The big day is here, and to keep you from having to plow through all the deal posts on our site, here is a list of the best of the best: read more
Black Friday GPS deals roundup
UPDATED: Weekend GPS deals at Amazon
UPDATED on Monday, December 2.
The deals are still rolling, so let’s take a fresh look at what Amazon is offering. Be sure to keep an eye on the Black Friday deals week GPS Amazon page, as things change and there are many short-term “lightning deals!”
UPDATED: GPS City holiday 2013 sale
UPDATE: As of Thursday morning, December 5, most deals are still on.
GPS City’s holiday sale has started and runs through Cyber Monday, December 2. A long-time favorite of many of our readers, GPS City has a wide range of units on sale this year, with the best deals on the handheld side. Any order over $25 gets free shipping. Here’s the cream of the crop:
UPDATED – REI sale: Garmin 62s, Forerunner 210 & 610

UPDATE: The Forerunner 610 deal is gone, but the other two are still live as of Monday, December 2. I’m anticipating that this is the last day for the sale.
REI.com has added an awesome deal on the Forerunner 610 to their GPS sale thru Black Friday. This is on top of the 62s and Forerunner 210 deals they’ve had running for the past week or so. The 62s is out of stock but they are taking orders and honoring the price.
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UPDATED: Garmin Cyber Monday sale
UPDATED Mon. Dec. 2: For its last day, Garmin’s sale includes deals on the nuvi 3490LMT and map updates. These deals end tonight at 11:55 pm CST.
Garmin has rolled out their Black Friday Week Sale, with new deals going up each day at 12:05 am CST through Monday, December 2. The good news is that they are including free shipping on all U.S. orders over $100 with the code HOLIDAY13. read more
Garmin Monterra review

Hands on with Garmin’s first Android-based backcountry unit
The Garmin Monterra is the company’s first Android-based handheld GPS receiver. Since it is so different from what has preceded it, I’m going to focus my review on changes to the interface and some broader implications of having an Android-based GPS with full access to the Google Play app market.
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UPDATED: Black Friday week GPS deals at Amazon
UPDATED with new deals on Wednesday, November 27.
Amazon has quite a few Black Friday week GPS deals posted, although many are buried on their site and hard to find. Here’s the best ones we’ve seen so far… read more
Garmin VIRB action camera review

Hands on with the Garmin VIRB
The Garmin VIRB marks the company’s entry into the action camera market, putting them in a head to head competition with GoPro.
This week in GPS — November 23rd, 2013

This week in GPS is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends, from GPS Tracklog and other places around the Web. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. This week’s lead image is of Garmin’s new OEM navigation core.
Thoughts on smartwatches and smart GPS

Notifications on the Garmin Monterra and Approach S4
Smartwatches and wearable computers are all the rage, although no one has nailed them yet, leaving the tech to languish in the (very) early-adopter phase. And while the manufacturers (and rumored manufacturers) include the usual suspects — Google, Apple, Samsung and others — it seems that the GPS industry may make a significant push too. read more
