People saying this will kill Garmin and TomTom aren't really thinking it through. It will compete with them a little, but that competition has been in place for a while now in the form of the current version of google maps on millions of existing phones, the iPhone maps app, and other handheld devices.

The existence of these apps surely diminishes dedicated GPS sales, but it hasn't killed them yet, and the continuing proliferation of dedicated GPS units on the market is evidence that those companies are doing fine. I won't bother searching for the sales statistics but I'd wager they are quite healthy.

Dedicated GPS navigation devices have several advantages over phone apps, and they always will. While the two types of device obviously overlap, they both have their place.

That was a reply to Sebu. Damn.

Not really. A CRT has a bunch of complicated electronics to interpret a video signal and drive a narrow electron beam precisely across the screen. This bulb just blasts the screen with a spray of electrons. So there are a lot less things to fail.

@Temple

It does not "still 'find' 'range', but through modern liveview technology rather then an external optical element". It finds range with autofocus electronics. Okay, so you know what a rangefinder is, but what you're still doing is confusing viewfinders and focusing mechanisms. Stop that. EVFs and LCDs are HORRIBLE for finding focus. Without an optical aid to focusing such as a rangefinder or a focusing screen (split prism, etc), you would be screwed trying to focus pretty much any camera without its autofocus system.

In other words, applying the term "digital rangefinder" to this or any other non-rangefinder camera is just as stupid as applying the same term to an old analogue SLR with autofocus. They both use electronics to find range.

Please understand the difference between a viewfinder (LCD, EVF), a rangefinder, and an autofocus system.

Looks seriously sweet. Gotta say though, I was burned by the N800. Man that thing is a pile of doodie. As someone else said, once bitten, twice shy. But.. I wanna believe. I do.

@Temple. For someone so eloquent, it's a shame you're clueless! Suggest you check out the definition of rangefinder camera. This is absolutely in no way a rangefinder camera.

Dude. In no way is this a rangefinder. Knowledge fail, Patel.

Want.

Well written.

This is my entry.

As for the economy, I think governments should stop bailing out failed businesses. If the auto industry is failing, it's failing for a reason. Let it die.