Magellan RoadMate 800 Portable GPS Navigator
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- Comparison of Magellan 800, Magellan 1412 and Navigon 2100 maxI used to have Magellan Roadmate 800 and a few weeks ago I purchased Magellan Roadmate 1412 then I found a coupon for Navigon 2100 max. And here is the comparison chart; some of the entires are my personal opinions and might not reflect everyone's opinion... here it is: M08- Magellan Roadmate 800 M14- Magellan Roadmate 1412 N21- Navigon 2100 max Device specific features M08- Heavy; can play mp3s; can store JPGs M14- Slim and light N21- Slim and light (not as light as Mag 1412 tho) User Friendliness M08- Yes M14- Yes N21- Not as good as Magellan - buttons can be too close to each other depeding on the menu and the screen Volume M08- Can set up the volume manually with a control on the edge of the device; Volume increases at certain speed M14- Can set up the volume through the touch screen; Has only 5 settings; Volume doesn't increase over certain speed which can be hard to hear N21- Could not find the volume settings; Volume setting for over a speed can be set (No increase / Low increase / High Increase); Voice can be staticy Text-to-speech M08- No M14- Funny pronounciations on certain words; "in" sounds like "an" ... "Turn Left in 2 miles" sounds like "Turn Left then 2 miles" - "Freeway entrance" sounds like "Freeway an trans" N21- Pronounciation is more accurate then Magellan 1412 Live Traffic M08- No M14- No N21- Yes - Might have to be purchased seperately; reroutes based on the traffic Zagat - Restaurant Ratings M08- No M14- No N21- Yes - Might have to be purchased seperately POI M08- ~1 million POIs M14- ~6 million POIs with wide range of categories N21- ~1 million POIs with limited range categories; shows actual brand logo on the map Lane Assistance M08- No M14- No N21- Yes Mount M08- Easy to mount M14- Easy to mount N21- Hard to mount, hard to take it off Password protection M08- Yes M14- No N21- Yes Compass M08- Yes M14- Yes N21- Not by default, has to be modifed in settings Recalculation M08- Screen goes blue with a progress bar until the calculation is over M14- Immediately N21- Immediately Vehicle Type M08- Car only M14- Car only N21- Car / Bicycle / Pedestrian Arrival Time M08- Display approximate number of minutes the route will take M14- Displays the arrival time N21- Displays the arrival time and the minutes it takes to the destination Distance left M08- Shows the miles left until the next move; Shows the miles left until the destination M14- Shows the miles left until the next move N21- Shows the miles left until the next move; Shows the miles left until the destination Turn by turn view M08- Yes M14- Yes N21- Yes Better for M08- Within the city travel M14- Within the city travel with better POI options N21- Long distance travel with live traffic and lane assistance Sluggy M08- Smooth menu items, sluggy map over time M14- Not sluggy N21- Sluggy menu items, smooth map Route options M08- Fastest Route; Shortest Route; Most use of Freeway; Less use of Freeway M14- Fastest Route; Shortest Route; Most use of Freeway; Less use of Freeway N21- Fastest route; Optimum route; Shortest route; Scenic route Tollway option M08- Can not avoid M14- Can avoid N21- Can avoid or forbid Allowing U-Turn (or not) M08- Not modifiable (Allows) M14- Not modifiable (Allows) N21- Can allow or forbid U-Turns User Review: - Magellan Roadmate 800Maps were not perfect. I needed European maps and was appaled at the price tag of dowload. It would be cheaper to buy a new device with European maps than downloading them. Works well mostly but can freeze if you press a few commands in a row. Good screen and battery life. I never used the storage capacity for pictures or music. User Review: - Worst GPS I ever bought I bought this GPS Magellan Roadmate 800 in June 2006 for $600 and in next 6 months the battery stopped working and unit is only works if my car is running and I am able to charge the battery, but it don't operate the unit.I called magellan ant they told me that it will cost me $130 to fix this, so I decided not to send it to them.Now when I turn it on in my car, it takes around 45 minutes for this unit to find the GPS location and by the time you already reach some where and lost, I take mapquest directions along with this. I will never but any Magellan GPS in future. User Review: - Bad Manufacturing QualityI bought this for 599.00 and it works fine but manufacturing quality is really bad. Insertion pin for AC/DC adapter completely fell apart into pieces. This happened after a month of usage. It can not be even fixed. User Review: - An adequate GPS for about 12-15 monthsThe good: This GPS will get you where you're going (eventually); an extensive points of interest database; maps of north america preloaded. The bad: Directions take you throught slow center of towns rather than finding bypasses, etc.; battery doesn't stay charged for more than about a half hour; pre-loaded maps of Europe cost over $250 to unlock; maps and points of interest are well out of date. The ugly: After slightly more than a year of use my system frequently freezes and now will not keep a charge; even when plugged in the system flashes low battery and shuts itself off (even though the battery light indicates "green" for full charge); NO MAP UPDATES - the website occasionally talked about releasing them (for a price) but to my knowledge never has; poor customer service for the price. Conclusion: It was handy and better than nothing while it worked, but save your money and buy something from a company that's more reliable and will let you update your investment for free. Next page of reviews >
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