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  • July 1, 2010 at 7:36 PM #575637
    SK in CV
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    I just bought 4 Magellan Maestro 4370’s for my guys in the field. I was tired of paying extra for rental cars with GPS’s. Refurbished, they were $113, no sales tax and free shipping from Amazon. A lower end model, so it may not have all the bells and whistles some have. I just took a quick look at them so can only report what my guys had to say. 3 of the 4 worked flawlessly. Easy to figure out how to use and got my guys all around the Phoenix area for 5 weeks without problems. The 4th one tended to freeze up 1/2 a mile from the destination, so I returned it for a replacement unit. So far havent had any complaints about it.

    My wife has been using a Magellan 4050 for about 3 years and loves it. Got me all over new england a couple summers ago. Other than confusion when I took the ferry from Long Island to CT, we became very good friends.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:03 PM #574635
    svelte
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    Have to concur with going Magellan. We have the Magellan Roadmate 1470 and love it. Two other people have bought identical units after riding with me – it is addicting!

    As for the getting stuck in another state, I’ve never had a problem but my wife had that when we were in Vegas – it kept thinking we were at the Oakland Airport. Then she figured out she was going through the menus wrong…I think she kept selecting “resume last trip”….and coincidently we had just flown from Oakland to Vegas. lol.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:03 PM #574732
    svelte
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    Have to concur with going Magellan. We have the Magellan Roadmate 1470 and love it. Two other people have bought identical units after riding with me – it is addicting!

    As for the getting stuck in another state, I’ve never had a problem but my wife had that when we were in Vegas – it kept thinking we were at the Oakland Airport. Then she figured out she was going through the menus wrong…I think she kept selecting “resume last trip”….and coincidently we had just flown from Oakland to Vegas. lol.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:03 PM #575255
    svelte
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    Have to concur with going Magellan. We have the Magellan Roadmate 1470 and love it. Two other people have bought identical units after riding with me – it is addicting!

    As for the getting stuck in another state, I’ve never had a problem but my wife had that when we were in Vegas – it kept thinking we were at the Oakland Airport. Then she figured out she was going through the menus wrong…I think she kept selecting “resume last trip”….and coincidently we had just flown from Oakland to Vegas. lol.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:03 PM #575364
    svelte
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    Have to concur with going Magellan. We have the Magellan Roadmate 1470 and love it. Two other people have bought identical units after riding with me – it is addicting!

    As for the getting stuck in another state, I’ve never had a problem but my wife had that when we were in Vegas – it kept thinking we were at the Oakland Airport. Then she figured out she was going through the menus wrong…I think she kept selecting “resume last trip”….and coincidently we had just flown from Oakland to Vegas. lol.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:03 PM #575662
    svelte
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    Have to concur with going Magellan. We have the Magellan Roadmate 1470 and love it. Two other people have bought identical units after riding with me – it is addicting!

    As for the getting stuck in another state, I’ve never had a problem but my wife had that when we were in Vegas – it kept thinking we were at the Oakland Airport. Then she figured out she was going through the menus wrong…I think she kept selecting “resume last trip”….and coincidently we had just flown from Oakland to Vegas. lol.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:37 PM #574660
    Coronita
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    Do you use a cell phone with data plans? If so, a lot of the phones have navigation for free.. Google navigation works pretty well on most phones…
    I’d save yourself some money because there is quickly becoming a convergence in handheld GPS for driving and cell phones….The cellphones are getting much more powerful and pretty soon there won’t be a need for a GPS only device.

    That’s why those GPS companies all the sudden are trying to get into the cell phone business….Because they know their days are numbered.

    FWIW, phones pretty speedy that can do this reasonably well.

    1)HTC Incredible (Verizon)
    2)HTC EVO 4G (Sprint)
    3)HTC/Google Nexus One (aka Passion)
    4)Samsung Galaxy series…
    5)I use to recommend the Motorola Droid. But it’s outdated already and most likely won’t be able to run the next next generation o/s (gingerbread)…

    Disclaimer: I’m biased, because my touches a lot of these google phones.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:37 PM #574757
    Coronita
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    Do you use a cell phone with data plans? If so, a lot of the phones have navigation for free.. Google navigation works pretty well on most phones…
    I’d save yourself some money because there is quickly becoming a convergence in handheld GPS for driving and cell phones….The cellphones are getting much more powerful and pretty soon there won’t be a need for a GPS only device.

    That’s why those GPS companies all the sudden are trying to get into the cell phone business….Because they know their days are numbered.

    FWIW, phones pretty speedy that can do this reasonably well.

    1)HTC Incredible (Verizon)
    2)HTC EVO 4G (Sprint)
    3)HTC/Google Nexus One (aka Passion)
    4)Samsung Galaxy series…
    5)I use to recommend the Motorola Droid. But it’s outdated already and most likely won’t be able to run the next next generation o/s (gingerbread)…

    Disclaimer: I’m biased, because my touches a lot of these google phones.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:37 PM #575282
    Coronita
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    Do you use a cell phone with data plans? If so, a lot of the phones have navigation for free.. Google navigation works pretty well on most phones…
    I’d save yourself some money because there is quickly becoming a convergence in handheld GPS for driving and cell phones….The cellphones are getting much more powerful and pretty soon there won’t be a need for a GPS only device.

    That’s why those GPS companies all the sudden are trying to get into the cell phone business….Because they know their days are numbered.

    FWIW, phones pretty speedy that can do this reasonably well.

    1)HTC Incredible (Verizon)
    2)HTC EVO 4G (Sprint)
    3)HTC/Google Nexus One (aka Passion)
    4)Samsung Galaxy series…
    5)I use to recommend the Motorola Droid. But it’s outdated already and most likely won’t be able to run the next next generation o/s (gingerbread)…

    Disclaimer: I’m biased, because my touches a lot of these google phones.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:37 PM #575389
    Coronita
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    Do you use a cell phone with data plans? If so, a lot of the phones have navigation for free.. Google navigation works pretty well on most phones…
    I’d save yourself some money because there is quickly becoming a convergence in handheld GPS for driving and cell phones….The cellphones are getting much more powerful and pretty soon there won’t be a need for a GPS only device.

    That’s why those GPS companies all the sudden are trying to get into the cell phone business….Because they know their days are numbered.

    FWIW, phones pretty speedy that can do this reasonably well.

    1)HTC Incredible (Verizon)
    2)HTC EVO 4G (Sprint)
    3)HTC/Google Nexus One (aka Passion)
    4)Samsung Galaxy series…
    5)I use to recommend the Motorola Droid. But it’s outdated already and most likely won’t be able to run the next next generation o/s (gingerbread)…

    Disclaimer: I’m biased, because my touches a lot of these google phones.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:37 PM #575687
    Coronita
    Participant

    Do you use a cell phone with data plans? If so, a lot of the phones have navigation for free.. Google navigation works pretty well on most phones…
    I’d save yourself some money because there is quickly becoming a convergence in handheld GPS for driving and cell phones….The cellphones are getting much more powerful and pretty soon there won’t be a need for a GPS only device.

    That’s why those GPS companies all the sudden are trying to get into the cell phone business….Because they know their days are numbered.

    FWIW, phones pretty speedy that can do this reasonably well.

    1)HTC Incredible (Verizon)
    2)HTC EVO 4G (Sprint)
    3)HTC/Google Nexus One (aka Passion)
    4)Samsung Galaxy series…
    5)I use to recommend the Motorola Droid. But it’s outdated already and most likely won’t be able to run the next next generation o/s (gingerbread)…

    Disclaimer: I’m biased, because my touches a lot of these google phones.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:44 PM #574670
    briansd1
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    Well, the iPhone, of course.

    I use the iPhone with Navigon GPS. You don’t need a data plan to use it. It’s about 1.4GB to load onto your iPhone.

    Slow on 3G but fine on 3GS and iPhone 4.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:44 PM #574767
    briansd1
    Guest

    Well, the iPhone, of course.

    I use the iPhone with Navigon GPS. You don’t need a data plan to use it. It’s about 1.4GB to load onto your iPhone.

    Slow on 3G but fine on 3GS and iPhone 4.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:44 PM #575292
    briansd1
    Guest

    Well, the iPhone, of course.

    I use the iPhone with Navigon GPS. You don’t need a data plan to use it. It’s about 1.4GB to load onto your iPhone.

    Slow on 3G but fine on 3GS and iPhone 4.

    July 1, 2010 at 9:44 PM #575399
    briansd1
    Guest

    Well, the iPhone, of course.

    I use the iPhone with Navigon GPS. You don’t need a data plan to use it. It’s about 1.4GB to load onto your iPhone.

    Slow on 3G but fine on 3GS and iPhone 4.

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