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Magellan RoadMate 3045 video review
#181 | 4:08 |
Wednesday December 1, 2010
Gadget TV
Wednesday December 1, 2010
With premium features like highway lane assistance and AAA TourBook integration, the Magellan RoadMate 3045 has a lot to offer at the sub-$200 price point. Little touches like the ability to set a QWERTY keyboard or an ABC keyboard and expandable storage via microSD card makes up for a sometimes frustrating menu system that cuts down on options for the sake of keeping things simple.
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Magellan RoadMate 3045
$189.99
- Large 4.7-inch resistive touch screen.
- Free lifetime maps and traffic.
- 6 million points of interest.
- Gives ample warning of turns, scaled to speed and type of travel.
- Menu system is simple but offers no obvious way to return to the main menu screen when delving into options.
- Windshield mount doesn't offer the range of positioning options once mounted that a TomTom mount does. However, it's much more reliable and you're not likely to yank the GPS receiver off its mount when trying to adjust.
- Expandable memory for maps via MicroSD card (not included).
- Includes the requisite car charging cable and a USB cable for data syncing.
- Trying to visit the address printed onto the data cable package magellanGPS.com/contentmanager nets a 404.
Specs:
4.7-inch screen
Spoken street names
AAA TourBook guide for US and Canada
Lifetime traffic alerts
Highway Lane Assist
$189.99
- Large 4.7-inch resistive touch screen.
- Free lifetime maps and traffic.
- 6 million points of interest.
- Gives ample warning of turns, scaled to speed and type of travel.
- Menu system is simple but offers no obvious way to return to the main menu screen when delving into options.
- Windshield mount doesn't offer the range of positioning options once mounted that a TomTom mount does. However, it's much more reliable and you're not likely to yank the GPS receiver off its mount when trying to adjust.
- Expandable memory for maps via MicroSD card (not included).
- Includes the requisite car charging cable and a USB cable for data syncing.
- Trying to visit the address printed onto the data cable package magellanGPS.com/contentmanager nets a 404.
Specs:
4.7-inch screen
Spoken street names
AAA TourBook guide for US and Canada
Lifetime traffic alerts
Highway Lane Assist
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