John Smith wrote, "Color is not a good choice [for a handheld GPS] until a
better, longer lasting, portable power supply is developed (or a lower
powered, less demanding color display is developed."

That was the opinion of a very obnoxious (I thought) Garmin marketing person
I spoke to a couple years ago at Oshkosh. I disagreed. I run my GPSMAP 295
on ship's power (or car power) and find its battery life more than adequate.
He insisted that Garmin would not introduce a replacement for the 295 until
battery life could be dramatically extended.

I hope the 296 is introduced at Sun 'n Fun.

Jon