I know, cheesy title, but I thought I’d try to put to rest some speculation around what is actually inside Garmin’s new GPSMAP 78 and probably the GPSMAP 62 which was just officially announced this morning. I was hoping that Garmin might have decided to use the SiRFAtlasIV system-on-chip in this new line of GPS’s [...]
The long run of Garmin’s GPSMAP 60csx may finally be over. A user on the Groundspeak boards posted scanned images from a RadioWorld flyer of the new Garmin GPSMAP 62 which presumably is a replacement for the aging but trusted GPSMAP 60 series. Yesterday I asked an REI employee about the new GPSMAP models and [...]
Even before Garmin announced the GPSMAP 78 last week there were rumors circulating about a possible GPSMAP 62, a replacement for the venerable GPSMAP 60csx. The announcement of the GPSMAP 78 combined with some items I’ve tracked down online point to the fact that the GPSMAP 62 is probably the real deal. New product pages [...]
Garmin has announced that it will be releasing a new family of marine handheld GPS devices soon: the GPSMAP 78, 78s and 78sc. All three models are based on a new rugged design that Garmin claims will provide better grip and will float if the unit is dropped in water. The main differences between the [...]
