| dtong22@yahoo.com 2005-09-14, 5:48 am |
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Albert
>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...
They are just in another type of store growing exponentially.
>Whenever I see a product like this one, I feel bad for the engineers.
The newer type of multi-purpose out-of-the-box gps or gsm/gps phones
are also engineering marvel.
>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?
I am not surprised that bigger oem partners like Dell, Amazon,
Newegg....... may join in.
As you said you need ........marketing, a sales channel, support, etc
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>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.)
Compromise the basic functions?
Each function is complete?
Garmin said they were the ultimate travel companion. They had better be
very complete or more complete or ultimately complete.
What counts most is the price as you can witness the process of
wallmartization (hello there? ) throughout the U S.
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>Thank goodness. Most folks I know who have Garmins never bought other
>cards, though.
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>Um, someone who wants an excellent car navigation system?
Well the price decides all. If ( a big if ) Garmin's Ultimate Travel
Companion ( A versatile travel assistant that's approximately the
size of a deck of playing cards) has come down in price comparable to
26xx series, what would an average gps users purchase? Mind you they
are all Garmin products with the same software built in. And Garmin and
Magellan and Tomtom ( not unlike the ppc and gsm/gps) are under huge
price presssure.
What I have pointed out above is simple fact that Pentium 4 is better
and cheapter than Pentium 3, Pentium 2 , Pentium 1, 80386 and
80286...... Pretty plain to see.
>Um, someone who wants an excellent car navigation system?
That someone also wants an Ultimate Travel Companion at a lower cost.
>(Do you work for these guys? You seem a wee bit obsessed with them.)
I wish.
Daniel
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