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speedysk1 · Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:26 pm Post subject: Garmin announces Oregon 500 specs

http://www.gpsfix.net/garmin-oregon-550-550t-announced/

Say this on a different forum and thought I'd share. Looks pretty interesting.
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fireman121 · Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject:

Not a good price point at 5 bills.
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TheGilby4 · Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 8:54 pm Post subject:

"Increased capacity for 200 routes, 2000 waypoints, and 5000 geocaches"

"An “enhanced sunlight-readable touchscreen”, one of the common complaints about the current Oregon series. Garmin claims the screen visibility and touch sensitivity have been improved."

Looks like they improved on two of the big issues for many people.
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IanNMissy · Geocacher Joined: 24 Apr 2009 Posts: 69

Thjere's no reason there can't be an unlimited number of routes / waypoints / Geocaches. If you have removeable storage, there's no reason to have a physical limit. If it's something in the OS, or a processor limit thing, time to look at fixing those issues.

Kind of like the map segment limit on the Vista I've got. 2025? wtf. There's no reason there can't be more per map database. Besides, the unit only loads the segment it needs when it needs it, and doesn't (to my knowledge) pre-load segments, so it shouldn't be an issue unless it was a software thing.

Pear Head · Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject:

IanNMissy · Geocacher Joined: 24 Apr 2009 Posts: 69

That'd be an interesting thing to hear from a Garmin Engineer about.. I think the batter technology is there to make these units do and be more than they are.

MNMizzou · Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 10:28 am Post subject:

True, but at the same time I'm sure they don't want to pack every single thing into one unit, keep adding a little here, a little there and you'll keep people coming back for more... you know??

IanNMissy · Geocacher Joined: 24 Apr 2009 Posts: 69

There is that, but at the same time, There's always enhancements to sreens and we'll see more sensitive antennas, and there's other functionality to be gained in the future. I just don't see a need for some artificial limit ot how much data a unit can hold or store.

Think about your PC for a second - Would you be happy if you could only have a 60Gb hard drive, and a limit of how many files you could store? Or that your PC doesn't have enough power to access that data in a read/write capacity? I have the same view about my handheld electronics.

Pear Head · Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject:

Jam3s · Geocacher Joined: 26 Oct 2008 Posts: 842

Does anyone know when this is coming out? I did not see a release date. I am seriously thinking about purchasing one.
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