Garmin buys UPS AT...

The Customer Suffers wrote:

I'd expect prices to soon go thru the roof, now that they have the
monopoly over the aviation GPS market.

The CNX80 was clearly designed to be a 430 knockoff, so there is just
as clearly going to be a product line reduction. However, Garmin would
be nuts to kill the better display capabilities, WAAS and plate displays
UPS has done, because that would create a bad impression with its customers.

Everyone agrees that the 430/530 series is a nice unit, but it was not
the technological best. THe color display is limited, there is no WAAS
solution, no approach plate solution, no terrain, no airway, and on and
on. Garmin won partially on price (yes, having an all in one unit IS
dramatically cheaper to install), partially on being first with the most,
and very much on customer service, which in my mind is the best in the
business. In short, Garmin is not your father's monopolistic company,
and big complacent companies in avionics DO fail, just look at King.

If Garmin wants to be the new King, they will use the chance to kill
better UPS products. If not, they will kill the CNX80 and push the high
end UPS stuff, then revamp the GNS line quickly to cover everything
UPS had going.

I highly suspect that Garmin is just getting started, so I think it will
be the latter. Garmin will be the leader in WAAS, ADS-B when it becomes
real, and probally displays as well.

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