GPS

Impressions of Garmin Forerunner 205

Impressions of Garmin Forerunner 205 - One of my multipurpose GPSes gave up the ghost recently, and I picked up the Garmin Forerunner 205 as a possible replacement. Here are some comments based on my week with the device:

SPOT in my Kit

I just received my Fathers Day present.

Weather on your GPS

Weather on your GPS -

http://www.bushnell.com/gps/gps_onix400.cfm

Navigate using an actual satellite photo of your surroundings - layered with all your tools, waypoints and other points of reference. Subscription access to real-time XM weather and more than 170 channels of XM Satellite Radio programming featuring news, sports, talk, entertainment and music.

GPS Compare

This is an old table I put together....circa 2004. I dug it up to go along with my updated GPS instructions. I hope it is still somewhat relavant.

...and the table breaks the site theme...I'm not sure why...sorry, it doesn't look too good...



Garmin nuviphone announced

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1240&tag=nl.e539

Garmin made a surprise announcement last night of a new iPhone competitor. nuvifone (rhymes with “MovieFone”… coincidence?) has an impressive feature set, including:

* Has iPhone met its match with nuvifone?Quad-band GSM mobile phone
* 3G HSDPA
* 3.5-inch touchscreen interface
* HTML Web browser
* WiFi
* Multi-network instant messaging
* MMS media messaging
* Still & video camera

nuviphone

nuviphone
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