I'm leaning more towards the 60CS.   I keep saying I'm going to save the $$ up to buy it and my husband keeps telling me to buy it on the joit credit card and pay it back so I can start enjoying it sooner.  I'm not in any big hurry to have PDA abilities. 

 

Out of curiosity how far in does the 60CS zoom (I didn't see it mentioned on the Garmin webpage)?  I know someone said being designed more for street routing that the IQue only goes to 120 feet.  My Vista zooms in to a 20 foot scale which seems much nicer than my husbands etrex that had no maps and only zooms to 200 scale.

BottomFeeder <BottomFeeder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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The iQUE may well be a fine device, but I'm generally inclined to look
askance at first generation 'gadgets'.....especially with these
'convergence' gadgets (Camera/phone combos, pda/phone combos,
mp3/camera/phone combos, etc.....). I'm just inclined to think the general
public is doing a lot of the R&D for some of these things, and paying for
the 'privilege' of being a beta tester. And it all too frequently seems to
be the 2nd or 3rd generation of such devices before they're 'da
bomb'...assuming the 1st gen sells well enough to have a 2nd or 3rd gen.

There's at least one PocketPC based equivalent of the iQUE on the market now
as well, and I'd be equally skeptical of that....probably more so because
the gps portion isn't from a 'name' company like Garmin.

Now, if you wanted (or had a need for) a pda anyway, then picking up a GPS
module to plug into the pda might be worth investigating. I'm not sure what
all is available on the Palm platform these days in that sense, but there is
quite a number of options on the PPC platform.




-= Russ =- (BottomFeeder)


-----Original Message-----
From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sara Carter
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 19:29
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: New Garmin Units


Rich I was hoping for lots of replies, that's why I asked it here.

I don't have a PDA right now and while it would be nice to go paperless
eventually I'm not in a super big hurry for it. The IQue is also palm OS
and most of the people that I've talked to tend to feel the PocketPC is
easier to use (I know some here disagree). And you're probably right about
breaking it knocking out both parts, probably not a great thought with a 4
year old monster (granted she doesn't cache with me often.)

GC-RGS wrote:
Sara,

Not owning either it's hard to say for sure but here's my take.

The IQ is an expensive PDA and GPS in one ($550) but I hear battery life is
very short, like several hours. Also, if you'd break it, that would probably
knock out both features.

Where as if you already own a PDA, you can save some $$'s buying just the
GPS. If you need a PDA too, it leaves you with lot's of options such as PPC
or Palm, wireless or bluetooth, $100 to $600 cost range, etc.

Still, you need to decide if you want to carry just one gadget or 2.

I'm sure you'll get LOT'S of replies on this one.


Rich


----- Original Message -----
From: Sara Carter
To: stlgeocache
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 4:26 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] New Garmin Units


IQue vs. 60CS

Which is better? The IQue alone or a 60CS and a seperat e PDA? I'm in the
process of selling a couple things I don't need (not geocaching related
stuff) and saving some money and thinking about upgrading from my Etrex
Vista. I'd like to here the thoughts of others before doing anything since
both are not cheap investments.

Sara

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