New Upcoming Humminbird and I-Pilot

Any one got any info on what I might be seeing on the new large top end units from HB? I wonder what they will be doing to communicate w/ the I-Pilotfor 2011 and 2012 .

Looking to take my old 987 off the dash and put her up front replacing the Lowrance 15MT next to the new Terrova 101 US2 IP from Minnkota.

Any info out there? Should I Upgrade in 2011 or wait till 2012??

You know they’re going to integrate the two and I’m sure it will be a major breakthrough if they nail the technology. As for when it will happen… your guess is as good as mine.

Hi,
There will be a new 10″ box (1198c) in Feb 2011? It will have a new (faster) processor/coprocessor (same as the new 800 and 900 boxes for 2010?), Ethernet functionality activated, and new, brighter screen (rumored to be LED backlighting). There will also be a new 700 series (date?) that will have an Ethernet port. The Ethernet functionality will be spread across the units (with Ethernet ports) via software updates and is expected to support both sonar and GPS – let the fun begin!!!

Here are some links that might be interesting:

http://www.tackletour.com/reviewicast10humminbird.html

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/icast10.html?ccode=H571UPS

Take care,
Roger

Sounds Exciting! We having huge problems with the i-Pilot here in the Southern Hemisphere, so a link between HB & MK will be awesome.