Handheld/Sport Archives - Page 7 of 41

New Garmin Approach S6 Golf Watch does more than GPS

June 26, 2014 By Liz E. Leave a Comment

All golf watches provide GPS for on the green, helping avoid traps and get around doglegs, but the new Garmin Approach S6 Golf Watch strives to go even further. With innovative technology, the Approach S6 Golf Watch will measure your swing metrics and provide valuable training aids for getting it just right with SwingTempo, designed to help with backswing and downswings, SwingStrength, so you know how hard you hit the ball, and TempoTrainer to help golfers synchronize their swing mechanics and fine-tune their tempo. read more

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Magellan Releases Cyclo Series in North America

June 25, 2014 By Liz E. Leave a Comment

Magellan’s popular GPS cycling computers, the Cyclo 315 and Cyclo 505, are now available in North America. Launched in Europe and Australia last year, these devices are designed with both serious and hobby cyclists in mind. The Cyclo 315 and 505 can provide route options, sensor support and is compatible with more than 130 ANT+ sensors for monitoring heart rate, speed, cadence and more. They also support wireless Shimano Di2 ANT. With a 3″ screen, this Cyclo line has the largest touch screens in the GPS cycling computer category and the interface is simple and easy to navigate and read at a glance. These devices also provide a highly detailed road network with cycling POI’s and turn-by-turn navigation, as well as the popular Open Street Map bike network for both the U.S. and Canada. read more

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Magellan Cyclo coming soon

April 28, 2014 By Rich Owings 2 Comments

We’ve been hearing for awhile now that the Magellan Cyclo series is coming to the US, and it has now cleared the FCC, complete with a manual for the Cyclo 315 and 505, so I suspect we’ll hear an official announcement soon. read more

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Creating a geocaching itinerary

April 22, 2014 By Adrian Faulkner 4 Comments

So have you ever gone out to do a series of geocaches only to find that you went straight past one that wasn’t part of the series? Or have constantly reminded yourself that there’s a quick ‘cache and grab’ a quarter of a mile down a side road by number 20 of the main series only to then forget once you are out in the field? When I am out caching with my friends, sometimes ensuring we do the right geocaches in the right order can be something akin to herding cats. We waste a lot of time working out which geocache we should be using next and ensuring everyone is on the same page. read more

Filed Under: Featured, Handheld/Sport Tagged With: Geocaching, GSAK

DeLorme inReach Explorer communicator + navigator announced

April 15, 2014 By Rich Owings 9 Comments

DeLorme has finally done it, announcing an all-in-one two-way satellite communicator plus GPS navigator, the DeLorme inReach Explorer. read more

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Garmin Edge 1000 announced

April 9, 2014 By Rich Owings Leave a Comment

Garmin announced their latest cycling GPS this morning, the Edge 1000. New features include a larger 3″ and higher resolution screen, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, and text and call notifications (iPhone 4S+ only for now; Android reportedly coming at a later date). read more

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Planning Geocaching Days Out

April 7, 2014 By Adrian Faulkner 4 Comments

I don’t know if you’re like me, but come the weekend my motley crew and I want to go out geocaching. Trouble is that it usually gets left to me to organise things. And with that invariably comes a list of requirements: injuries that mean we have to limit the distance walking, or restrictions due to someone needing to be back by a certain time, or warnings that people are bringing pets and so don’t want to cross a lot of fields with livestock. And if you’ve been geocaching for some time you find that you’ve done all the local series and it seems like there is nowhere to go. read more

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TomTom Cardio series announced

April 2, 2014 By Rich Owings Leave a Comment

Remember our sneak peek of the TomTom Cardio sportwatch? Well the company has made it official, with not one but two new sportwatches, the Runner Cardio and Multi-Sport Cardio, adding an optical heart rate monitor to their previous releases. No more chest straps! read more

Filed Under: Featured, Handheld/Sport, Other handheld GPS Tagged With: TomTom Multi-Sport Cardio, TomTom Runner Cardio

Garmin GPSMAP 64s review

March 11, 2014 By Rich Owings 52 Comments

Hands on with the Garmin 64s

When the Garmin GPSMAP64s was announced this winter, I was pretty excited. The older 62s is my go-to handheld, and I was psyched to see new features like GLONASS, smart notifications and preloaded geocaches. So let’s take a closer look at them… read more

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