Navigation systems manufacturer Garmin had launched Dakota 20 last year having very small size and very good feature set. Garmin’s newest hand held GPS system has some striking similarities with Garmin Oregon. All important features of Oregon such as touchscreen interface are also available in new Dakota 20. It is also water resistant to IPX7 standards. It is extremely compact with a light weight of about 150g. A bright 65K TFT touchscreen is easy-to-use and interface is also easy to operate.
Now coming to navigation features, there are plenty of familiar features in the list with tracking capacity of up to 1000 way points and 50 tracks. Dakota 20 also comes with a pre-installed world map which is very handy when you don’t have advanced maps with you. An accurate GPS receiver which supports HotFix is also very essential while locating your positions and finding best route to your destination. With microSD card support, you can load saved maps, way points, tracks and other data.
Garmin Dakota 20 also features wireless transfer facility which will let you send important location data such as way points and tracks that are saved in its internal memory to another Garmin device featuring the same facility. You can make use of ample 850MP internal memory which already has many additional maps of US and other regions to share. New Garmin Dakota 20 can be charged by connecting it with USB port of your computer which makes it easily portable. It has a decent battery backup of 20 hours.
Barometric altimeter featured in Garmin Dakota 20 is an advanced technology which is used to accurately detect height from sea level which can help in finding your exact location and planning easiest routes. Basic features like alarm clock and beeper are also included in Garmin Dakota 20 which makes it easily one of the best products available in its class. Garmin Dakota 20 is shipped with external USB cable and Lanyard which can be used to improve the products experience. A price tag of $349 for Dakota 20 is definitely worth its feature set and great design. Dakota 20 is highly durable and features more functions that it’s lower version, Dakota 10.
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