Touchscreen Edge 800 to make its Aussie debut at the UCI Road Cycling World Championship in Geelong later this month.
Garmin might not be sure about its future in the mobile phone industry, but it’s certainly sticking to its core competencies with the announcement of Australian availability of the latest in a long line of cycling GPS units, the Edge 800. Available later this month, the unit has a 2.6″ Touchscreen display with only three physical buttons, Garmin’s Basecamp software and the ability to include satellite imagery for a more real-world perspective on your rides.
The official release notes that the Australian debut of the device will take place at at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Geelong from the 29 September to the 3rd October, but you’ll have to wait until November to buy one at retail with an RRP of $549 standalone or $649 bundled with a heart rate monitor and cadence sensor.
[Garmin]
matt
Friday, September 17, 2010 at 3:44 PMI should probably spend $649 on a bike first…
Sam
Friday, September 17, 2010 at 9:31 PMNotice that the mtb rider has full finger gloves and they never show him touching the screen. I run a 305 (have for years!) and me and every other mtb’er I know run full finger gloves, so an upgrade to this seems unlikely.
On the subject of touch screens oddly enough the only gloves that I have ever had success with were golf gloves!
jason
Monday, September 20, 2010 at 12:02 AMwhat does this do that my iPhone (i assume many android phones as well) does not?
that’s what i use for all my gps cycle tracking and there are some damn good apps for it.
$550 is bloody expensive now for what it is.
i want something to mount on my bike that i dont worry about breaking all the time (i do worry about my iPhone)
and yeah the glove issue is an obvious oversight, though i dont ever touch my iPhone once i start, so its not a huge issue, but for a dedicated item it seems silly
Denis
Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 9:14 AMMy son is vision impaired. Can voice operation software be added?