While the standalone personal navigation device market continues to struggle with the emergence of mobile devices such as the iPhone and Droid, the outdoors GPS business is still a very viable one for Garmin and its competitors. In fact, Garmin has enhanced its offerings by introducing two new Garmin Oregon GPS units that take advantage of Garmin’s social community, Garmin Connect.
Garmin Oregon 450 and 450T both are compact touchscreen outdoors GPS units that enable those who live an active lifestyle to explore new areas without having to worry about getting lost. You can also log your activities and share them on Garmin Connect. Garmin 450 product line is not going to be Garmin’s top of the line offering, but it will give those who spend a lot of time outdoors another GPS option. Here is what Garmin had to say about these two products:
Oregon 450t and Oregon 450 provide a bridge between the slimmed-down Dakota family and the top-of-line Oregon 550t, all of which work seamlessly with Garmin Custom Maps in planning your adventure and Garmin Connect for reliving the experience and sharing the memories.
I am sure Garmin Oregon GPS units are powerful and as good as Garmin claims them to be. At the same time, Garmin is still not properly handling the challenge of iPhone. There are plenty of outdoors GPS apps on iPhone and while they may not be as good as what Garmin has to offer, they will get there in due time. Garmin decided to introduce its own phone instead of focusing on an iPhone app. There are hundreds of iPhone GPS apps these days that can provide you with directions on the road or outdoors. Garmin will have to eventually jump on board as the days of one trick pony devices seem to be over.
