S mahoney wrote:
I was at the Northwest EAA fly In this weekend and attended the Garmin
forum.
The Garmin Rep.... if I understood him correctly? stated the New
400/500 unit would contain a new 12 channel GPS reciever, refurred to
as the "GPS engine" (faster for WAS) and new faster processor too. I
thought? I heard him say that It would be available sometime around
the end of the year (I was in the back and it was hard to hear)... Not
sure, but I think that the new GPS engine they where talking about is
the same one that is now in GX 80, acquired when they purchased UPS
aviation.
Older units can be factory upgraded for $1500

Sounds prety much like the same stuff they were saying a year ago, WAAS, $1500,
factory upgrade, 4th quarter 2004. At least thry're consistent:

http://www.garmin.com/pressroom/aviation/060403.html