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Garmin Colorado Exits Latest Beta with Software 3.0 Release

I’m still catching up from end of summer travel so I’ll apologize for being a bit behind in my posts.  In case you are a Colorado owner and have not noticed, Garmin released version 3.0 software earlier in the week.  The full list of changes, which looks a lot like sum total of what Garmin [...]

Garmin Oregon x00 Software 3.2 Available

After a brief beta period with new GPS firmware plus a few other small changes and fixes Garmin is rolling up beta 3.15 which includes GPS Software 3.7 into an official release for Oregon 300 and 400 customers.  The update is only available via Webupdater.  This complete of list of changes for Oregon x00 Software [...]

Garmin Dakota Software 2.2 Available

Straight on the heels of a new update for its larger cousin, the Oregon 550, Garmin has given the Dakota a new set of bits with some very familiar sounding fixes.   We are definitely starting to see just how similar the Oregon and Dakota product lines are. The big change is the inclusion of GPS [...]

Garmin Oregon x50 Software 2.3 Available

After a relatively bug free introduction Garmin has released its first maintenance release, 2.3, for the Garmin Oregon 550 and 550t. Garmin lists the following release notes: Added LKS92 map datum Added GPS firmware 3.70 Added support for GPI Routes Added thumbnail to camera page for quick review/deletion of most recently created photo Added estimation [...]

Garmin Oregon x00 Beta 3.15 Available

I just received a notice that beta 3.15 is ready for Garmin Oregon x00 users.  This new software drop looks like it might fix the shutdown issue that many users have reported since beta 3.12.  The release notes indicate that the shutdowns were related to custom POIs with custom symbols.  That would explain the problems [...]

Garmin Oregon x00 Beta 3.13 Available

It seems like every week there is a new software upgrade (or two) from the busy engineering team at Garmin.  As we tweeted on Friday evening, beta 3.13 has been posted to resolve two new issues introduced in beta 3.12. Garmin describes the fixes in 3.13 as: Fixed issues with thresholds used for auto compass [...]

Garmin Oregon Beta 3.12 – Promises GPS Receiver Improvement

Shortly after receiving an official 3.10 release for the Oregon x00 series, Garmin has followed up with a new Beta release, 3.12, which employs new GPS Firmware 3.70 and was accompanied by the following release notes: Improved GPS performance Expanded support for custom POIs First off, I should mention that there are several issues in [...]