Magellan RoadMate 800 Review

UPDATE: This model has been discontinued. For current recommendations, please refer to our auto GPS buyers guide or check out our other Magellan auto GPS reviews.

The Magellan RoadMate 800 GPS is an auto navigation system with multimedia extras — a photo viewer and MP3 / WMA music player. Similar to the RoadMate 760, the 800 adds a rechargeable Li Ion battery and multimedia capabilities, making it the flagship model in Magellan’s popular RoadMate line.

As of this writing, 11 readers at Amazon gave an average 4 out of 5 star rating in their Magellan RoadMate 800 review.

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Here’s what others have to say about the RoadMate 800:

• Dale DePriest does a thorough Magellan RoadMate 800 review for GPSInformation.net.
• Technology Evangelist offers this RoadMate 800 review.
• Reader reviews for the newly released Magellan 800 are starting to show up at CNet.
• Mac’s Facts posts their Magellan RoadMate 800 review.

I’ll be posting more hands on reviews as they appear, but in the meantime, here are some other helpful resources:

• Links for PDF versions of the Road Mate 800 owners manual in English and French.
• See how the 800 stacks up against other units with this Magellan GPS comparison tool.
• There is a Magellan RoadMate message forum at GpsPasSion.
• There is also a Magellan GPS message forum at Yahoo, and an alt.satellite.gps.magellan UseNet group.
• The official Magellan RoadMate 800 web page.

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• Find the current RoadMate 800 price at Amazon.com.
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