Delorme GPS PN-40
I just got my first piece of junk mail for the new Delorme GPS PN-40 hand held GPS. It offers
- "Super high-sensitivity 32 channel Cartesio chipset ..." (supposed to acquire a GPS lock very fast).
- A fast (dual core) CPU.
- 500 MB of onboard flash memory (1 GB total) - That's a direct quote from the junk mail. I'm not sure what they mean by fleshing out the flash memory from the total.
- built in compass that supposedly works in which ever orientation the handheld is in (i.e. upside down, tilted left, up, etc.)
- built in barometric altimeter.
I'm guessing the later 2 additions will shorten the already short battery life of the PN-20's 2 hours.
It supports USB 2.0, which should make uploading/downloading maps, tracks, waypoints, etc. faster than with the PN-20 (which can be cumbersome). It comes bundled with their latest software - Topo USA 7.0 for the entire USA - and a 1GB SD card (for comparison I'm able to fit all of Santa Barbara County, CA plus a little around the edges down to 20 foot contour intervals on my PN-20 within less than 1/2 of a Gigabyte).
It's fairly pricey ($400 for the bundle) for someone who already has a GPS, but if you don't have one, the combination looks pretty cool.