Hi,

I am also taking pre-orders for the Oudie. You can see details he
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/seeyou.htm

Naviter is saying that they should be available in mid March, but I am
saying April to be conservative.

It is a great unit. The screen is larger than any other PDA or PNA and yet
the overall footprint is just slightly larger than an iPAQ h3900 or hx4700.
It is a little brighter than my iPAQ 310 PNA. The customers that saw it at
the SSA Convention all seemed very impressed. So much so that many placed
orders without knowing the exact final cost.

As mentioned below the U.S. price will be $650 - which includes a license
for SeeYou Mobile which is tied to the Oudie and can be transferred with the
Oudie when it is sold in the future. That is different from previous SeeYou
Mobile licenses which were tied to the pilot and not transferable. This has
unfortunately led to some confusion. At the convention Naviter mentioned
that discounts would be available for customers who own SeeYou Mobile
licenses. Some customers interpreted this to mean that they would buy the
hardware and use their existing SeeYou key. That is not the case. It is my
understanding that the discount for SeeYou Mobile license owners will be
modest (I don't have firm numbers yet). Extensive re-programming was done
to make Mobile run on this new PNA and many new features are being added
(such as large buttons rather than tabs in the Menu/Settings windows). So
it appears that customers who already own a Mobile license will need to
consider the discount as a way to get the price down to the price of an
upgrade, plus a bit more due to the fact that the license is transferrable
with the Oudie. To clarify, it is my understanding that it will be like the
person owns 2 complete SeeYou Mobile licenses, one tied to the pilot
(purchased previously) and one tied to the Oudie. The Oudie key will only
work in the Oudie and their old SeeYou Mobile for PDA or SeeYou Mobile for
PNA key will work in their old PDA or PNA. Of course, customers buying
Mobile for the first time will get only the 1 license that is tied to the
Oudie.

I think the $650 price is excellent. It is very comparable to the cost of
buying a PDA or PNA and a GPS and a SeeYou Mobile for PDA or PNA key. You
can see some examples of systems like that he
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/pdagps.htm. But with the Oudie your are
getting a larger and slightly brighter screen and a built-in GPS and a unit
with an RS-232 serial port - so it can be connected to your Cambridge 302 or
LX7000 or Colibri or EW microRecorder, etc.

The unit also includes a suction cup mount and cradle and a power/data cable
with a built-in 12V to 5V converter. I will provide adapter cables for
connecting it to a variety of soaring instruments.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"Richard" wrote in message
...
The new Naviter Oudie PNA device with preinstalled See You Mobile for
PNA scheduled be available in April.

To preorder see

http://www.craggyaero.com/oudie.htm

$650 includes See You Mobile PNA


Richard
www.craggyaero.com