Garmin Oregan 500 and 550T announced

delboy1203 · Post by **delboy1203** » 08 May 09 10:36 am

The Official announcement was made yesterday:
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Oregan 500 and 550T

Papa Bear_Left · Post by **Papa Bear_Left** » 08 May 09 12:44 pm

Oh, just put a phone chip in and be done with it, Garmin!

delboy1203 · Post by **delboy1203** » 08 May 09 2:11 pm

And more at Engadget.<p>

Patience, PB-L, patience. It's called "Milking the (Cash) Cow"

howie_sf · Post by **howie_sf** » 04 July 09 11:10 am

Spoke to Garmin Aus during the week and they expect to release the 550 in Aus in about 2-3 months. They are waiting for the Aus maps to be done before release.

Map Monkey · Post by **Map Monkey** » 04 July 09 11:54 am

howie_sf wrote:Spoke to Garmin Aus during the week and they expect to release the 550 in Aus in about 2-3 months. They are waiting for the Aus maps to be done before release.

What maps?

Considering they should be using the same maps as the 400T i can't see a need for the delay...sounds fishy.

mm

Dooghan · Post by **Dooghan** » 04 July 09 12:04 pm

Maybe CN2010 MM. It should be out soon I would think.

Dooghan

Storm Chasers · Post by **Storm Chasers** » 04 July 09 12:18 pm

Might be a nice little upgrade for my Magellan MAP330

Would like to see the manual though before deciding.

Map Monkey · Post by **Map Monkey** » 04 July 09 3:34 pm

Dooghan wrote:Maybe CN2010 MM. It should be out soon I would think.

Dooghan

I thought that the 400T (and supposedly 550T) came with Garmin Topo Australia, not CNA.

Surely they wouldn't update that software yearly like CNA.

mm

Dooghan · Post by **Dooghan** » 04 July 09 5:53 pm

Map Monkey wrote:
Dooghan wrote:Maybe CN2010 MM. It should be out soon I would think.

Dooghan
I thought that the 400T (and supposedly 550T) came with Garmin Topo Australia, not CNA. Surely they wouldn't update that software yearly like CNA.

mm

Your right about the T model. The maps haven't been out that long for an update yet. Could be wrong to. Maybe they have got a lot of bad feedback. Who knows what Garmin is doing. CNA is due for an update that is for sure.