Garmin discontinues Oregon x00, GPSMAP 76C(S)x lines
October 21, 2010 by Rich Owings
Filed under Featured, Garmin handheld GPS, Handheld/Sport, Marine
Barely two years after their introduction, Garmin has pulled the plug on the original Oregon line, along with the GPSMAP 76Cx and 76CSx. Owners shouldn’t fret; these models will continue to be supported, though I wouldn’t expect to see many new features added in future firmware updates.
Garmin Oregon 450 review
April 13, 2010 by Rich Owings
Filed under Featured, Garmin, Garmin handheld GPS, GPS Reviews, Handheld/Sport
Hands on with the best Oregon yet The Garmin Oregon 450 is one of the newest members of the touchscreen Oregon family, featuring the latest improvements such as better visibility, a tri-axial compass, custom dashboards, advanced track navigation features and the ability to load custom maps and BirdsEye aerial imagery. I’ll delve into those details [...]
More on Garmin BirdsEye aerial imagery
January 18, 2010 by Rich Owings
Filed under Aerial imagery, Garmin, Garmin handheld GPS, Handheld/Sport, The business of GPS
The BirdsEye aerial / satellite imagery subscription program for the Garmin Colorado, Dakota and Oregon series is now official. EDIT: I’ve learned that Garmin decided not to support BirdsEye imagery on the Dakota 10, due to its lack of an expansion card slot. I have a few tidbits to add to my post from last [...]
Garmin BirdsEye Satellite Imagery
January 15, 2010 by Rich Owings
Filed under Aerial imagery, Garmin, Garmin handheld GPS, Handheld/Sport, The business of GPS
EDIT: I’ve learned that Garmin decided not to support BirdsEye imagery on the Dakota 10, due to its lack of an expansion card slot. It looks like Garmin is getting ready to announce a BirdsEye satellite imagery subscription program for owners of the Colorado, Dakota and Oregon handheld series. Similar to DeLorme’s Map Library, the [...]
Garmin Oregon 550
January 3, 2010 by Rich Owings
Filed under Featured, Garmin, Garmin handheld GPS, GPS Reviews, Handheld/Sport, Hardware
UPDATE: It appears that newer production runs of the 550 series models are now getting the brighter screen first introduced in the Oregon 450 series. The Garmin Oregon 550 is one of Garmin’s top of the line touchscreen handheld units. It comes equipped with a 3.2 megapixel, 4x zoom, geotagging camera and tri-axial compass. Also [...]
Waypoints – December 8, 2009
December 8, 2009 by Rich Owings
Filed under Waypoints
It’s a good day to be the owner of a Garmin Oregon and / or Motorola Droid… Garmin Oregon beta Garmin has rolled out new beta firmware with some great added features. These include: Customized dashboards can now be added to the map and computer screens. Dashboard options include Compass, Stopwatch, Active Geocache, and Elevation [...]
