Garmin renews its Oregon models

At the CES electronics trade fair in Las Vegas, Garmin presented new models from its Oregon series. They come with new capacitive touchscreen displays with significantly increased brightness and clarity. Thanks to Bluetooth connectivity, the new models are also compatible with modern smartphones and tablet computers for the first time. This means that tour data can also be searched for online and transferred to the device while on the move.

With the Oregon 600 and 650, Garmin is sending one handheld GPS device without and one with a camera (8 megapixels) into the race. Both models are also available as a ""t"" version with a pre-installed leisure map of Europe. All the technology is housed in a new, modern and significantly slimmed-down, yet robust housing. Almost five years ago, Garmin introduced the Oregon series, the first handheld GPS devices to be operated exclusively via a touchscreen display. This enables intuitive user guidance and the Oregons are already among the most successful GPS devices today.

The new Oregon-600 and Oregon-650 devices are the first handheld GPS devices with a video tutorial capacitive display. As with a smartphone, this allows operation with several fingers, for example zooming by pinching with two fingers. The display automatically switches from portrait to landscape format.Product details:

Memory capacity (internal memory): 2 to 8 GB, expandable with microSD
Battery life approx. 16 hours in standard GPS mode
Waterproof according to IPX7
Wireless transmission via ANT+ for using wireless ANT+ sensors (such as temperature sensor or HR chest strap) and for data transmission from device to device
Bluetooth and Bluetooth low-energy compatible (for wireless data transfer to smartphones and tablet PCs)
Paperless geocaching function
ActiveRouting with suitable Topo Maps from Garmin (for creating route suggestions according to a desired activity)
robust plastic housing
capacitive 3" touchscreen display (multi-touch capable)
GPS and GLONASS compatible (up to 20% faster GPS reception)
Free configurable speed dial button
Oregon 600t and 650t each with pre-installed leisure map of Europe (1:100,000)
Oregon 650 and 650t with built-in 8 MP camera incl. digital zoom and flash and battery pack with charging function in the device