Garmin unveiling?

Oshkosh seems to be the place where Garmin rolls out their latest and
greatest products. Any speculation on what the next will be?

My pattern has been to jump 2 model series or when there is a
significant change. I have a 396 in the Bonanza that has earned it's
keep with the XM weather incorporation. This year I upgraded my audio
panel to utilize the audio input.

Speculation?

Bob

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:36:05 -0700, wrote:

Oshkosh seems to be the place where Garmin rolls out their latest and
greatest products. Any speculation on what the next will be?

From a software standpoint, there are probably lots of little features
that can be improved, but I cannot think of any big features that the
496 lacks... Exceptions would be integrated traffic or artificial
horizon, but those would require additional hardware components to be
added to the design, and that would not make it size effective.

Garmin's automotive GPS(s) now use touchscreen displays, so perhaps if
they announce a 596 it will have that.

-Nathan

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Oshkosh seems to be the place where Garmin rolls out their latest and
greatest products. Any speculation on what the next will be?

My pattern has been to jump 2 model series or when there is a
significant change. I have a 396 in the Bonanza that has earned it's
keep with the XM weather incorporation. This year I upgraded my audio
panel to utilize the audio input.

Speculation?

A Very Light Jet (VLJ)?

Everyone else is.

Oshkosh seems to be the place where Garmin rolls out their latest and
greatest products. Any speculation on what the next will be?

Three main enhancements must be made to any new product they
introduce.

1. Any new "596" should be user-configurable so that the screen can be
either "portrait" or "landscape". Currently it is landscape-only,
which is terrible for an aviation GPS. (AvMap added this feature
years ago.)

2. The processing speed must be upped significantly. We find
scrolling the screen on the 496 to be painfully slow, enough to where
we don't use the cool features of the unit as often as we would
otherwise.

3. If they can enlarge the screen without enlarging the overall box,
Garmin should do it. (AvMap did this little piece of magic with their
AvMap IV. The screen is bigger than the III, but the box it's in is
actually smaller.) Maybe make the whole front of the unit a "screen"
and go to a touch-screen configuration.

IMHO if they can accomplish these three things, Garmin can leave
everything else untouched and still have a home-run hit at OSH.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

VLJ?

Naw, Garmin's going past that step in technology. Their new product will
allow you to plug in the lat/long coordinates of where you want to be and
press "Enter" to just transport yourself their, completely circumventing the
user fees, FSS queues, and other aggravations. Of course jitter will have to
be turned on so we don't all arrive at the same place at the same time...

--
Jim Carter
Rogers, Arkansas

Jim Carter wrote:
Of course jitter will have to be turned on so we don't all arrive at the
same place at the same time...


You and I live in Arkansas, Jim. I don't think that is something we need to
worry about.

On Jul 12, 6:09 am, Nathan Young wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:36:05 -0700, wrote:
Oshkosh seems to be the place where Garmin rolls out their latest and
greatest products. Any speculation on what the next will be?

From a software standpoint, there are probably lots of little features
that can be improved, but I cannot think of any big features that the
496 lacks...

Airways. Until they put airways in the GPS systems they will still be
just help tools. This is the same with the G1000. I still have to
carry all my charts and reference them often in flight.

-Robert

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:56:59 -0000, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

Airways. Until they put airways in the GPS systems they will still be
just help tools. This is the same with the G1000. I still have to
carry all my charts and reference them often in flight.


Can't you just program the route from Navaid to Navaid, and if
necessary, add the intersections where the airway bends?

Airways always run from something to something else (a Navaid or
intersection). Even a current databased 196 has the pints that define
an airway. While you still need the chart to program it, once it's
programmed, you can easily follow an airway.

Am I missing something?

Thanks!

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:56:59 -0000, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

On Jul 12, 6:09 am, Nathan Young wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:36:05 -0700, wrote:
Oshkosh seems to be the place where Garmin rolls out their latest and
greatest products. Any speculation on what the next will be?

From a software standpoint, there are probably lots of little features
that can be improved, but I cannot think of any big features that the
496 lacks...

Airways. Until they put airways in the GPS systems they will still be
just help tools. This is the same with the G1000. I still have to
carry all my charts and reference them often in flight.

There is hope. They have airways in the Mustang G1000 and ChartView
in the entire 2007 NAV III line and rumor has it the new software
(reportedly coming this month) for the rest of the NAV III line has
airways and chartview as well.

AFAIK you still need to carry the charts though.

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:45:27 -0400, B A R R Y
wrote:

Can't you just program the route from Navaid to Navaid, and if
necessary, add the intersections where the airway bends?

Airways always run from something to something else (a Navaid or
intersection). Even a current databased 196 has the pints that define
an airway. While you still need the chart to program it, once it's
programmed, you can easily follow an airway.

That's what I do, but it's really annoying when they give you a
crossing restriction on a fix that isn't a turnpoint in an airway so
now you have to go fishing to find it rather than the entire set of
waypoints constituting an airway being in the plan automatically like
the higher-end FMS.