Real or smoke from XM and AvMap

I didn't go to SnF this year, so I did not get to hear the AvMap rep once
again blow smoke about being 6 months away from WX.
Now XM issues press release that "they are proud to have AvMap as their
newest working partner in bringing XM Wx into the cockpit". Anybody go to
the Booth and see some hardware?
Last year I was told Garmin had exclusive on building their own receiver
inside the handheld (everyone else would need the external box). I see
nothing at the AvMap web site.

Theit Geopilot II Plus has it... and they are only $1,175.00 + Shipping Vs
the Garmin $ Ouch...


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"Mike Isaksen" wrote in message
news:CnsMj.2356$gT3.1742@trndny02...
I didn't go to SnF this year, so I did not get to hear the AvMap rep once
again blow smoke about being 6 months away from WX.
Now XM issues press release that "they are proud to have AvMap as their
newest working partner in bringing XM Wx into the cockpit". Anybody go to
the Booth and see some hardware?
Last year I was told Garmin had exclusive on building their own receiver
inside the handheld (everyone else would need the external box). I see
nothing at the AvMap web site.

On Apr 14, 1:47*am, "NW_Pilot" service(Spam)@aircraft"nospam"-me-
ok-"spamer"delivery.net wrote:
Theit Geopilot II Plus has it... and they are only $1,175.00 + Shipping Vs
the Garmin $ Ouch...

Avmap has not announced the price and availability of the required
XM antenna. If they price it below $500, I'll certainly choose the
Geopilot II plus with XM weather over the Garmin 396.

Hai Longworth

If you're looking for cheap XM weather then get this.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/b...her-218357.php







Longworth wrote:
On Apr 14, 1:47 am, "NW_Pilot" service(Spam)@aircraft"nospam"-me-
ok-"spamer"delivery.net wrote:
Theit Geopilot II Plus has it... and they are only $1,175.00 + Shipping Vs
the Garmin $ Ouch...

Avmap has not announced the price and availability of the required
XM antenna. If they price it below $500, I'll certainly choose the
Geopilot II plus with XM weather over the Garmin 396.

Hai Longworth

On Apr 14, 4:56*pm, Newps wrote:
If you're looking for cheap XM weather then get this.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/b...utdoor-gps-doe...

I heard about this bushnell onix400cr over a year ago but did not
come across any user reviews until recently. Both users gave the
lowest rating of one star and would not recommend it to a friend -
maybe they would give recommendations to an enemy ;-)

http://tinyurl.com/5p24k8

I would not mind paying the same price range for the Garmin 396/496
for GPS units with 5" or 7" displays. I hope to see reviews of the
avmap xm in a very near future.

Hai Longworth

Longworth wrote:

I heard about this bushnell onix400cr over a year ago but did not
come across any user reviews until recently. Both users gave the
lowest rating of one star and would not recommend it to a friend -
maybe they would give recommendations to an enemy ;-)

http://tinyurl.com/5p24k8

I would not mind paying the same price range for the Garmin 396/496
for GPS units with 5" or 7" displays. I hope to see reviews of the
avmap xm in a very near future.

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/bu...0-unboxed.html

Read down towards the bottom (28 comments total) about resolving the
subscription issues. One said that Garmin made the unit for Bushnell. I'd
like to see Garmin match the XM pricing...