Now shipping: GPSMAP 62 series featured in new videos, minisite
Yazan: Garmin | 16 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin
Today’s a big day for fans of Garmin outdoor handhelds. The GPSMAP 62 series – the much anticipated update to the extremely popular GPSMAP 60 products – is hitting shelves as we speak. Hunters, hikers and geocachers alike will appreciate…
Jake’s Journal: Get a geocoin with Garmin’s GeoWoodstock catchphrase
Yazan: Garmin | 29 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin
If you’re looking for a summer activity that blends exercise and exploration while emphasizing teamwork and technology, it’s hard to go wrong with geocaching. If you’re familiar with geocaching, you know that there are more than a million caches hidden…
Jake’s Journal: GPSMAP 62st steals spotlight at video shoot
Yazan: Garmin | 17 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin
Whenever we talk about our Garmin tutorial videos, everyone here mentions that we’re lucky to have “cheap talent” … meaning me. Then they point out that even that description is a bit of an exaggeration. Both the “cheap” (it’s actually…
“Small, affordable, accurate” – Forerunner 110 “nails the basics”
Yazan: Garmin | 15 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin
WIRED magazine and Runner’s World agree. It’s easy to love the easy-to-use Forerunner 110. In their July issues, these media heavy-hitters each test and tout the 110 as a “simpler approach” to GPS in running. Calling it “a GPS watch…
Garmin Unveils GPSMAP 62 series, Updating Iconic Outdoor Handheld
Yazan: Garmin | 02 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin
One of our best just got better, just in time for summer adventures. Garmin today announced the GPSMAP 62 series of rugged outdoor handheld devices, bringing a sleek updated look, new mapping options and many technical innovations to a product…
Ask Garmin: Which GPS is best for a long walk? (A really, really long walk…)
Yazan: Garmin | 01 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin
Today’s Ask Garmin question was sent to @JakesJournal on Twitter by Lindy G (or @formerfatmama), who describes herself as “A deaf 37 yr old single mom on a weight loss journey. I plan to walk across America.” Lindy asked “Which…
Lost and found (and still working): Garmin eTrex survives mountaintop winter
Yazan: Garmin | 06 May 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin
Here’s a great testimonial sent to the Garmin inbox from Wayne, a satisfied Garmin customer who geocaches under the name Beachboy38. This adventure took place while caching near the Apache Peak Cakewalk (GCM15N). I think you may be interested in…
Jake’s Journal: Using BirdsEye Satellite Imagery on your Garmin handheld
Yazan: Garmin | 09 April 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin
Recently, my good friend Brad the Engineer took a few minutes to walk me through BirdsEye Satellite Imagery, an annual subscription service that gives users the option of loading highly-detailed photo-based maps to select Garmin handhelds. My first step was…
Jake’s Journal: Save time and printouts with Garmin’s paperless geocaching
Yazan: Garmin | 26 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin
Geocaching, the high-tech GPS treasure hunt, recently hit a monumental milestone when the number of active worldwide caches topped one million. That means that whether you live in a small town or a big city, it’s never been easier to…
Oregon Geocoin thrills Garmin user who started geocaching, quit smoking
Yazan: Garmin | 15 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin
Ever since we unveiled our next-generation outdoor handhelds, Garmin bloggers (and our secret geocaching stashers) have been placing limited-edition Oregon and Colorado geocoins in caches across the U.S. and around the world. A message inserted with every stashed coin asks…
