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I suspect in time, probably very soon after it's offered for sale, that a hacker will remedy this situation. I'm using user-supplied software on my 60CSx that provides custom icons to caches (yellow smilie, blue frownie, single box, multi box, virtual ghost, etc.) but I have to have the caches loaded as waypoints instead of "geocaches".
I'm sure this will be done on the Colorado as well, but I'm not sure how this will affect the improved geocaching mode. Listing caches as waypoints instead of 'caches' will probably not allow you to see all that fancy 'cache info' stuff, so you'll still need the PDA. It would, however, allow you to see all caches on the map while navigating.
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| Posts: 71 | Location: Coweta County | Registered: July 06, 2006 |  |
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Per thread on groundspeak. quote: Here is what I was told today. The Garmin Techies had just come out of a Colorado meeting.
1) Memory cards: Max 4GB SD. This is not a micro SD and the Colorado does not currently support SDHC. Future versions may be able to support SDHC.
2) They are aware that the geocache icons are not showing up on the map overlays when caches are loaded via a GPX file. They will be working on a fix and hope to offer a Firmware update within the next few months.
3) They are aware that caches can't currently be marked as found. They will be working on a fix and hope to offer a Firmware update within the next few months.
4) They are already working on other Firmware updates to enhance the Geocache Mode.
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| Posts: 2420 | Location: NE Corner of Georgia | Registered: November 09, 2002 | |
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Yea!!! I get my Colorado 400t tomorrow. Drperp
I may be wrong, but I'm not far from it !
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| Posts: 41 | Location: Norcross, Ga. | Registered: January 19, 2007 | |
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Interesting video Lay-review of this one. It starts about 8:30 minutes into the Video. Colorado Review
Don't say you can't, say you'll try.
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| Posts: 1151 | Location: Suwanee | Registered: May 21, 2004 | |
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Battery life issues. Published factory specs "sitting on the sales counter" 15 hours vs anecdotal 2 hours "real life" battery life. Talk to the guys behind the counter at BASS PRO. They are saying the Colorado is eating up the batteries during demos, expect two hours of "real" battery life.
Has anybody documented this? I found factory specs of 15 hours quoted repeatedly, and one post from a user citing that the battery life is "not as published" yet they gave no quantitative value.
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| Posts: 2420 | Location: NE Corner of Georgia | Registered: November 09, 2002 | |
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| Posts: 2420 | Location: NE Corner of Georgia | Registered: November 09, 2002 | |
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I don't know anything of their supposed issues, but after handling a couple of them in the Garmin store in Chicago, I thought it was a sweet piece of hardware. Not worth selling my 60CSx for it just yet, but still sweet.
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In my humble opinion, HOLD OFF! I've had my 400t for about 90 days and am real disillusioned so far. It has some really neat features but lacks so much of the "mainstays" that I love with my 60CSx. I'm sure Garmin is addressing most of the issues and the software and firmware upgrades have already helped a bunch. DrPerp
I may be wrong, but I'm not far from it !
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| Posts: 41 | Location: Norcross, Ga. | Registered: January 19, 2007 | |
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| Posts: 2420 | Location: NE Corner of Georgia | Registered: November 09, 2002 | |
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I got my 400t in the mail and had fifteen minutes to play with it. I was on the phone with Garmin when it started to heat up. It’s in the mail to them now for a replacement. In the fifteen minutes before it stopped working I got to explore the caching feature and the Colorado will make caching easier and eliminate the use of my PDA. The 3D Topo features will be a big benefit for me. Talking with others that just got theirs, even with the updates that are available, I see more in the near future, and with the little time I had with mine makes me stand next to the mailbox every day at 2:30.
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Yes, they are on the topo map. However I didn’t have the opportunity to download any of the upgrades.
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I'm sure he will post here & report its abilities/setbacks.
