A spate of watches take to be designed for use by pilots , but just because they have an orangish backlight to preserve night visual modality does n’t mean they ’re truly useful for aviation . That ’s not the case withGarmin ’s new D2 GPS watch , though . It seemingly invest an entire cockpit ’s Charles Frederick Worth of instrumentality and data on a pilot ’s wrist , without look like a giant freak .
useable sometime in November for $ 450 , the D2 comes with a build up - in worldwide aviation database allowing pilots to not only turn up landmarks like airports , but also plot courses and fly - over waypoints from their currentGPS - determinedlocation . The sentry also features a highly accurate altimeter , barometer , and compass , and even feature usage alarms to let a pilot get laid if they ’ve inadvertently descended too low or go off course .
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The D2 ’s flyspeck monochrome display does come with a dark imaginativeness - friendly orange backlight so as not to blind a pilot during even flying . And even though it ’s little , it still provides a scroll map view for original who just desire to promptly glance at their advancement . The watch can link up to other Garmin hardware too , like the company ’s larger navigation units , or even its thick activeness cam if airplane pilot decide to get adventurous at the controls . About the only thing it ’s lacking is a button to summon the custodian for another Diet Coke — no internal-combustion engine , please . [ GarminviaSlashGear ]
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