"We are down to a final handful of facilities." The lab will focus on wireless and mobile products. Garmin offers a wide variety of navigation devices and last fall launched its own navigation-equipped smart phone called the Nuvifone. Garmin is not receiving any tax incentives or grants from state or local governments, according to Gartner. "We have not sought any nor have we received any," Gartner said about incentives. "We came to the Raleigh-Durham area because of the quality and quantity of the engineers in the area. "That comes from not only the higher education institutions as well as companies in the area but we also are aware of cutbacks and layoffs in that area," he added. Research In Motion, the Canada-based manufacturer of the BlackBerry mobile device, also is going to open a Triangle-area facility. The two announcements help offset somewhat the recent loss of Sony Ericsson's North American headquarters and several hundred jobs.