Garmin iQue 3000 Slightly Delayed

No Palm rumors whatsoever, no new Treos until midsummer and now even the Garmin iQue refresh is delayed. What a deplorable year for the POS faithful so far!!

Pilot 1000-->Pilot 5000-->PalmPilot Pro-->IIIe-->Vx-->m505-->T|T-->T|T2-->T|C-->T|T3-->T|T5-->TX

>No pictures, please, he'll be here all week.

Who pulled your chain?

KultiVator

http://tamspalm.blogspot.com/2005/05/maxim-ics-stolen-attention-to-all.html

However, I dare to doubt that this has happened here;).

Best regards
Tam Hanna

Find out more about the Palm OS in my blog:
http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com

Sure wish Garmin would do an upgrade though, with a removeable upgraded battery, and wifi ability. (at least with a card)

I can't fathom why they went with MicroSD. The GPS components really aren't that large at all, certainly not enough to force that kind of change.

Maybe a nice little $ incentive from Sandisk? I've seen that small, square, car-oriented GPS receiver Garmin sells at mass merchants and it uses TF as well. I have no idea either why they'd want to go that route. TomTom uses SD in their comparable unit and you just get so many more mb/$ than you do with MicroSD/TF.

I am almost certain the 3000 is the end of the road (pun intended) for Garmin's Palm line. It's basically just a 3200 in a smaller, sleeker casing isn't it?

Pilot 1000-->Pilot 5000-->PalmPilot Pro-->IIIe-->Vx-->m505-->T|T-->T|T2-->T|C-->T|T3-->T|T5-->TX

(Shrug) Not impossible. Favorable licensing terms + volume discount on small bundled cards for Garmin = increase in marketshare for Sandisk. Can't say I'm thrilled--I managed to lose my 1 GB SD card not too long ago, and I don't want to speculate how easy it would be to misplace a MSD card. Or how easy it would be to accidently inhale it, for that matter.

It's basically just a 3200 in a smaller, sleeker casing isn't it?

Pretty much, with the exception of small details (MicroSD instead of SD) and the inclusion of a memory card.

Strike up the band! Dump the ticker tape out the windows ... this is the first Palm OS device of 2006. WoooHooo! We aint dead yet boys. Step back Bill! Run for hills Stevie boy! Back to the drawing board Linus! The big G still rules!!! (Garnet that is)

Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com

In all fairness, I still think the 3000 (assuming it ever makes it to market) is pretty niftily styled and looks far more pocketable than either of its predecessors. Garmin and Palm both seem to have caught a bad case of "feature erosion" where their '06 models have far fewer bells'n whistles than the '03 models!

Drawbacks of the iQue 3600:

No SDIO slot

No 5-way navigator

Drawbacks of the iQue 3200:

No voice recorder

Only 320*320

No headphone jack

No 5-way navigator
(the 3200, oddly enough, has an SDIO slot)

Smaller battery than 3600??

Drawbacks of the iQue 3000:

Micro SD instead of regular SD

No Universal Connector (uses mini-USB & AC--like a cheap Zire!)

No voice recorder

No 5-way Nav

Pilot 1000-->Pilot 5000-->PalmPilot Pro-->IIIe-->Vx-->m505-->T|T-->T|T2-->T|C-->T|T3-->T|T5-->TX