If you liked gemoate JR when we first talked about it you’ll be pleased to hear that there’s a hands-on review available now. The bottom line is this though:
Sturdy and accurate, it directed me right to ground zero for the caches I sought.
I guess you can’t go wrong with this. It only costs $70 anyways. Get it from REI.
Garmin Dakota 20 is Dakota 10’s bigger brother. Announced at the same time Dakota 20 has pretty much the same appearance as Dakota 10 but when it comes to specs it hides a lot inside.
Priced only $50 more than Dakota 10, for a total of $350, you can expect the same impressive 20 hours battery life from Dakota 20. It also has a microSD card slot to store more stuff, like maps, a 3-axis compass tilt-compensated electronic compass, and a barometric altimeter. Also don’t forget about the wireless connectivity feature that lets you share waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with Dakota, Oregon, Colorado and Foretrex devices.
If you’re looking for something bigger and more expensive you should check out Garmin Colorado or the Garmin Oregon series.
Wait until September for Garmin Dakota 20 to come out.
Garmin Dakota 10 is one of the latest outdoor GPS handheld devices from the company. Compared to the Garmin Oregon series, the Dakota 10 is a lot cheaper and lower end.
Garmin Dakota 10 has a 2.6″ color touchscreen, weighs 6.75 ounces, and runs up to 20 hours on two AA batteries. It is also built rugged, and is waterproof (IPX7). It has worldwide basemap pre-installed and comes with 850 MB of memory, which can store 1,000 waypoints, 50 routes, 2,000 geocaches and an active tracklog of 10,000 points and 200 saved tracks. We doubt you’ll run of space.
You can expect to get yours hands on a Garmin Dakota 10 starting in September for about $300.
CATS.i (Covert Asset Tracking Systems) is a covert real time GPS tracking device. It is designed in the shape of standard cell phone battery so unsuspecting eyes would have no clue they’re being tracked. Of course it could be also be embedded other devices making asset tracking possible.
Even though the it is still in prototype stage we already know some of the specs of CATS.i. It features a GPS receiver (obviously) and also has a quad band GSM/GPRS module all packed into a 5mm package that is waterproof.
We don’t have any information on availability or pricing just yet but keep reading and we’ll let you know when we find out… read »
Not to be left out of the GPS back trace/tracking craze QSTARZ has just now announced their version of the device called GPS QFinder: GF-Q900.
The QFinder utilizes GPS technology to mark your desired location and allows you to trace back to these locations later on with a precise digital compass with 8-directional arrows. You can mark up to to four locations and GPS QFinder: GF-Q900 will show you the direction and distance to that previously marked spot.
Some other features and specs include LCD display with backlight, SiRF Star III GPS chipset, high sensitivity 20 channel tracking, smart power saving feature (uses 2 AAA batteries), and IPX-6 water resistance.
GF-Q900 is now available for USD $79 / EURO €79.
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:
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.
So, GPSLogger is a free application that keeps track of your position and generates bunch of related data such as direction, speed, distance, and elevation. It even has a compass.
There is nothing esthetically pleasing about the app though. It is all functional. It will work on BlackBerry Devices running OS 4.2.1 or higher.
Checkout a decent review of GPSLogger at crackberry.
If it wasn’t for the lame “travel honey” name this product would almost be perfect. It is 4 in 1 device that acts as a 1) GPS receiver for your laptop, 2) location finder to track back to a set point, 3) photo tagger with software, and 4) data logger for GPS tracking.
It is currently out of stock at this online wholesale site that is willing to sell retail for only $54.
The above images demonstrates how “travel honey” directs you back to your car. The only thing you have to do to record your car’s position is to press a button for two seconds so it can record its GPS coordinates when you’re ready to head back home… read »
Clever name for a tracking device. Rocky Mountain Tracking just introduced GPS tracking device called TracKing. Tracking works on two AA batteries and claims to last up 80 hours until it drains them. This may in fact be accurate since the device does not carry a power sucking GSM module to provide live tracking. It only provides “passive vehicle tracking” as they like to call it. It just means that this device is a GPS data logger; which will store time and location info, and if the software is any good it will overlay the data on some sort of map to provide you with:
TracKing is water resistant, can attach magnetically to vehicles, and best of it all can use an external power source so you don’t have to deal with batteries.
TracKing costs $270.
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