According to French motorcycle site Le Repaire des Motards, Michelin  is ending its portable GPS product line! What started out as a great idea; using it's detailed country knowledge obtained through their extensive maps and reference guides (and the famous Michelin Red Guides ), coupling it with small, portable, GPS navigation units seemed like a winner.
In France, the viaMichelin GPS was ranked 2nd in a very competitive market, but the Dutch TomTom flooded the market with cheap and good GPS units, so Michelin does not see a future in these devices.
Instead, Michelin will continue to build it's impressive website, viaMichelin.com . Michelin will continue to service the units still under warrantee.
Looks like the GPS market is thinning out....
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