The post on crappie.com was written by Joby @ Humminbird so it's for real.
I for one and tickled pink that this change is coming to the firmware.
I was just thinking to myself that they might do this. They were suppose to have the updated waypoint managment software on this unit a long time ago and I wondered why it was taking them so long to do that for the 898 unit. They already did a waypoint management for the larger screen units. So what is taking them so long to get this done I asked myself. Then it dawned on me. Perhaps they are doing something else with the software too? The one thing that I know everyone really wanted was to be able to see more of the SI actual images on the screen instead of blocking the left side with 1 to 2 inches of text over the display.
So I was surprised that they did this but not that surpriced. I'm very happy that I purchased my Humminbird 898 C SI now. This is a great present for the next fishing season.
Thank you Humminbird for giving up these firmware updates. My fishing has been a lot more fun these days due to the SI development.
Fanbloodytastic Great news as it was written by a HB Staff member l have no doubt it true