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50% off Zagg Products including invisibleSHIELD

The title says it all. If you are looking for a screen protector or know someone who would like one for Christmas stop by Zagg and pick up some invisibleSHIELD coverage for 50% off — today only. Zagg has screen protectors designed specifically for the Colorado, Oregon, Dakota, GPSMAP 62 and 60csx.

Garmin chirp Approved by Groundspeak – Based on ANT+ Standard

Yesterday Groundspeak announced that they will approve chirp-enabled geocaches on geocaching.com, putting to rest a several day long chirp thread on the geocaching forums.  While Groundspeak prefers that cache hiders provide an alternate means of finding the cache, a chirp cache can be listed as a mystery cache with a new “wireless beacon attribute” if [...]

Garmin chirp Review

Updated 11/4/10: I’ve added a chirp FAQ page on the Garmin Oregon wiki if you are looking for more detailed help with your chrip. After getting my hands on a Garmin chirp this morning I’ve been able to play with the tiny transmitter to see exactly how it works. The chirp is a simple wireless [...]

Garmin Chirp Announcement

Updated 8:00am: Garmin product page for chirp is available. That was quick.  After last night’s flurry around the Garmin chirp, Garmin has posted an announcement for the new wireless geocaching beacon on their blog this morning.  A few items to note: Price of the chirp is noted as $22.99 Size: 1.3″ x 0.9″ x 0.3″ [...]

Garmin releases chirp – A wireless geocaching beacon

Garmin seems to be on the verge of announcing a tiny programmable wireless beacon that can transmit information to compatible Garmin GPS receivers.  The so called “chirp” seems to be aimed at geocache designers who are looking for something a little different with their next cache placement. To get an idea of how chirp might [...]

Garmin Delivers Trip Odometer Fix for “Spine” GPSs

If you own one of the newer Garmin GPS’s with a “spine” mount Garmin released official software via Webupdater that fixes several minor issues and promises to address the long standing inaccuracy with the Trip Odometer data field. For those not familiar with the issue, most owners consistently report that the Trip Odometer records less [...]

REI Labor Day Sale — Garmin Oregon for $250

REI’s Labor Day Sale is running from today until September 6th and they are offering a great deal on the Garmin Oregon 450 which has been marked down to $249.99 from $399.  The Oregon 450 is our favorite touch screen Garmin handheld and the value at $250 is fantastic — this is one of the [...]