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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
