Selokhu kwafika ama-Smartphones, esingaziqondisa ngawo ukulandela umzila njengoba sihlale sikwenza ngokusebenzisa iziphequluli, izwe lokuzulazula ngomakhalekhukhwini likubonile ukuthi kudingeke ukuthi livumelane kanjani nokugwema ukukhohlwa. UTom Tom wethule ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule isicelo se-iOS ne-Android lapho singalanda khona noma imiphi imephu yomhlaba wonke sisebenzisa okubhaliselwe konyaka. UGarmin, ngokwengxenye yakhe, uthathe isinqumo vuselela iziphequluli zakho ukuze zinikeze ezinye izici futhi uqhubeke ube ngumsebenzi owusizo kwizigidi eziningi zabasebenzisi abangafuni ukusebenzisa i-smartphone yabo njengesiphequluli.
UGarmin usanda kwethula amamodeli amabili amasha ama-5, iDrayivuSmart 51, no-6,95 amayintshi, iDriveSmart 61, ezoxhuma nge-bluetooth kudivayisi yethu, kungaba yi-iPhone noma i-Android, ku thola imininingwane esesikhathini yethrafikhi, ukupaka kanye nemininingwane yesimo sezulu, imininingwane ezokhonjiswa esikrinini esifanayo futhi ongasinikeza ngayo eminye imizila uma kwenzeka leyo ebikade ilandelwa ekuqaleni igoqekile.
Kepha ngaphezu kwalokho, futhi banokuxhumeka kwe-Wi-Fi, okuyikhona amamephu angabuyekezwa ngokushesha ngaphandle kokuzilayisha kumemori khadi ukuzivuselela. Iphinde inikeze ukusekelwa kwamakhamera edeshibhodi, lawo makhamera asebenze imfashini isikhashana manje, ikakhulukazi enyakatho yeYurophu futhi lokho kuzosiphaphamisa uma kwenzeka kwenzeka ukushayisana.
Yebo, sinebhadi ngokwanele ukuba sengozini, lezi zinhlobo ezintsha zeGarmin zingathumela ngokuzenzakalela umlayezo ovela emndenini wethu noma kubangane, lapho indawo ifakiwe khona. Ikhamera yedeshibhodi futhi isinika inketho yokwakha i-timelapse, ngohlelo lweGarmin Virb. Kuyacaca ukuthi uGarmin wenza konke okusemandleni ukuqhubeka nokuthemba le divayisi futhi masisebenzise ama-smartphones ethu njengeziphequluli.