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June-24-09

Garmin eTrex H: Handheld GPS for Outdoors Lovers

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The Garmin eTrex H is a hand held GPS receiver that is built for outdoor audacious people who are very enthusiastic and adventure loving. It is a highly sensitive sat nav device which receives satellite signals and helps in accuracy maintenance for the people who loose their way or are trying to find one.

The Garmin eTrex H is a very productive device that helps to navigate people who are lost in the woods or anywhere and they are unable to find their way out, it is then the Garmin eTrex H acts as a saviour to the mislaid people by connecting to the satellite and find the route to the required destination.

The Garmin eTrex H is very portable and easy to use device which can be operated by one hand. It is multi-linguistic with near about 15 languages adding Value to the user’s linguistic barrier interface. It can be operated under 15 – 70°C. It can support more than 100 different coordinate systems and various display formats like the Swiss Grid.

It has a black and white small screen and is covered in a bright yellow case which makes it distinguishable from other items in the excursion bag-pack. It is waterproof and can perform even if it has been accidentally dropped in water. It is water resistant and can work under 3 feet water for 30 minutes. It has a 2 AA battery backup which means it can last up to 17 hours.

It has flash memory which can be updated. It can store up to 500 waypoints and 20 reversible routes. It maintains the distance and the duration of the trip and keeps records of the travelled paths.

Because of these unique features and affordable price the eTrex H from navigation giants Garmin is an excellent choice for travellers and excursionists.

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June-19-09

Garmin eTrex Venture HC: Advanced Handheld Sat Nav for the Outdoors

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If you are an outdoor excursion enthusiast GarmineTrex Venture HC is the best thing for you. This impeccable quality handheld GPS device from Garmin comes with great functionality that will caters to all your navigational as well as way finding need. It performs well in every environment and with it you could have worriless excursion trip. GarmineTrex Venture HC is a highly sophisticated WAAS- enabled GPS receiver which helps users in locating their position with exact precision and that too within fraction of seconds. GarmineTrex Venture HC has great internal memory of 24 MB which helps you to store as many information you want regarding waypoints and routes. It is loaded with detailed base map in which every finer details of the land are loaded. This sat nav helps you anywhere and has nothing to do with your location whether you are in the midst of a canyon or a jungle and proves to be the greatest aid in the moment of need.

GarmineTrex Venture HC has built in map source as well which covers nearly every geographical feature of land including important places like major highways, railroads etc. It comes with 256 colour TFT screen with the dimension of 1.7”x 1.3”. This screen does not reflect even in sunlight and you can go through every details of the map on this screen. The Garmin eTrex Venture HC also comes with USB port that helps you to download the map very quickly fro the PC. It has great battery life of 14 hours and also comes with MP3 player to keep you entertained. All these features make it the best buy for anyone planning a hiking trip in the outdoors.

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There has been a lot of anticipation about Satmap’s Active 10. The device has all the customary features that one gets to see in an outdoor GPS that is held in hands and all the color mapping has been done from the Ordnance survey. It is a water proof sat nav that is also touted to be a very effective sports GPS. All the functionalities have been compressed into this gizmo and everything has been fixed in a very meticulous manner. The packaging of the Satmap product is done with a lot of precision and the GPS starts showing its effect in a climate which is usually dominated by carbon. In fact, the way the system is delivered reflects the pride the company shows in their product.

The Satmap Active 10 comes in a box that also has other accessories which support it in its endeavor of mapping. The box contains two cabinets, one in which the Satmap Active 10 itself is placed and the other in which a lid is positioned which contains the other paraphernalia like the quick start guide, the end user license agreement, the warranty card and the catalogue brochure in which the steps for operation are stated clearly. It also lodges a USB mini port so that a cable can be inserted and data can be downloaded and transferred. Get the GPS and make the process of driving easy.

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