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http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/10/the-garmin-colorado-400-bluechart-gps-unit/ Exclamation

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merkman · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 2032

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

If the image is right then they finally made the right choice and put the input device on the top instead of the bottom.

Woot!
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Sad state of affairs.

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3648

It sure would be nice if you could actually get a temperature reading from the alleged temp sensor and if they allowed you to store your waypoints on the memory card rather than the fixed memory. My only complain about the 60CSx.

sir_zman · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:08 am Post subject:

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Arcticabn · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:34 am Post subject:

For me controls on the top is so that I can do everything one handed. I can grip the GPSR and use my thumb for input. With the controls on the bottom I find I have to hold it with one hand and use the other for the data inputs.
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TheCollector · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:35 am Post subject:

more info http://www.motorcycle-navigation.net/forum/garmin-colorado/140-garmin-colorado-400t-coming-soon.html

zuma! · Geocacher Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 48

The Garmin Colorodo has been released!!!! Looks awesome

http://www8.garmin.com/ces/colorado/index.html

zuma

pfalstad · Geocacher Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 962 Location: Edina

It doesn't mention aerial photos?? Crying or Very sad

CB-GPSERS · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject: new review

http://www.gpsmagazine.com/2008/01/garmin_colorado_400t_review.php?page=1
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DLHCacher · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:18 pm Post subject:

Just visited the Garmin booth at the SHOT Show in Vegas.

The Colorado is sweet. Saw it with a cache page etc. Only thing with the wheel and buttons on to is you partially obscure the screen.

The 300 is the base model. The 400t is the topo model meaning the topo software comes with it.

Might be buying one of these.
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joboo · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:05 pm Post subject:

i agree that the colorado does look very, very sweet!!!
i'm a true garmin diehard, i own two, the map 60, and that map 60cs.
my first garmin i owned for 3 or 4 years before i found out about geocaching. i've mapped every single trail i've ever mountain biked, and then some.
then i found geocaching, and the rest they say is history!! Laughing

my map 60cs is just for geocaching, or so i'd like to think Rolling Eyes

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anyway, with that being said, i will wait for the 3dr or 4th generation of the colorado til i purchase one.
just way too many bugs garmin needs to work out before i drop that kind of cach on a new unit.
just my 2 cents...

Peace,
Joboo

sir_zman · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject:

I talked with a cacher out of MI who bought this unit. He said that it was a nice unit for general outdoors stuff, but he found several geocaching limitations and couldn't recommend it to cachers. One basic flaw he was was they removed the "Found it" option when you are out caching, he also it said it was very difficult to populate caches by hand, (if you have to, I guess for multis). He said that perhaps with an upgrade down the road it would be a better unit, but he returned his.