anyone else holding out for navigation?

[DarthKarl]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by f5fstop:
No idea. I have heard a supplier problem and a problem with supply. It would be a cold day in hades before I paid 1900 big ones for an in-dash NAV unit that I would use but once or twice a year. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I agree compeletely. When I first looked at getting the H3, I briefly toyed with the idea of waiting to order my rig until navigation came off of constraint. That was short lived. While I think an in-dash nav system is aesthetically pleasing (since it is integrated into the truck and doesn’t need any power cords or additional mounting hardware) that virtue is ironically its ultimate demise. Since it is an integrated device, it can’t be shared between vehicles, doesn’t offer anywhere near the features that other systems do, and it doesn’t do topographical or 3D maps. With future maps, the car companies have you by the nuts - you’ll end up paying through the nose for updates to the DVD maps. Finally I hate the idea of eventually having to rely upon an outdated piece of computer hardware. Five or ten years from now that nav unit is going to be like an old 386 PC is now.

On top of all of this - it’ll cost you nearly twice what a top-of-the-line Garmin GPS unit does. This seems like a no brainer to me.