New Lowrance Endura series handhelds

[winkosmosis]

Has anyone heard about the new Lowrance handheld units? I realized I could only think of 3 brands of handheld GPS recievers, Garmin, Magellan, and DeLorme... So I googled for an alternative and found these:

http://gpstracklog.com/2009/01/lowrance-endura.html

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=122342

http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/category/manufacturers/lowrance


Unfortunately it seems that only the top end blue one supports street routing, and even then turn-by-turn is an optional upgrade. It seems like every year handhelds get more expensive for the same features.

 

[winkosmosis]

According to a post here, Navteq turn-by-turn is available for the Safari too

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=122342