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Price Drop in Garmin Portables
"Newps" == Newps writes:
Newps https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=148&pID=9158# What, I'll get to fly in Europe? -- I'd rather be rich than stupid. - Jack Handey |
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Price Drop in Garmin Portables
Jonathan,
Except that, oops, the Lowrance 2000c doesn't have XM weather. What weather? (Thomas, Hamburg, Germany) -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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"Newps" wrote in message
. .. Marco Leon wrote: The 496 is now down to $2,395 for many stores. Since the vendors need an OK from Garmin to do this, it may mean a new one on the horizon... Anyone know more info? Yep, it will look like this. Think 3D. https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=148&pID=9158# 3D as in the Chelton PFD or 3D in terms of satellite imagery? If it's the former, I can't see how they would do the AHRS in a portable for a reasonable price. If it's the latter, I don't see satellite imagery adding a significant capability over the current terrain feautres in the 496. I believe I even posted a while back about the possibility of satellite imagery (soon after the marine portables came out with them) but the consensus was that it was no big deal. Marco |
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
. .. "Marco Leon" wrote in message Yeah but those 15 guys have to go out and buy the 596 to get that capability. Brilliance. Hey Kyle, do you work for Garmin's marketing department?? Man, I hope my engineer buddies don't see your post. They would never let me live it down... If you think about it, that capability would come out of requirements exercises and therefore it's a system engineering function. So the "marketing department" was incorrectly used in my question. Marco |
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Price Drop in Garmin Portables
texasflyer wrote:
Garmin needs to drop their prices on much more than just a measly $400 off their top end model. They need to quit being such greedy bastages and come out with a nice basic, easy to use, portable aviation GPS with large color "portrait" screen, with WAAS, terrain/obstacle data, airport data, built-in flight log and E6B calculator features, "land mode", etc, etc, etc, and sell it for under $800 with all the common accessories such as cables, yoke mounts, etc, all included in the package price. Oh wait... I've just described the Lowrance 2000C !!!!!! One could easily counter that Lowrence needs to stop being greedy and ADD XM weather. |
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"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message ... texasflyer wrote: Garmin needs to drop their prices on much more than just a measly $400 off their top end model. They need to quit being such greedy bastages and come out with a nice basic, easy to use, portable aviation GPS with large color "portrait" screen, with WAAS, terrain/obstacle data, airport data, built-in flight log and E6B calculator features, "land mode", etc, etc, etc, and sell it for under $800 with all the common accessories such as cables, yoke mounts, etc, all included in the package price. Oh wait... I've just described the Lowrance 2000C !!!!!! One could easily counter that Lowrence needs to stop being greedy and ADD XM weather. At SnF, I spoke with the founder of Lowrance (Darrel, if I remember correctly). He indicated that when the company was purchased by a company more closely aligned with the Marine/boating industry, assets were shifted to create some upscale products for marine navigation. This kept Lowrance from having the first XM aviation weather GPS. He also indicated that Lowrance would be bringing an XM product to the aviation market. FYI, he's a big aviation enthusiast and owns several airplanes, including a Pilatus, an Extra, a Sukhoi, a couple more I can't remember. He was looking for a Cub or similar.. KB |
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On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 12:27:11 -0400, "Kyle Boatright"
wrote: He also indicated that Lowrance would be bringing an XM product to the aviation market. Bendix/King's KDR610 is an XM unit which replaces the KDR510 ground-station uplink, which has been EOL'd for 6/30/08 according to their upgrade bulletin. Looks like XM is just about it for in-flight weather. |
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Price Drop in Garmin Portables
Kyle Boatright wrote:
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message ... texasflyer wrote: Garmin needs to drop their prices on much more than just a measly $400 off their top end model. They need to quit being such greedy bastages and come out with a nice basic, easy to use, portable aviation GPS with large color "portrait" screen, with WAAS, terrain/obstacle data, airport data, built-in flight log and E6B calculator features, "land mode", etc, etc, etc, and sell it for under $800 with all the common accessories such as cables, yoke mounts, etc, all included in the package price. Oh wait... I've just described the Lowrance 2000C !!!!!! One could easily counter that Lowrence needs to stop being greedy and ADD XM weather. At SnF, I spoke with the founder of Lowrance (Darrel, if I remember correctly). He indicated that when the company was purchased by a company more closely aligned with the Marine/boating industry, assets were shifted to create some upscale products for marine navigation. This kept Lowrance from having the first XM aviation weather GPS. He also indicated that Lowrance would be bringing an XM product to the aviation market. FYI, he's a big aviation enthusiast and owns several airplanes, including a Pilatus, an Extra, a Sukhoi, a couple more I can't remember. He was looking for a Cub or similar.. KB I hope they put one out but seeing as Garmin is on their second generation XM unit and my well be about to release the 3rd all I can say is Lowrence needs to get off the pot becuase Garmin has XM on some of their marine products as well. |
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