Magellan Auto GPS

The ultra-thin and stylish Magellan Maestro 3220 Auto GPS enables you travel throughout all 50 of the United States, plus Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico with the most advanced NAVTEQ™ maps available. 6 million pre-programmed Points of Interest (POI) make it easy to find restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, the nearest coffee and more.




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Review from eBay purchaser: I was immediately impressed with the ease of use on all of the Magellan products. When I went into Best Buy to try some of them out, I picked up a Magellan GPS and immediately knew how to use it without any books or manuals.



The touch screen interface is very intuitive and user friendly. When I make a wrong turn or go off route to avoid traffic, the device reroutes immediately alerts me that it is rerouting and completes the new directions in less than 5 seconds every time. Since I bought this item, I have not gotten lost once. I travel lot and this unit has gone with me to Houston, Philadelphia, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and to my hometown, Dallas.



I could not be more satisfied! The only con to this item is the fact that it is a relatively some newer roads may not be listed. The maps are about 2 years old, but they are easily upgraded on Magellan's website using your computer and the USB cable that comes with it. You can also buy maps on CD and preloaded onto a SD card.



This unit gets long battery life and the car adapter and AC adapter ensure that you will never run out of power. The longest I have used it without recharging is 3 hours and the batteries were showing no signs of giving out after that amount of time. You will be thoroughly impressed. All of my friends and family are green with envy when they ride with me!



Touch the simple menu on the large 3.5" color display to get an instant route to virtually anywhere in seconds. The intuitive interactive screen shows your route and position on the map, plus distance to destination, arrival time, street names and more. Turn-by-turn voice guidance offers worry-free directions without even looking at the screen.



Magellan's QuickSpell™ feature intelligently searches and checks spelling while entering addresses and POIs, making it easy to find what you're looking for with just few touches of the screen. Search POIs by name or category, near your position or near any city. Interactive onscreen icons show nearby services. Touch an icon to see the address and phone number (when available) and get an instant route.



Store locations in the Address Book for easy navigation on recurring trips. Set the Home button to your house or any location to find your way back from virtually anywhere. And backup your personal data using your own SD cards.



The SiRFstarIII™ GPS receiver and built-in high-sensitivity antenna provide the fastest position acquisition in the industry for reliable navigation. SmartDetour™ prompts you to route around sudden slow freeway traffic.



The integrated rechargeable battery provides navigation for up to three hours when power is unavailable.



Ultra-thin, pocket-sized, wireless and fully self-contained; take your Magellan Maestro anywhere for easy navigation!



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Features:

• Ultra-thin & stylish: The thinnest personal navigation device available combines style and functionality in a pocket-sized design.

• Innovative easy-to-use interface: Amazingly easy-to-use, route to your destination in seconds without even needing to read the instructions.

• 3.5" QVGA color touch screen: The large touch screen shows your position, Points of Interest, route, ETA and more on the interactive map

• Pre-loaded North American maps: Built-in maps enable you to travel all 50 United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico.

• 6 million Points of Interest: Pre-programmed POIs make it easy to find gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, coffee and more. Search by name or category near your position or near any city.

• Interactive POI icons: Touch an onscreen icon for a nearby destination to see name, address, phone number (when available), and get an instant route.

• QuickSpell™: Exclusive auto-complete feature makes it easy to enter destinations with just a few touches of the screen and even corrects spelling.

• SmartDetour™: Automatically prompts you to route around sudden slow freeway traffic.

• Bird's-eye 3D view: Clearly see your surroundings in 2D or 3D. Choose between Map View, TrueView™ 3D split screen, and Maneuver List.

• SiRFstarIII™: Integrated chipset provides the fastest GPS position acquisition in the industry.

• Rechargeable battery: Navigate for up to 3 hours when power is unavailable.

• Automatic re-route: Never miss a turn and quickly get back on track whenever you take a detour.

• Customizable route method: Select Fastest Time, Shortest Distance, Least or Most Use of Freeways, and Avoid Toll Roads.

• Address book: Create and store personal Points of Interest for easy reoccurring trips.

• Auto night view: Adjusts color and contrast for easy night viewing.

• SD-card compatibility: Back up your address book.



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Automobile GPS Reviews

Compare Auto GPS of the Garmin Nuvi 765T which is one of the newer widescreen Auto GPS units in the Nuvi line and offers several key upgrades over the Nuvi 760 offering that we think are useful and worth consideration when shopping for a Automobile GPS.

The text to speech and widescreen Car GPS units are worth paying the additional money for, and being at the high end of the Garmin Automobile GPS line, the Nuvi 765T has both. That's not all though, as Garmin has seen their way to adding in a few other goodies to keep people interested and enticed enough to put the Nuvi 765 high on their list.


Let's take a look at the features of the Garmin Nuvi 765T to see what it has to offer....

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The key features that the Garmin Nuvi 765T has that are above and beyond the Nuvi 760 are:

Free Lifetime Traffic - The "T" designator gets you lifetime traffic on the units. A strategic change for Garmin who has had a subscription model on their units until now. The Nuvi 765T has TMC Traffic. The Free traffic is supported by ads that appear on your GPS. Now before you say "I don't want any ads on my new GPS!" you should understand that they are pretty unobtrusive and only show up if you are sitting still for more than 10 seconds.

Lane Assist - "Know the Lane Before it's Too Late" - Garmin brings Lane Assist to its line, which I think is great. It helps you decide which ramp to take when you hit complicated highway situations. I like this a lot and I think that on any intersection that is slightly more complicated than a standard exit ramp, the image that reflects reality makes a big difference when you are navigating in unfamiliar territory.

3-D Buildings - Garmin is now bringing 3-D buildings to the Nuvi 7X5T line with semi-transparent representations of the actual buildings that are there. Cool stuff; a fun new development that will continue to make the GPS view look like the view out your windshield.

Faster Route Calculations - Garmin has changed how and when it calculates routes for the Nuvi 765T and others in this release. The routes are calculated sooner - like when you select a Point of Interest, and so when you hit "Go" it is probably mostly done with the calculation. It makes for a much better experience; a LOT less time tapping your fingers at the end of the driveway for longer routes.

HotFix - This is Garmin's terminology for a technology that speeds satellite acquisition times. This technology has the unit remembering where the satellites will be up to three days into the future so that when you turn it on, the time to satellite lock is a LOT faster.

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Other Great Features:

Text to Speech - of course this higher end unit has text to speech, and it offers a good set of voices that you can use with different accents, etc.

North American Maps - comes with Maps of the US and Canada as well as Puerto Rico.

Bluetooth HandsFree - This allows you to use the Garmin as a handsfree unit for your Bluetooth enabled phone. This is the key difference between the Nuvi 755T and the Nuvi 765T units. I have used Bluetooth handsfree capabilities on numerous Garmin units with my iPhone Blackberry and various Moto phones with great success. You can check phone compatibility at the Garmin Website. Unlike some GPS units, the protocols that Garmin uses allows you to import your phonebook off the phone as well as "recent" phone calls making the Garmin a nice hub of calling capability. The pairing of the GPS and the phone is easy and can be done by most people without the use of any manual.

Optimized Routes - The Nuvi 700 series offers a nice feature that allows you to enter in several stops along a route, and get the Nuvi to optimize the route for fastest travel. This can be very helpful when doing a lot of work or shopping or house hunting in an unknown area.

Garmin Garage; Download fun car icons - Garmin has opened up the Garmin Garage where you can easily download new "car" icons to your computer and load them into your Nuvi 765T. The process is easy and they offer everything from a kid on a tricycle, a flying slice of pizza to space ships....

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