2610, end of the line?

[ebbo]

Don’t you just love a rumour!

http://bmwsporttouring.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/527495/an/0/page/0#527495
I wouldn’t be that surprised if the 2610 is coming to the end of its sales life, the c320/330 has been out since Jan 05 for the and technology does move on.

2610 Announced July 03 - RIP

 

[Possu]

Even a GPS n00b like me can tell that the C series is no competition for a 2610 when it comes to the number of waypoints & routes it can store. It's not even waterproof.

 

[Greg Masters]

It's not even waterproof.

Sneaky-beaky Garmin!

Garmin claim that the c320/c330 has waterproof standard IPX0.

IPX0 = non-protected against ingress of water with harmful effect.



Greg

 

[themadprofessor]

Aha, But read further down the thread and you will see that the rumour is that there will be a 2720 model next year that might have 2 Gig of memory and be modelled on the 2610...........

 

[themadprofessor]

Here is the site with the link revealed............

 

[PanEuropean]

I wouldn’t be that surprised if the 2610 is coming to the end of its sales life...

I wouldn't count it out just yet. My guess (purely a guess) is that the 26xx series will be around until at least the end of 2005.

 

[RAM-man]

I wouldn't count it out just yet. My guess (purely a guess) is that the 26xx series will be around until at least the end of 2005.

Ditto... hearing same.

RAM-man

 

[mpriestley]

last year's model

and come the end of 2005 will we have to replace our 2610 units with new kit or will they still function for a few months into the new year?

 

[PanEuropean]

Re: last year's model

and come the end of 2005 will we have to replace our 2610 units with new kit or will they still function for a few months into the new year?

Any Garmin GPSR that you purchase will continue to function 'forever' (in practical terms) - there is no need to replace a GPSR with a new one as long as you are satisfied with the performance of what you have at present.

The cartography that the GPSRs use for automotive purposes is updated about once every 18 months or so. If you are already a registered owner, you can upgrade the cartography for about USD $150 or so each time a new update comes out. In practice, though, you don't really have to buy the update every 18 months. If you are using the GPSR for recreational purposes (as opposed, say, to being a moto courier or taxi driver who uses it 10 hours a day for business), then upgrading once every second cartography release - in other words, once every 3 years or so - is probably sufficient.

Garmin supports all products with free software upgrades (for the operating system of the GPSR, not the cartography) forever. Over the past 10 years, we have seen that they are quite good about keeping the operating software up to date, even for models that have been out of production for a few years.

The whole business about 'buying the latest model' is a lot like upgrading your computer. As long as the computer (i.e. GPSR) does the job you want it to do, there is no good reason to get a new one. However - folks see the latest and greatest gizmo, and often want to get it just for the play value.

Michael

 

[John Armstrong]

And like PC's with their upgrades they become slower and slower due to the extra processing power required for the new programmes until, you either don't update the software or you update the PC by binning a perfectly serviceable machine. So at some point the data required won't fit in the GPSR eg Garmin V, or a smaller and smaller area is able to be fitted into the data card eg SP3. The 26xx is less open to this problem, however with all the extra information, I guess searches will be slower, but as not too many new roads are being built or being changed to one-way only it'll be affected less by the increase in information. I hope as I have one.

 

[mpriestley]

- there is no need to replace a **** with a new one as long as you are satisfied with the performance of what you have at present

now there's a novel concept......

 

[PanEuropean]

...And like PC's with their upgrades they become slower and slower due to the extra processing power required for the new programmes...

Well... I don't really think that analogy transfers over from computers to GPSRs, because the 'program' remains more or less the same for the life of the GPSR. The only thing that could change is the cartographic data, and additions to the cartographic data will not slow down the calculation of a route unless new roads have been added in the area you are routing through. In other words, if the next update of CN Europe adds coverage of Eastern Europe, or some new housing tract near Glasgow, but you are calculating a route from one side of downtown London to the other side, GPSR performance won't suffer at all, unless someone has added new streets to downtown London.

So far as POI's go, sure, if more POI's are added, then it will take fractionally longer to look up all the POI's of a certain type within an area. But, that is not an everyday activity.

What really causes people to buy new GPSRs is this: They are generally quite happy with what they have, until they see something newer that either has a bigger or better display, or accomplishes the job a heck of a lot faster, or brings in a new trick (e.g. GATSO proximity alerts). At that moment, they then decide their old unit is no longer satisfactory.

Michael