posting this under a pseudonym to avoid the whip (work in the industry, and this hasn't been nationally announced yet, although I did find it using good old google)
Garmin Forerunner 305Preliminary information indicates a Feb 2006 release date. It will be SIRF III enabled (enables the unit to pick up satellites MUCH faster, and get much more of a signal).
One Word: Drooooooooooool!
Comments
Might have to give myself a late Chrimbo pressie.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Just found in the cold weather that I can't pull my extra long sleeved top over the 301 to protect my hands from frost.
Now with this one I could..............:-)
sleeves down ad garmi over the top
its a really good one!
Only 300 miles and one careful owner
'onest guv!
Hipps
strap doesn't fit over sleeve and I need to be able to pull sleeve down as well. Its only for the first mile or so until I warm up - after that my hands are fine
only after 1 month it stopped recieving heart monitor,i was sent another after down loading update from garmin,that did'nt do any thing apart from stoping it from 2down loading onto training centre,now the whole lot has gone back for repairs!!.
"Not amused with my very expensive stop watch".
Ive installed the software (training centre) onto my pc, but when i plug in the usb it cant find it, although the 301 charges ok. I have windows xp which should be ok?
Not sure if its me being a technophobe or a faulty unit?
usually solved by uninstalling the drivers & downloading the latest ones from the garmin site.
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
At the end of the summer it was fine, but now not so good.
Seems to be affected by dense cloud and loses the sattelites.
Now if cloud is an issue this device should not be sold in the UK !! :-)
Fortunately I have sport tracks software rather than the garmin piece of crap. This means I can edit my run once its downloaded to show an accurate route.
Like the look of this.
Anyone want a dodgy 201 ??!!!!!!!!!!!
so i'd expect the 305 to come in at a similar level when new.
don't hold your breath.
http://sportsim.blogs.com/weblog/
http://www.topgear.it/shop.php?key=zoom&id=1233
feb06 sounds early, apparently supply of the edge305 bike computer has slipped to late january so i'd expect it a while after that.
may be pleasantly surprised tho'
(And only the other day my other half commented I'm not much of a gadget man...)
Bought my 301 nearly 3 weeks ago and I had same problem with PC not recognising presence of the device once connected. Garmin sent me a replacement disc to install SW etc, and that cured it..
Still have concerns over graphical display times not displaying same total as trip times, but no-one seems to have similar issue.
Ref : The SportTracks software, does anyone have problems with system retrieving map background ?? Mine's keep saying "connection to the map server is temporarily unavailable" ??
Suggestions ?