Comments on: Garmin Colorado 400 series discontinued http://gpstracklog.com/2010/03/garmin-colorado-400-series-discontinued.html GPS reviews, news, tips and tricks Wed, 23 May 2012 18:40:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Se suspende serie Colorado 400 de Garmin http://gpstracklog.com/2010/03/garmin-colorado-400-series-discontinued.html/comment-page-1#comment-49976 Se suspende serie Colorado 400 de Garmin Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:08:51 +0000 http://gpstracklog.com/2010/03/garmin-colorado-400-series-discontinued.html#comment-49976 [...] VIA: gpstracklog [...] [...] VIA: gpstracklog [...]

]]> By: Mike http://gpstracklog.com/2010/03/garmin-colorado-400-series-discontinued.html/comment-page-1#comment-49784 Mike Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:52:28 +0000 http://gpstracklog.com/2010/03/garmin-colorado-400-series-discontinued.html#comment-49784 For some people, what is offered in the iPhone et al., might be sufficient but I agree with Rich. These phone-cum-GPS units aren't nearly as durable/rugged enough for the use in the backcountry. I wouldn't want to be hiking in the rain with my iPhone as a navigator, whereas I've done this several times with my Garmn. For some people, what is offered in the iPhone et al., might be sufficient but I agree with Rich. These phone-cum-GPS units aren’t nearly as durable/rugged enough for the use in the backcountry. I wouldn’t want to be hiking in the rain with my iPhone as a navigator, whereas I’ve done this several times with my Garmn.

]]> By: Robert Lipe http://gpstracklog.com/2010/03/garmin-colorado-400-series-discontinued.html/comment-page-1#comment-49774 Robert Lipe Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:18:06 +0000 http://gpstracklog.com/2010/03/garmin-colorado-400-series-discontinued.html#comment-49774 This product has always been an odd duck in the Garmin line. New high end handhelds every two years in Jan were the norm for Garmin for several years. Colorado was right on schedule. Then Oregon came along that summer. Most of us assumed OR was "just" a CO with a touch screeen instead of the (kind of awful) rock and roller and would stay lockstepped in firmware versions. Instead, we saw development move almost entirely to OR with a few things like imagery being added to CO. Two years is a very short lifespan in their handheld line. I wonder if there were legal or manufacturing issues with rock and roller or something. (No inside info there, just finding it odd and considering causes.) Maybe the Nuvi mindset is coming to their handheld line and products will have a short life cycle with features added to new models and old models more aggressively discontinued. This product has always been an odd duck in the Garmin line. New high end handhelds every two years in Jan were the norm for Garmin for several years. Colorado was right on schedule. Then Oregon came along that summer. Most of us assumed OR was “just” a CO with a touch screeen instead of the (kind of awful) rock and roller and would stay lockstepped in firmware versions. Instead, we saw development move almost entirely to OR with a few things like imagery being added to CO.

Two years is a very short lifespan in their handheld line. I wonder if there were legal or manufacturing issues with rock and roller or something. (No inside info there, just finding it odd and considering causes.)

Maybe the Nuvi mindset is coming to their handheld line and products will have a short life cycle with features added to new models and old models more aggressively discontinued.

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