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Unfortunately, not much: New software is available for your weekend rides with your Karoo. Happy riding! What's new in release 1.62.635.3 Introductions and Enhancements: You can now sort routes by date, name, distance, proximity, or elevation gain Behind the scenes: Karoo’s navigation engine has bee...

It wasn't an endorsement, only an entry point for discussion. Several of us have come to the same conclusion about Karoo's outsourced initial software development in that they now don't (seem to) know how to -- or be able to -- iterate quickly on it. The whole "by cyclists, for cyclists" rings hollo...

Interesting comments from DCR about Karoo sprinkled in among this "preview":

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/06/fir ... puter.html

What I'm not getting: why the "attaching" of different sensors to bikes? Dashboards, yes, obviously you'd be interested in different things on say a MTB or a road bike. But if a sensor is not physically present, it's simply not connected, right? I don't have several bikes to try but at some point I...

I'll agree with John here. You didn't really want the previous releases, so it was a good call on HH's part not to release generally. There were enough bugs and annoyances that it would have been further regression for most instead of improvement. The bike profiles, while OK, are really only a start...

New software is available for your weekend rides with your Karoo. Happy riding! What's new in release 1.54.624.3 Introductions and Enhancements: If internet connectivity is not available, elevation calibration is performed using GPS data (previously, elevation calibration was only possible when inte...

...I think I'd like to give it a shot to give my Karoo a fair shake... Not picking on Brian, but this right here speaks volumes and echoes what I've been begging for for months. In order to make the Karoo usable, many feel that sideloading is REQUIRED. What do you think the current percentage of us...

I would have quite a bit of trouble recommending a Karoo to anyone right now as I don't think they're iterating fast enough to keep Garmin and others from marginalizing the few benefits a Karoo has right now... and they are very few indeed, basically the screen and the SIM functionality, which is on...

Your maps won't work the same way since an update or two ago. You'll have to download full states (in the US) or regions in other countries.

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Fri May 17, 2019 8:37 pm

Acknowledging sideloaded apps? Wow, that's a bit of a change.

And something they should have done MONTHS ago if they had no plans to move forward with some sort of curated "app store"...

The issue is the pace of development and the continued, "we broke something but we're not sure how" problems that require hotfixes and panic. They still don't seem to understand their own software and how the pieces interact. See the recent "bug" where returning to the launcher page from a ride dele...

Quick review is that several bugs have been found and they're apparently working on a hotfix. I wouldn't hold your breaths for next week...

Introducing bike profiles. This is a frequently-requested feature from the Karoo user community and we're eager to get your feedback on its performance and any bugs you might encounter. We've also made it more convenient for users who sideload apps using ADB - sideloaded apps now appear on the Karoo...

Yup. That worked. Thanks for the super-quick reply!

Sorry. Didn't mean to start anything, although if it gets people to try to win one...?

Just sent an email. I'm having a bit of trouble configuring the APN... or am dumb?

No one said anything about prizes!

I got a very handy "credit card" sized multi-tool which immediately went into my wallet. Although a bit heavy, it's a super-useful thing that I've been meaning to buy one of anyway.
Getting ready to install/test the SIM now...

And then the next day, the below. So much for the honeymoon...

Just posted this on the ATG forum as a quick debrief of my weekend event and the Karoo's good performance. ----- Not sure how anyone can keep track of this thread with so many responses, but I'll chime in here with some good news and not be 100% curmudgeonly on these forums. Used the Karoo for a 75+...

I got one but have yet to swap it out from my current FreedomPop one to test it out. Will soon, though...

If Garmin would create a 530 with touchscreen for 350 dollars I am in It's called an 830, and it's only $50 more than that... or the same price you'd currently pay for a Karoo with probably less than half the "features". The gauntlet has been thrown by Garmin (if they even care). More likely, they'...