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Garmin launches Oregon

15 July 2008

Garmin has just launched its new slick device for the outdoor world. It is called Oregon and it is the newest member of the Garmin premium hand-held line. It combines an intuitivetouchscreen interface, rugged, resilient design and a variety of pre-loaded mapping options. Oregon is the ideal solution for the outdoor, marine and fitness enthusiast.

This rugged device is easy to learn and simple to use. It features a
high sensitivity GPS receiver, pre-loaded mapping and a high-resolution, colour 3-inch screen that reacts as users tap or drag through menus and options. On a mountain or an ocean, satellite reception is even faster than before thanks to Garmin’s new HotFix feature, which automatically calculates and stores critical satellite information. The top of the range Oregon 400t gives hikers a preloaded European topographic map at approximately 1:100 000 scale, with street level detail and state-of-the-art 3 D elevation perspective.

Oregon users can experience Wherigo, the newest GPS-based activity from Groundspeak, the people who made Geocaching a worldwide phenomenon. Wherigo (pronounced ‘where I go’) is a toolset for creating and completing adventure games, historical tours or other innovative activities in the real world. And Geocaching is even easier with the Oregon, which quickly downloads online information for every cache, such as location, terrain, difficulty, hints and description, so that you don’t have tote printouts with you.

Weighing only 193 g with up to 18 hours of life from two AA batteries, the Oregon has a microSD card slot that is ideal for loading additional MapSource detail. For more about the Oregon’s features, pricing and availability, go to www.garmin.co.uk and www.garmin.blogs.com.

RRP: Oregon 200 – €349 Euros, Oregon 300 – €429 Euros, Oregon 400t – €529 Euros

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