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Saw the New Garmin 305 at CES
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 2006-01-12 11:20 AM |
Expert  1166    Northern VA |  Subject: Saw the New Garmin 305 at CESI was at the Consumer Electronics Show last week and stopped by Garmin's booth to check out the Forerunner 305. It was fastened to the display case and could not be turned on, so I did not get an idea for how the display looks on its smaller screen. I can say that the form factor looked really nice. The Garmin rep said that the biggest improvement was with the improved GPS attenna and receiver that they were using. He said that it should eliminate most of the problems people have with running between large buildings and under trees. He said that they had been testing it in underground parking garages and it had been receiving signals just fine. Keeping an eye on this one as a potential purchase. |
| 2006-01-12 12:51 PM in reply to: #322487 |
Champion 8903   | Subject: RE: Saw the New Garmin 305 at CES I hate it when cool stuff like this comes out. My wallet starts jumping out of my pocket. Can't wait to see these hit the street! |
| 2006-01-12 12:59 PM in reply to: #322588 |
| Expert 1085 New Orleans, LA | Subject: RE: Saw the New Garmin 305 at CES max - 2006-01-12 12:51 PM I hate it when cool stuff like this comes out. My wallet starts jumping out of my pocket. Can't wait to see these hit the street! I got one for my birthday today, should be in at the end of the month! |
| 2006-01-12 2:05 PM in reply to: #322487 |
| , Texas | Subject: RE: Saw the New Garmin 305 at CES |
| 2006-01-12 2:24 PM in reply to: #322487 |
Expert 882 Marietta, GA | Subject: RE: Saw the New Garmin 305 at CES rollinsw - 2006-01-12 12:20 PM He said that they had been testing it in underground parking garages and it had been receiving signals just fine. Wow - that just sold me on the purchase! Here I was going to be happy with a cheap, basic HRM, but I think I'll have to upgrade my old Timex GPS (the watch died, anyway) and have both in one nice unit. Between this and a wetsuit, I'm going to be shelling out the money in the next few months. This sport is expensive! |
| 2006-01-13 11:26 PM in reply to: #322671 |
| Elite 3650 Laurium, MI | Subject: RE: Saw the New Garmin 305 at CES camy - 2006-01-12 1:05 PM The 305 (but not the 205) will even work with their wireless cadence sensor. that's awesome Could you get any idea for how it would fit? I have skinny arms and I can just imagine having the antenna wrap around instead of run parallel would make it rather uncomfortable. |
| 2006-01-17 8:09 AM in reply to: #322487 |
| , Texas | Subject: RE: Saw the New Garmin 305 at CES I think I like the 201/301 form factor better. This may be because I like it on my upper arm. Here is a pic of it in comparison with a Nike HRM:  Here is the blog entry where pic came from. |
| 2006-01-17 10:29 AM in reply to: #325448 |
Expert 707 Kansas | Subject: RE: Saw the New Garmin 305 at CES Do you think it's to big to wear as your normal watch? |
| 2006-01-17 10:42 AM in reply to: #325567 |
| Elite 3650 Laurium, MI | Subject: RE: Saw the New Garmin 305 at CES depends, how big of a dork are you? I still can't tell if it would be too wide for my wrist. It seems like the antenna at the bottom would stick out funny |
| 2006-01-17 10:46 AM in reply to: #325583 |
Expert 707 Kansas | Subject: RE: Saw the New Garmin 305 at CES My buddies call my 301 a "laptop" so they may call my 305 a "PDA"??? vortmax - 2006-01-17 10:42 AM depends, how big of a dork are you? I still can't tell if it would be too wide for my wrist. It seems like the antenna at the bottom would stick out funny |
| 2006-01-17 1:15 PM in reply to: #322487 |
| , Texas | Subject: RE: Saw the New Garmin 305 at CES I prefer an analog watch for normal use, so I don't consider wearing any training watch for anything but training. |
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