> reduce the risk of landing somewhere nasty.
> 
> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/fire-burn-hazard-warning-nuvi,news-7867.html

These are from what Garmin call their "On the Road" line. Basically the
car navigation units.
Which are handheld (and I'm using a 205 as replacement of my eTrex),
but are probably not what you mean with handheld, Garmins "On the Trail"
line.

This is Garmins press release:
<http://garmin.blogs.com/pr/2010/08/garmin-announces-limited-recall-of-certain-n%C3%BCvi-personal-navigation-devices.html?activeBranchId=newsroom>

Regards,
Maarten




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