Originally Posted by
twodownzero
The 1030 doesn't really appear to do anything the 1000 doesn't already do. The turn by turn navigation on the 1000 works great for me. If anything, I'm a bit disappointed that they waited 3+ years to release a new model and it doesn't appear to do anything special.
It doesn't appear to have any new hardware other than maybe a new screen and the proprietary battery pack charging contraption.
Most of the advances are software so they could have pushed all that to the Edge 1000 and continued to sell them. Not real sure what the average rider will gain by going with the 1030 over the 1000.
Previous model updates made sense. The Edge 520 upgrade from the 510 was noticeable. The 820 upgrade from the 810 was noticeable ect. The Edge 1030 is a bit odd to me. Not much different or improved based on what I see, from a hardware standpoint that is.
And the $600-$700 price is ridiculous... Anyone interested in the larger computers would be better served with the Edge 1000 (on sale for $375) or the Karoo (pre-order for $299).