glagnar

First off, I have to concur that from the video, the screen does not look better than on my Oregon 300. The comparison table on Garmin's site doesn't mention any differences, either. The 300's screen isn't really that bad in sunlight (even with an UltraClear screen protector stuck on, which I recommend because your finger slides much better on it), and in the shade and at night, it's perfectly adequate. I wonder if you have to do the calibration dance with the 3-axis compass as well? The compass as it is is pretty annoying. First, the calibration. You look like an idiot while you're doing it. Just hope there aren't any people around. Second, it seems to overshoot a lot. If you're at a crossroads and turning on the spot too fast, the needle seems to swing around wildly until it settles. It also seems to have a drifting problem. You tend to calibrate rather often because you're never really sure if it's pointing in the right direction. The update rate is also annoyingly low. Once per second is just lame. You're better off deactivating it, which extends battery life by about 30%, and use a separate compass. I don't think they changed the receiver, because the current oregons use an integrated CPU/receiver by STM. They'd have to use a different CPU then. As it is, the oregon 300/400 is quite usable. I've had mine for 10 days and it hasn't really let me down so far. I still have 4 days during which I could return it for a full refund, but so far, the Oregon 550 doesn't seem to offer a lot in return for the reduced battery runtime. I don't see much use for USB 2.0 ... 4 GB micro-SD cards cost about €5, you're better off keeping your maps on those. Everything else is just tiny amounts of data. Now, what would really be useful would be support for more than one image file per card, so you can actually use cards larger than 4GB. Come on Garmin, how hard can that be? Still, 4GB is a lot of maps. I don't think the camera is even worth mentioning. Fixed focus, a pinhole "lens", and no flash. Puh-lease. Why do you think Garmin doesn't have any sample photos on their site?