At 11:26 AM 9/07/04 +1000, you wrote: >It is amazing to see Garmin and the other US-based GPS vendors being given a >bit of competition from the Asian electronics manufacturers.
Not all that amazing is it? Chipsets are available and the GPSmart uses the SirfStar II. If the thing retails for A$149 the manufactturer probably makes it for A$30 to A$50 or so. Mike Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 Int'l + 61 429 355784 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.borgeltinstruments.com _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring