New Garmin Edge 810 and 510

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markyboy
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Ordered 510 from my local bike shop should be in 3 to 5 weeks
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Over here in Holland they will be in shops at the end of February.

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tomaz69 wrote:Do you really find it so "bad"? I'm deciding to buy one and this is my only fear buying 510. What do you think - should I go for 500?
I'm used to it now, it still isn't great but that is the nature of a touch screen. When I first went from the 705 to 800 I didn't think that I was going to be able to use it, but I had already sold my 705 so stuck with the 800.

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prendrefeu wrote:I plan to buy one when my current Edge 500 has a significantly depleted battery life *and* it can no longer be refurbished *and* Garmin improves the system so that it does not rely upon a mobile phone's network in order to enable tracking.



Yes that pretty much sums it up... no quantum leap..

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Does anyone have the new edge 510 or 810 yet?
I am still waiting for mine :(
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markyboy wrote:Does anyone have the new edge 510 or 810 yet?
I am still waiting for mine :(


Yes I got my Edge 810 Wednesday morning in the mail. I'm really happy, and especially for auto upload works super well.
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tomaz69 wrote:Do you really find it so "bad"?


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Had an 810 for a week. Essentially the same as the 800, with a few interface changes. The android app doesn't work, and it turn off the device as soon as you start it up. I got it to work first time, then not since.

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The iPhone app works fine :-)
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petal666 wrote:Had an 810 for a week. Essentially the same as the 800, with a few interface changes. The android app doesn't work, and it turn off the device as soon as you start it up. I got it to work first time, then not since.

Teething problems until they sort them out :(
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It's not even beta testing this time, more like releasing an alpha version to the public.

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Tillquist wrote:
markyboy wrote:Does anyone have the new edge 510 or 810 yet?
I am still waiting for mine :(


Yes I got my Edge 810 Wednesday morning in the mail. I'm really happy, and especially for auto upload works super well.


Any comments on the live tracking feature: how fast does it eat the iphone battery during the rides etc.?

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kervelo wrote:Any comments on the live tracking feature: how fast does it eat the iphone battery during the rides etc.?


I'm cycling home from work, a trip of 25 minutes and my iPhone 4S used 4% battery. I did not notice how much power my 810 used.
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My 810 turned up today :D it seems to be a lot more responsive than the old 800.
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markyboy wrote:it seems to be a lot more responsive than the old 800.


Yes :-)
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