Re: GPSMap 276C or Street Pilot 2610?

I think you've identified the same flaw I found - the cards! However, I'm
also confused by the fact that I can buy a 2610 ready to go (with a 128Mb
card and Nav software) at Radio Shack for $599 but general retail price for
the 276 is around $100 more than that, before I spend another $299 on the
Auto Nav kit. The Garmin website shows the 2610 being more expensive than
the 276. Marketing stupidity is an apt phrase!

"Burnie M" <burniem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Technically you can load marine mapping into a SP2610 but Garmin
> recommends against it as the SP2610 does not display the several
> shades of blue very well.
>
> For on road use the SP2610 is the most straight forward to use and the
> touch screen is the fastest to enter addresses.
> The SP2610 has only one grid (latitude and longitude) and one datum
> (WGS84) but these are not a problem for on road use only.
> The SP2610 also uses standard CompactFlash memory cards.
>
> The GPSmap has a slightly larger but much sharper screen
> It has over a hundred grids and datums.
> I has 3000 waypoints (SP has 500), much bigger tracklog, abillity to
> manually route (and also autoroute), several customisable screens with
> customisable data fields. It is excellent for onroad, offroad,
> motorcycling and boating. It can also be used as a large handheld.
> A true multifunction navigator with almost no weaknesses, except for
> one.....
>
> It uses proprietory Garmin memory cards which are approx 5 times the
> cost of standard cards and come in a maximum size of 256 MB.
> I have no explaination (that makes sense) for this marketing
> stupidity.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 5 May 2005 21:35:55 -0500, "derbrit" <golfbrit@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to decide between a 276C and a Street Pilot. Seems the 276C is
>>pretty useless as it comes with no card, city or marine maps or speaker
>>and
>>it's more expensive. By the time you've bought all of that, you're about
>>$300 more than the Street Pilot with only 128Megs of storage. Seems like
>>the
>>Street Pilot is better value. What am I missing? Can I load lake maps into
>>the Street Pilot?
>>
>


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