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Magellan RoadMate 1440

October 25, 2009 By 10 Comments

magellan-roadmate-1440-review The Magellan RoadMate 1440 is one of several models introduced by the company in the spring of 2009. This 4.3” touch-screen navigator offers Magellan’s OneTouch interface, AAA TourBook, Highway Lane Assist, exit POIs and multi-destination routing.

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Magellan RoadMate 1220

October 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Magellan-RoadMate-1220-review The Magellan RoadMate 1220 is one of several new Magellan units introduced in the spring of 2009. It has a 3.5” touchscreen and comes with pre-loaded maps of the entire U.S., with the exception of Alaska.

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Magellan Maestro 4370

October 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Magellan Maestro 4370 review The Magellan Maestro 4370 has a 4.3” screen, Bluetooth for hands-free cell phone use, lane guidance, 3D landmarks and AAA TourBook. It comes with preloaded maps of the U.S. and Canada, six million POIs and text-to-speech, so you’ll hear "approaching right turn, Maple Street" instead of just "approaching right turn."

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Magellan Maestro 4700

October 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Magellan-Maestro-4700-review The Magellan Maestro 4700 has a 4.7 inch touchscreen, voice commands, Bluetooth for hands-free cell phone use, lane guidance, 3D landmarks and AAA TourBook. In other words, it’s loaded.

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TomTom XL 340S LIVE

September 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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UPDATE: Read my hands on TomTom XL 340-S LIVE review

TomTom has unveiled a new, mid-range connected GPS navigator, the TomTom XL 340S LIVE . This looks like a slightly stripped-down version of the GO 740 LIVE, minus Bluetooth and voice commands.

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Mio Moov M300 and M400 – Black Friday specials?

September 18, 2009 By 7 Comments

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UPDATE: Okay commenters, you’re right, it’s not the iGO interface, but it does appear to be the Navman interface, and not the Spirit. I stand by my Black Friday prediction though!

Mio just can’t seem to make up their mind. When we last heard from them they were touting the Spirit interface on their S-series units. I never got to play with one for more than a few minutes, but it seemed pretty clunky to me.

Well this morning we learned about two new models, the Moov M300 and M400 (pictured above), which appear to use their old iGO interface. But wait; Nav N Go, creator of iGO, suspended their relationship with Mio early last year due to “breach of contract.” Further confusing matters is Mio’s lack of retail presence in the U.S., which is pretty much confined to Radio Shack at this point.

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Garmin nuvi 1690 and nuLink! announced

September 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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UPDATE: Read my hands on Garmin nuvi 1690 review.

We first learned of the Garmin nüvi 1690 from the FCC a month ago, and today it’s official. As expected, the unit will sport a built-in wireless connection to a new service, dubbed nuLink!, which will provide access to Google™ local search, traffic, weather, fuel prices, movie listings, flight status, local events, white page telephone listings, and the Ciao!™ location-based social networking system. A nuLink! services coverage map is shown at the end of this post.

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Garmin nuvi 1300 review

August 16, 2009 By 95 Comments

Garmin nuvi 1300 review UPDATE: This model has been discontinued. For current recommendations, please refer to our auto GPS buyers guide.

The Garmin nüvi 1300 is a relatively low-end unit in a line of Garmin GPS navigators introduced in 2009 (here is a list of more recent nuvi introductions), albeit one with a 4.3” widescreen. It comes pre-loaded with maps of the entire United States with the exception of Alaska.

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Garmin nuvi 1200 review

August 10, 2009 By 27 Comments

Garmin nuvi 1200 review

UPDATE: This model has been discontinued. For current recommendations, please refer to our auto GPS buyers guide.

Hands on with the Garmin nuvi 1200

The Garmin nüvi 1200 is the entry-level model in a line of Garmin GPS navigators introduced in 2009 (here is a list of more recent nuvi introductions). All of the units in the 1200, 1300 and 1400 series come with customizable data fields and the ability to utilize the pedestrian and mass transit features on Garmin’s CityXplorer maps. They also have text-to-speech, so you’ll hear “drive one-half mile, then turn left on Elm Street,” instead of just “drive one-half mile, then turn left.”

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Garmin enables POI feedback for latest nuvi series

July 29, 2009 By 3 Comments

Garmin-nuvi-POI-rating This morning I saw that Garmin had rolled out new firmware for the nuvi 12xx, 13xx and 14xx series. I wasn’t too excited until this caught my eye:

  • Added ability to provide star ratings for built in Points of Interest

And sure enough, you can now give feedback on POIs. In addition to providing a star rating you can also report an error and have the item removed from future searches. I wonder how long it will be before we see map/road error reporting, ala TomTom’s Map Share.

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