| Albert Nurick 2005-09-13, 11:48 pm |
| dtong22@yahoo.com wrote:
> Albert wrote:
>
>
> Why not you thank the competition.
Why? I don't see "Globalsat" as Garmin's competition; I've never seen
'em in a store at all. Magellan, on the other hand...
(Do you work for these guys? You seem a wee bit obsessed with them.)
> This being one new kid on the block:
>
> http://www.globalsat.com.tw/english...?main_id=20&p_i
> d=121
>
> Garmin does not have any alternative. Both the PPc format and Phone
> gps are coming in waves in the next few months. And they know it.
Whenever I see a product like this one, I feel bad for the engineers.
One thing I've learned is that a cool product is only part of the
battle; you need marketing, a sales channel, support, etc. Maybe these
guys should be OEMing to Dell or HP?
> nüvi is the first in the dedicated gps units not quite dedicated at
> all. They are to get some of traditionally ppc functions.
Multifunction is good, as long as it doesn't compromise the base
functionality, and as long as each function is complete. (I've never
seen a PPC-based music player that's even close to the iPod, for
example.)
> Remember those 8m or 16 m cards at $100 plus . Now you can junk them
> all.
Thank goodness. Most folks I know who have Garmins never bought other
cards, though.
> First they started off with gps 10 which can co-exists with others'
> hardware+software.
>
> Now a repackaged 26xx series with other multifunctions. Who would
> buy 26xx series now?
Um, someone who wants an excellent car navigation system?
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