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Garmin Oregon 450/550 and Dakota Beta Fixes Bugs

For those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter, Garmin has posted new beta software for both the x50 Oregon and Dakota which includes fixes for the following two issues:
* Fixed issue with units getting stuck in demo mode.
* Fixed color issues with GB Discoverer and Custom Maps.
Both have been reported on the Oregon [...]

Garmin Releases “Do-Over” for Oregon and Dakota

After making new releases available for the Oregon x00, Oregon x50 and Dakotas just weeks ago, Garmin has quickly followed up with a fix-up release that addresses several common complaints.
The new software lineup made available on January 28th includes Oregon x00 version 3.6, Oregon x50 version 3.1 and Dakota version 2.6.  All of these releases [...]

Garmin Announces BirdsEye Satellite Imagery Subscription

Update 1/18: Garmin officially announced BirdsEye today.  Availability is March 2010.
Details are still a bit sketchy but it looks like Garmin is finally releasing an all-you-can-eat satellite imagery subscription called BirdsEye for their outdoor handhelds that support Garmin Custom Maps. For $30 a year Oregon, Colorado and Dakota users who install a yet to be [...]

Garmin Officially Releases Dashboards, Track Nav, Elevation Plot Improvements

The entire Oregon and Dakota line exited another beta phase today with new official releases of software from Garmin.  Nothing very interesting to report since we’ve seen all of this in the prior beta releases but obviously Garmin is feeling good enough to make it official.  The major improvements include support for new dashboards, dashboards [...]

Garmin Oregon 400t $330 at Amazon

Updated: Wow, that was fast. This deal has already expired. I hope a few you were able to pick up the 400t. As I find more deals I’ll post them here.
As predicted, with the Oregon 450 and 450t making their way to shelves next week, retailers will be dropping prices on the Oregon 300 and [...]

Garmin Extends Oregon Family — Add 450 and 450t

While I was away in Puerto Rico last week I missed the opportunity to submit this post but since I’ve been blogging and tweeting on the Garmin Oregon 450 and 450t since October, there really isn’t a lot to say other than, “it’s official!”.   These two new Oregon’s have much in common with the current [...]

Garmin Oregon Beta Adds Dashboards, Improves Track Nav

Garmin has gone crazy with the concept of dashboards in their newest beta software which was released yesterday for the Oregon 300/400 and Oregon 550.  Dashboards are widgets which give you the ability to customize the appearance of pages on your GPS.  Prior to this release Garmin had provided five different dashboards to customize [...]