Garmin GPS - Re: Garmin Introduces the nüvi

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Re: Garmin Introduces the nüvi

Dale DePriest

2005-09-21, 5:48 pm

dtong22@yahoo.com wrote:

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> Albert Nurick
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> Just while we are talking, Garmin dropped another cute and lowcost
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> http://www.garmin.com/products/spi5/ at $535.70 @srp
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> For a non-Garmin fan like me, I have to look at it (for my wife's car)
> as it has AA batt and can be used absolutely out of the box . The only
> thing that need to be checked is if it is using the new sirf III
> chipset. It is a lot smaller than other dedicated unit for fitting in
> your glove box. a lot of wow factor.

Why would you think it is using SiRF at all? Since it has WAAS support
it is unlikely to be SiRF III in any event.

Dale

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> Daniel
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