New Garmin GPS for cyclists announcement – EDGE 800
Garmin International Inc., announced the feature-packed touchscreen Edge 800 for cyclists (…). New mapping options such as Garmin?s BaseCamp route planning and BirdsEye? Satellite Imagery make it perfect for training, touring and riding on the trail. Edge 800 will debut at Interbike (Booth 2631) and Eurobike (Booth A5-201), where it won the coveted Eurobike Award for electronic components. (…)
Building on its popular predecessors, Edge 800 is smaller and sleeker than the Edge 705, yet features a larger 2.6? display with a simple touchscreen interface. And while Edge 800 gets its streamlined design from the ultralight Edge 500, the color display and versatile mapping options make exploration more enjoyable and efficient than ever. The latest version of Garmin?s free BaseCamp software (www.garmin.com/basecamp) gives users an easy tool to survey the terrain and plan routes. BaseCamp lets users plan and preview routes ? along with viewing elevation changes ? and then send those routes to Edge 800, Edge 705 and Edge 605 as courses to follow. (…)
