StreetPilot i5

Montala · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:25 pm Post subject: StreetPilot i5

Hi,

Just been reading about the new StreetPilot i5 on Garmin's website.

All it seems to offer over the i3 is some additional built in mapping... and a silver/grey screen surround... or am I missing something here?

I know that is not yet available here in the UK, but if (when!) it is, it would not appear to give any added benefit to users who are not going to require route mapping facilities outside of the UK mainland.

Willie_Ekaslike · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:35 pm Post subject:

The gumff on the i5 states..

Built-in Flash memory for storing preloaded map data.

Which the i3 doen't have.
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zogman · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:09 pm Post subject:

the i5 is for the usa market at the moment.whether it will come to the uk remains to be seen..
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Montala · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:13 pm Post subject:

Perhaps it won't, as I can't really see that it would have any great appeal to the majority of UK users who are not that interested in having extended information for the rest of Europe, or wherever, immediately available.

No doubt it will attract a price premium over the i3 anyway, (were it ever to actually be sold in the UK), which in itself would make it a harder purchase to justify.

Mind you, I do prefer the silver surround! Wink

spaddy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 17, 2005 Posts: 2

I just bought the i5 here in the usa, works great but needs external antenna which i have ordered from ebay.
$$ 499.00 for i5 and $24.00 for antenna

MaFt · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:48 am Post subject:

using an i3 in america if you drive cross-state would mean having to reload the data for each state onto the memory card. the i5 gets round this by having internal memory (4gb i think?) so that the map data for the whole of the usa can be stored on it. if the i5 comes out in europe i assume it would just have full euro maps so you wouldn't need to buy extra eu country memory cards.

MaFt

zogman · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:28 pm Post subject:

i agree with MaFt..if the i5 comes to the uk it will probaly be a 'euro' gps with all of europe loaded on it...
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mcintyre · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject:

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