Next up for Garmin Portables

"Marco Leon" wrote in message
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Soon after the GPSMAP 496 came out, there was lots of chatter about what they
will be doing next. It seems their newly-released Marine portables are
providing a hint. http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap525/

Two words: satellite imagery

This has some value (if somewhat limited) for boats but it would be a home-run
to use in the airplane in VFR.

The wonderful news here is that it will bring satellite imagery to the mass
market, and that usually results in lower prices. My main concern is not so
much the price of the hardware, but the price of the data service. One customer
or one million, it costs the satellite company pretty much the same to provide
the service. Now the fixed costs can be divided up among more paying customers.

Vaughn