The Garmin Forerunner GPS watch is a very much welcome product for hikers, but now they’re adding some awesome 2010 technology into their brand new Forerunner 610. The new watch gets some diet and is now slimmer, and gets touchscreen that you can tap to flip menus instead of feeling around for a host of bantam buttons.

For your $350, it’ll display distance, time elapsed, and pace all on one tiny screen, though you can add other metrics, such as heart rate. The 610 is also the first in the line with a run / walk alert, which keeps Auto Lap and other features active even when it detects you’re walking.

Also, you can upload your runs to the web in unbearable detail, but this watch jumps on the social bandwagon with “Virtual Racer,” a Nike Running-esque community where you can compare your stats with strangers’.
As usual, Garmin guarantees that it’ll work well through sweat, rain, and touchscreen-friendly gloves. It’s available now on Garmin’s site if you really want some touchscreen on the run.

SOURCE via Garmin