Garmin’s new Oregon handheld GPS range, the existence of which was tipped earlier this week when product descriptions hit the online stores, has been officially confirmed by the company. Five models are available, ranging from the the basic Oregon 200 and shaded relief-mapped Oregon 300, to three 400-series devices each tailored to different outdoor activities. Each model has a 3-inch color touchscreen and water & shock resistant casing.
Details of Garmin’s upcoming GPS range refresh have been revealed at Buy.com, suggesting a new range of handheld GPS receivers. The Oregon 200 will include a 3-inch color touchscreen (that’s outdoor-readable), high-sensitivity GPS, electronic compass, barometric altimeter and temperature sensor. Map data will be courtesy of a 3D basemap as well as a digital elevation model, so hills shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, and the Oregon is waterproof.
Portal has spawned several references that I’m sure will take quite a while to fade out. Especially “the cake is a lie” random bits that seem to pop up. Now, Portal has managed to get a Portal GPS system, which is wrong on so many levels.
Amazon have announced pre-order pricing for the Garmin nuvi 880 in-car GPS unit, and seeing as it’s the new flagship of the company’s range they’ve tagged it accordingly. $999 gets you automatic speech recognition (ASR), Bluetooth, text-to-speech, built-in traffic updates via an MSN Direct receiver and a 4.3-inch screen.
Check out the demo video of the nuvi 880 after the cut
Navigon is quickly rising to the top in the Personal Navigation Device market, even superseding TomTom and Garmin in many areas. Their latest PND is the 2100 Max, which is coincidentally one of the few upgradeable GPS units on the market. It also has a 4.3-inch Widescreen, Text-To-Speech functionality, lane guide assistance and speed warnings along with a fairly comprehensive list of Points of Interest; I mean there were more than a couple points listed in the little town I live in.
Since the announcement of Nuvifone by Garmin, Vince and I have been very interested in seeing the device personally. While I was unable to go to Barcelona this year, Vince is taking one for the team and managed to have one on one time with the Nuvifone.
I could go on about how similar to the iPhone this phone is, but I won’t, I’ll simply summarize it by saying that I have an iPod Touch, and I love it, but I think this Garmin Nuvifone would more than fill the smartphone void in my digital life. It has a proprietary Garmin OS, HSDPA, Quad-band GSM, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 3.5” touchscreen (not sure if its multi-touch, but that definitely is the same size screen as the iPhone).
Garmin showed off it’s Forerunner 405 watch and I must say it’s pretty awesome, and coming from someone who hates watches that’s saying something. Since it’s from Garmin, it is, of course, GPS enabled but it also has a lot of other good features like speed, distance and heart rate track.
I have a dog, and sometimes he likes to wander off. I don’t really blame him, it’s a big world out there, and there are lots of trees to pee on. There have been two occasions that he has slipped away where I have gotten quite worried about him, perhaps if he had a GPS system, there wouldn’t be any need to fret.
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Garmin unveiled the Edge 705 and Edge 605 integrated personal training systems targeted towards cyclists. The Edge 705 and Edge 605 provide mapping capabilities, street navigation featuring a 2.2” colour display in addition to tracking vertical profiles, climb and descent, altitude, speed, distance, and time.
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