Re: Garmin 2820 - sorta sneaked up on me!

Alan Adrian wrote:

I've not owned a 2720, but am in possession of a 2820.


Garmin seems to think it is unnecessary to share (or necessary to obfuscate) some technical details.

Have you looked or used at your 2820 in the USB Mass Storage mode? Do you know if that uses flash memory and how much is in it? And how much free space it has on it?

The 2710 had internal flash memory but the 2820 makes no mention of how map data is stored or the amount of storage available.

After the failure problems (particularly on motorcycles) with the earlier models that had microdrives, one of the first things that crosses my mind is what kind of memory does it have and how much much is there?

Do you know, can you save tracks to memory and then download or copy them off in the mass storage mode?

From reading the online manual and the web page, I'm assuming that the 2820 does not come with a desktop application that will let you plan routes and send them to the 2820. Nor does it appear to have any capability for receiving routes and waypoints or for saving basic track details like locations, times, speeds, etc., for later review.

They keep adding new features to these but as far as I'm concerned, the units themselves are getting less capable with each new generation as far as some of the classic basic uses for handling, retrieving, and using data.

Jack

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