Ever since the Colorado arrived two years ago without this feature, Custom Symbols has been on the The Most Wanted List for the newer State-named units, especially since the older 60csx had this capability. Today Garmin fixed that for some Oregon owners by announcing Custom Symbol support in their latest 450/550 beta. The Custom Symbols [...]
Update: Garmin has released beta 3.26 for the Oregon x50 available here. I would highly recommend backing up your entire /Garmin/GPX directory before using this beta since your current tracklog will get modified and moved into daily/weekly archives if you enable that feature.
Here’s something bound to make Garmin Oregon 450 and 550 owners happy. Two [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Updated 11/7/09: Here’s a price list from Garmin Spain which includes a new reference to the Oregon 450 and 450t.
Several days ago we tweeted about a Spanish retailer that posted a Garmin Oregon 450t product page on their site. At first glance I figured it was just a typo, but after translating the page (see [...]
