Comments on: Garmin Oregon 550t and Dakota 20 Reviews — In German

By: Garmin Oregon 550t – First Impressions - GPS Fix

Garmin Oregon 550t – First Impressions - GPS Fix — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:39:04 +0000

[...] zoom controls (up to 4x according to the specs) are found directly on the camera screen. As we reported yesterday the camera and the photo viewer both make use of the accelerometer and turn when the unit is [...]

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:16:13 +0000

Thanks Balga.

I should have a 550t tomorrow so I’ll be posting pictures here very soon.

-Scott

By: balga

balga — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:43:36 +0000

a quick summary:

During a GPS training the reviewer could test these devices (Oregon 550t and Dakota 20) during a rainy day.
Garmin provided the pre serie devices (the only ones in Europe at the moment)

Reviewer repeat most of the technical data (as found on the garmin page).

Oregon 550t for geocacher
- Built in camera shoot good pictures (if its not too dark)
- Camera does not replace a “real” camera.
- Display is improved – but has a reflective display
- Display sensitivity is improved
- Display shows crisp colors
- more wayponts, more routes, more tracks, more caches

Dakota for outdoor people
- pocket size
- handling / user guidance as good a the oregon
- display quality similar to the new oregon
- touchscreen smilar to new oregon
- good price
- weight: 155 g
- good battery life 20 hour (just taken from the specs..)
- Dakota available in september (Europe)