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In addition to Foretrex 401, Garmin also introduced its little brother today: the Garmin Foretrex 301.

Foretrex 301 is quite similar to 401, except that it lacks the electronic compass, and the barometric altimeter. In addition it is slightly has a lighter color and supposedly will last up to 18 hours (instead of 17) with only 2 AAA batteries.

Garmin Foretrex 301 is rugged and waterproof, boast a sensitive GPS receiver with HotFix that quickly acquires and maintains satellite reception. It keeps track of where you’ve been so you when turn on the TracBack feature, it will retrace your path right back to where you started.

Foretrex 301 feature dual-position readout so that you can view your current location in multiple formats, including latitude/longitude and an alternate position format of your choice.

Also no wireless sharing your tracks and waypoints on 301. Only 401 has this feature.

Garmin Foretrex 301 can store up to 500 waypoints, 20 routes or a tracklog of up to 10,000 points and 10 saved tracks.

UPDATE: Pricing info has just been released and Garmin Foretrex 301 will go for $200.

Here are some more specs:

• Unit dimensions: 2.9″ x 1.7″ x 0.9″ (7.5 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm)
• Display:1.4″ x 0.9″ (3.6 x 2.3 cm)
• Resolution: 100 x 64 pixels
• Display type: Black and white LCD
• Weight: 3.1 oz (87.3 g) with batteries
• Waterproof: yes (IPX7)
• Floats: no
• Interface: USB

Just as we promised the Garmin Foretrex 401 has been made official by the company today. And just like we talked about Garmin did mention the military personnel as one of their target markets.

Long story short, Foretrex 401 is a lightweight GPS recevier/navigator designed to be comfortably worn on your wrist. Device comes with a highly sensitive GPS receiver, keeps track of where you’ve been by using bread crumbs so you can always get back to your camp site or vehicle or whatever. It also includes a trip computer, sunrise sunset hunting and fishing information, electronic compass and even a barometric altimeter.

It works on 2 AAA batteries which should last up to 17 hours.

Press release does not mention the price but we suspect it’ll be around $250.

UPDATE: Foretrex 401 is now up on Garmin’s site. Suggested retail price is $249.99.

rubiTrack is a tracking software for Macs that lets you display, analyze and organize your runs, bike rides, walks, hikes, skiing tours and all other outdoor and indoor activities.

rubiTrack can collect data from devices such as the Garmin Forerunner 405, Forerunner 305, Garmin Edge 705 and Edge 305 and many other devices.

rubiTrack can store all of your activities, and display them on a map and analyze crucial details such as how fast, how far, how high you’ve gone. rubiTrack is $39.

Bushnell has a new GPS range finder called Yardage Pro XGC. Amazonhas the device available for $350 – same as a few other online sellers – but no reviews yet.

One of the nice things about Bushnell Yardage Pro XGC is that it has a 2.2″ sunlight readable color screen and a battery that is supposed to last up to 16 hours. A few other features of this golf gps device includes:

• Download custom color course maps
• Distance to any point on the hole
• Stores up to 100 courses
• Scorekeeping & statistics capabilities
• Belt clip and storage pouch included
• Rechargeable Li-lon battery
• Rainproof

Garmin Forerunner 405CX was just announced yesterday by Garmin. 405CX is obviously very similar to Forerunner 405 which came out beginning of last year. Improved with the 405CX is the way your heart rate and consumed calories are calculated.

Apparently people at Garmin spent some time with exercise scientists (Firstbeat of Finland) and pro athletes to come up with the algorithms which use the micro changes in a your heart rate to better calculate the number of calories burned during aerobic activity.

Garmin Forerunner 405CX weighs only 60 grams and has some features that let you track speed, distance and location. It has this “bezel” based interface that lets you control this GPS integrated wrist computer by tapping, holding or running a finger along the bezel.

Garmin Forerunner 405CX uses ANT+ technology which sends workout data to a PC or Mac wirelessly so you don’t even need to take off the watch.

Forerunner 405CX will cost $370 when it comes second quarter of this year.

Here is a video showing how easy it is to change wrist bands on the 405CX.

We’ve got a new Garmin Forerunner. What’s the good news about this one? It is waterproof! Which means triathletes can wear this GPS enabled training aid without worrying about ruining it.

Garmin Forerunner 310XT can last up to 20 hours on a single charge and can be used in various activities; not just triathlon training.

The new waterproof Forerunner 310XT kept all the good features of its predecessor Forerunner 305, but added highly requested features such as wireless connectivity, longer battery life, and of course water-resistance. Garmin Forerunner 310XT is going to sell for $350.

Here is a promo video of Garmin Forerunner 310XT:

Full specs after the jump: read »

TopoPointUSA is a new application for iPhone by Ebranta Technologies. Apparently it’s worlds only GPS enabled application for displaying United States Geological Survey (USGS) high resolution topographical map images and your GPS position whether you are online or not. It costs $10.

Here are the features of TopoPointUSA:

• Complete USGS Map coverage of the USA, including Alaska and Hawaii
• Offline Map availability when located outside cellular service
• Scrolling map with current GPS or browse location display
• Automatic offline or online operation
• GPS Position with accuracy and map scale information
• Powerful Browsing capabilities with position display
• Fully featured Waypoint capabilities

It looks like the latest in-store REI catalog leaked some information on a couple of new Garmin Oregon models. You can expect to see the new Garmin Oregon 500 and Garmin Oregon 500T at retailers very soon for $500 and $550 respectively.

You may ask yourself, “why so expensive Garmin”? Well the reason is that the new 500 Oregon series come with a digital camera. We’re not sure how many pixels this camera will support but if it’s good enough it means one less gadget on your hiking trip! Yay! read »

We just came across this and thought it would be useful – if you live somewhere with snow and have a snowmobile. A recently launched site – SledGPS.com – now offers comprehensive maps of trails for snowmobiling.

There are 6 packages offered and each of them cost $50. Or you can buy them all for $125. The regions are Great Lakes, Mountain West, North East, Pacific West, and Upper Midwest.

Your maps will arrive on a memory card and will be compatible with all Garmin nuvi’s, Colorado, Oregon, Zumo, and PSmap 60Cx/60CSx, GPSmap 76Cx/76CSx, eTrex Vista Cx/HCx, eTrex Legend Cx/HCx, eTrex Venture Cx, Rino 520HCx/530HCx, Edge 605/705.

They’re located in sunny Arizona :)

Before anything else: There’s no GPS receiver in this watch. Yes, we know it is from Garmin and all but still. No GPS. Garmin’s doing really good with training devices out there such as heart rate monitors and the software that goes with Forerunners so they’re trying to take advantage of their market share by introducing Garmin FR60 which can wirelessly connect to other sensors such as heart rate monitors and a foot pods.

It can download workout data to a PC or a Mac using USB stick, keep track of speed and distance, heart rate, and calories burned.

There will be two bundles for the FR60 series, one with both the heart rate monitor and the foot pod, the other with the heart rate monitor only.

Triathletes will embrace the versatility of the swim-friendly FR60 as it helps them train and race indoors or outdoors, on the bike, in the water or on the trails. The featherweight foot pod enables the FR60 to track and record speed, distance, calories burned, steps and cadence without excess burden. Cycling enthusiasts will enjoy the versatile options of adding a bike speed and cadence sensor and a handy bike mount. Adding to the wide range of uses and wireless connectivity, FR60 users in the United States will be able to link effortlessly to their ANT+ compatible fitness equipment such as treadmills, spin bikes, elliptical trainers and more.

Garmin FR60 can track and record up to 15 hours and 100 laps of detailed workout data.