Garmin Oregon 550t

Friday, May 22nd 2009 - 21:50 CEST - Comments: 0

G armin announced the Garmin Oregon 550 and Oregon 550t touchscreen handheld GPS devices, integrating a 3.2 megapixel digital camera, which creates geotagged images, and a 3-axis compass into the popular series of intuitive GPS touchscreen handhelds. The waterproof Garmin Oregon 550’s easy-to-use interface and versatile features make it the ideal solution for customers looking for a multipurpose GPS device.

 

Garmin Oregon 550t outdoor GPS device

"As everyone looks for ways to do more with less, Garmin Oregon 550 and Oregon 550t can be the one outdoor GPS device you turn to for all of your activities, in any climate, on any terrain, at any time of year," said Dan Bartel, Garmin's vice president of worldwide sales. "Easy enough for beginners to master, Oregon will guide you in your adventures, capture the highlights and bring them back home."

 

Garmin Oregon Sales box contents

• Garmin Oregon GPS system

• AA battery charger

• 2 AA NiMH batteries

• Carabiner clip

• USB cable
• Owner's manual on disk

• Garmin Oregon quick start manual

 

 

Waterproof Garmin digital camera

There's no need to tote a separate digital camera in your pack or pocket as Garmin Oregon 550's 3.2 megapixel autofocus digital camera with 4x digital zoom automatically Geo tags each photo with the location of where it was taken, allowing you to mark, remember and navigate back to that exact spot in the future. With this waterproof digital camera, you can take and view pictures in landscape or portrait orientation, and 850 MB of internal memory offers ample storage. These pictures can then be printed or stored and shared online, making every trip even more memorable. Once your Garmin Oregon 550 GPS is connected via USB, you can use Garmin services to detect Oregon's photos, simplify the selection and uploading processes and then store those photos on Picasa, a popular online photo sharing community for friends and families around the world.

Garmin 550t GPS

The built-in 3-axis compass and enhanced sunlight-readable touchscreen are two other key additions to the Garmin Oregon 550 and Garmin Oregon 550t (which features preloaded 100K topo maps for the entire U.S. in state-of-the-art 3D elevation perspective). The 3-axis tilt-compensated electronic compass shows your heading even when you're standing still, without holding it level. And Oregon's glove-friendly, color 3-inch touchscreen display is brighter and easier than ever to read and use in all conditions, responsive to the touch of your finger, yet resistant to the forces of nature.

 

 

Garmin Oregon 550t GPS
Weighing only 6.8 ounces, the Garmin Oregon 550 and Garmin Oregon 550t come with two precharged AA NiMH batteries. These batteries provide up to 16 hours of life on a single charge and don't lose energy when not in use. The included battery charger saves you money and reduces waste as batteries get recharged and reused. Also in the box is a carabiner clip and USB cable for high-speed USB connections. A microSD card slot provides even more storage for photos, mapping and memory and allows you to view pictures from other devices with Oregon's picture viewer.

 

Garmin Oregon GPS for outdoor activities
With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver and HotFix satellite prediction, Garmin Oregon 550 GPS locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons. And you can store up to 2,000 waypoints, 200 routes, 5,000 geocaches and a tracklog of up to 10,000 points and 200 saved tracks. On the mountain: The built-in barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude, and you can keep an eye on changing weather conditions by plotting pressure over time.

 

 

Garmin 550t Touchscreen GPS device
On vacation: Explore with confidence, thanks to the detailed U.S. topographic maps preloaded in the Garmin 550t Oregon or the worldwide shaded relief basemap in the Garmin 550 Oregon. On a mission: The simple-to-use touchscreen interface makes it easy to navigate efficiently and tackle your task quickly. In a group: With the Gramin Oregon 550, you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly other Oregon and Colorado users. Out geo-caching: Go paperless with Oregon, which can store up to 5,000 caches, by quickly downloading cache information from the Geocaching website.

 

MapSource microSD memory cards

The Garmin Oregon GPS navigation device stores and displays key information such as location, terrain, difficulty, hints and description, so that you don't have to tote printouts with you. (And lucky geo-cachers may even stumble upon a limited-edition Oregon geo-coin.) And the Oregon does the work of several devices, just by adding various accessories to suit your activity or optional MapSource microSD cards preloaded with detailed maps.

 

Garmin City Navigator

On the road: Optional City Navigator mapping provides detailed street maps, millions of preloaded points of interest and onscreen turn-by-turn directions to your destination, and an optional Auto Nav kit adds a suction mount and car charger. On a hunt or on a hike: Using a separate TOPO U.S. 24K DVD or microSD card brings you the highest level of topographic detail available, with maps comparable to 1:24,000 scale USGS maps, featuring terrain contours, topo elevations, summits, routable roads and trails, parks, coastlines, rivers, lakes and geographical points.

 

Garmin camera GPS features

On the water: Add BlueChart g2 maps, which provide everything you need for a great day on the water, including depth contours, navaids and harbors. On the run or on a bike: Ideal for a trail workout, the lightweight Oregon is compatible with Garmin's heart-rate monitors and speed/cadence sensors, and an optional handlebar mount makes it easy to track your speed, distance, elevation and location. And wherever you are, whatever you're doing and whomever you're with, you'll always have the Garmin Oregon 550's built-in camera to capture the moment, record the location and share the memories.

 

Garmin Oregon 550t review

The Garmin Oregon 550 and Garmin Oregon 550t outdoor GPS devices are the latest breakthroughs from Garmin, which has spent 20 years using technology and innovation to enhance users' lives, making Garmin a household name in the automotive, aviation, marine, wireless, outdoor and fitness industries. As soon as we receive a Garmin Oregon 550 test sample, we will publish a photo gallery with high resolution pictures, followed by an extended Garmin Oregon 550t review.

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