Garmin GPS - Garmin Bluetooth SiRF

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Garmin Bluetooth SiRF

Clausfor

2006-04-21, 5:48 pm

Hello everyone,
I'm waiting for a SiRF star III Bluetooth sensor from Garmin,
but... in what should (...will...) it be better than other brands?
Thank you!
Claus

Jack Erbes

2006-04-21, 5:48 pm

Clausfor wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> I'm waiting for a SiRF star III Bluetooth sensor from Garmin,
> but... in what should (...will...) it be better than other brands?
> Thank you!
> Claus

Garmin's stuff is made in the same Taiwanese and Chinese plants as all
the other GPS stuff, you'll normally pay more just because it has their
name on it.

I notice that Garmin is using a 12 channel receiver on the 60Cx series
handhelds that have the SiRF III chipset.

Holux and some of the other cabled and Bluetooth receivers with the SiRF
III chipset are advertising 20 parallel receive channels.

http://www.sirf.com/products-ss3.html

Did Garmin elect to use a slightly less capable chipset? I wonder why
they would not have wanted to use the more capable chipset.

The prices on the stuff with SiRF III chipsets on eBay has gotten pretty
dog eat dog competitive. And the SiRF II stuff has come down too since
the arrival of the SiRF III.

There are some good buys there but you have to shop carefully and make
sure you're dealing with an established and honest seller. And make
sure you check the shipping charges, there are a lot of sellers using
exorbitant shipping charges to make their selling prices look better,
pad their profits, and reduce eBay sellers fees.

Jack

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Anonymous

2006-04-22, 5:48 pm

Wait no more: http://www.garmin.com/products/gps10/
"Clausfor" <clausfor@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone,
> I'm waiting for a SiRF star III Bluetooth sensor from Garmin,
> but... in what should (...will...) it be better than other brands?
> Thank you!
> Claus
>

Jack Erbes

2006-04-23, 5:48 pm

Anonymous wrote:
> Wait no more: http://www.garmin.com/products/gps10/

And like I said, you have the Gamin 12 channel, $250 receiver at that
link and here you have a 20 channel Holux 236 for $100.00

http://tinyurl.com/qd94e

I simply can't understand why anyone would buy the Garmin on either
technical merits or value.

That is just an example, I'm not recommending that seller, I have no
experience with them.

Jack

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(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)

Anonymous

2006-04-23, 5:48 pm

Well, the Garmin does come with a full set of maps, and software for Windows
CE, Palm, and Windows XP. Seems worth a few bucks for me.

"Jack Erbes" <jackerbes@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> Anonymous wrote:
>
> And like I said, you have the Gamin 12 channel, $250 receiver at that link
> and here you have a 20 channel Holux 236 for $100.00
>
> http://tinyurl.com/qd94e
>
> I simply can't understand why anyone would buy the Garmin on either
> technical merits or value.
>
> That is just an example, I'm not recommending that seller, I have no
> experience with them.
>
> Jack
>
> --
> Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
> (also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)

Jack Erbes

2006-04-23, 11:48 pm

Anonymous wrote:
> Well, the Garmin does come with a full set of maps, and software for Windows
> CE, Palm, and Windows XP. Seems worth a few bucks for me.

Yeah, you're right. I didn't read the description.

Jack

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(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)

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