REI has just kicked of a Labor Day Sale which includes a couple of good GPS deals that I thought were worth passing along.
Garmin eTrex Venture HC GPS Receiver: $130 (was $170)
DeLorme Earthmate PN-30 GPS: $200 (was $300)
DeLorme Earthmate PN-40 GPS Bundle: $260 (was $400)
Garmin Edge 705 Deluxe Bundle Bike Computer: $520 (was $650)
The Labor Day [...]
There has been some discussion about Garmin Oregon screen protectors on the Oregon Wiki so this deal caught my eye when I saw it today. The offer from Zagg is a great chance to pick up an InvisibleShield for your Garmin GPS or any of your electronic gadgets. The promotion is good for 50% all [...]
Last week Garmin announced that much of its map data would be made available to purchase online. The press release was centered around Garmin’s new cityXplorer product which provides Nuvi 1xxx owner’s with pedestrian and public transportation navigation along with support for traditional auto navigation and POIs. When I saw this announcement I didn’t pay [...]
Updated 4/20: GPSCity has provided more details on Garmin Topo Canada and the Garmin Oregon Canada 400t and are showing availability is today (4/20) — let us know if you get your hands on either product.
Updated 4/13: Buyers getting the first Oregon 400t Canada units are claiming they are coming preloaded with Topo V2 [...]
Garmin has released the first public version of BaseCamp for the PC. BaseCamp is Garmin’s new outdoor-centric mapping software. Similar to Mapsource you can view your Garmin maps (as long as they include DEM) on your computer and do things like view 3D terrain, plot tracks, and analyze elevation profiles. I’ve downloaded BaseCamp [...]
About a month ago when Garmin announced BaseCamp, they also hinted that the Topo U.S. 24K maps, currently available only in microSD format, would be released on DVD. Garmin’s web site now lists two $130 Topo U.S. 24K DVDs — West and Southwest. West provides coverage for California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada and the Southwest [...]
Garmin announced two new low cost handheld GPS models, the eTrex Legend H ($150) and eTrex Vista H ($200) earlier this week. Both units have a 160 x 288 four level gray display, high sensitivity GPS receiver, 18 hours of battery life, USB interface, 24MB of built in memory, no expansion slot and no [...]
