C3 vs C5 Hardware
Wed, 04/04/2007 - 9:27pm
17 years
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Just curious, Is the Hardware in the Street Pilots c3's the sames as the c5's...... If the hardwares the same Couldn't you just Flash the Firmware and have better graphics on the screen? Just a thought, I figured Garmin would do this to save production cost.
I've done this with other products that offer their firmware for free and saved a few hundred dollars.
The chipsets are different!
The chipsets are different! So updating the firmware of a 3xx with a 5xx wouldn't work
Charley - Nuvi 350 - Bel STI Driver - Cobra 29 w/ wilson 1000 - AIM: asianfire -
the screens are different
the screens are different not just the firmware
yeap, but the maps are the
yeap, but the maps are the same, I think
Charley - Nuvi 350 - Bel STI Driver - Cobra 29 w/ wilson 1000 - AIM: asianfire -
Yes on maps
yeap, but the maps are the same, I think
Maps are the same. I think that goes for all of the units that have the built in Maps.
Difference is (as has been mentioned) the brighter screen and the SiRF III.
Garmin StreetPilot c530, Mapsource