eTrex Vista gets colourful

Garmin: eTrex Vista C



Garmin has developed the popular eTrex series to sport a TFT colour screen, autorouting, longer battery life, USB support, and sound alerts. Expected late July 2004 @ $428.56 USD / £230.68 GBP / 347.35 EUR. Also available is the Legend version for about $55 USD less than the Vista.

Source: www.garmin.com

Pocket Sized Garmin Quest

Garmin: Quest



Garmin announce a pocket sized colour GPS unit that boasts 20hrs running time via the rechargeable internal lithium-ion battery, as well as autorouting and 115mb of internal memory. Is this a rival for the Navman ICN series or TomTom GO?. Availability stated as August 2004 @ $642.84 USD / £346 GBP / 521 EUR.

Source: www.garmin.com

Mitac Mio 168 PPC + GPS Review

Mitac Mio 168 PPC with Integrated GPS



Mitac Mio looks to be a winner on form factor, functionality and battery life much better than the iQue. See the full review at pdabuyersguide. Priced @ £444.95 on Expansys.

Update: You can now buy the unit without software for £250.00 which is a good deal if you already have GPS software, and have not used your ususal 2 unit licence.

Update: Note that the battery life is reported to be 4hrs with GPS and 6hrs without. Not bad.

Update: I test drove one of these in Fry's and the unit seems very fast, has a great screen, and was also on offer for $399 + tax with US maps -- Less than the UK stand alone unit, so free USA maps -- Bargain!

Source: www.pdabuyersguide.com