Garmin VistaC and LegendC

[Pc-Mobile]

Important note for prospective purchasers of these GPS.

If you intend to connect a PDA with these, you may be in for a shock, because you CANNOT!

These models do not have the E type serial connector like other eTrex (Garmin should not have called these eTrex models because of such confusion).

In fact I do not think they have any serial in/out at all. They are USB only. I think it really is a mistake for any GPS manufacturer to omit any serial input/output except for USB dedicated mouse for PC use. USB is "fashionable" but not "user friendly" as far as GPS is concerned, at least for the foreseeable future.

USB is faster for data transfer but serial is a more useable interface by far.
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[Dave]

Well said Ronald. I do think it's a good move for Garmin to go USB, they should have done it several years ago but didn't, but in hind sight, they really shouldn't have dropped the Serial out of the eTrex range.

Split Serial/USB options are available on other more expensive models, I guess this splits it away from the more professional devices even further.

I guess companies are following trends now, we saw it with HP making the 1910 without a serial port due to the price value, we've seen Garmin do the same by not supplying any interface on the Geko 101, and now we are seeing a USB only interface.

Not good!

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