since my good old navin minihomer stopped working in scotland (remember the indian man's course?), i was looking for a replacement. seems like there is a new version with the same casing, but slightly different hardware and improved software, available now; produced and distributed by canmore, a taiwanese company.
the little gadget called "canmore g-porter gp-102+", displays a lot more information, although the display-dimensions have not changed. it has a more structured satellite-signal amount/strength display, it even shows the current temperature and barometric pressure. also it can draw the track and you can view old tracks, and the two-button navigation has changed too - there's a long-press function now bound to each button; this makes navigation even more comfortable and faster.
so i ordered one for an even lower price price as my old navin was. first test was walking around in the neighbourhood, tracking and testing, and getting familiar with all the functions. then i wrapped it in my gloves and stuffed them in my front pocket of my jacket. the track was still pretty accurate - excellent.
the format of the tracks also has changed, it is now stored in ".fit" binary files, but conversion with "gpsbabel" works flawlessly, once the files got transferred to the laptop via usb mass storage mode.
so far i am really happy with the new device, the size of a matchbox.