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Magellan RoadMate 1200 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator
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- New 3.5" QVGA, full-color, anti-glare, touch-screen display
- Pocket-size form factor with the functionality and navigation features that GPS consumers expect
- Newly designed, intuitive user interface makes the Magellan RoadMate 1200 a breeze to operate
- QuickSpell: intelligently searches and checks spelling when entering addresses
- SmartDetour: prompts drivers to route around heavy or stopped freeway traffic
Pleased but confusedDate: 2008-12-01 Rating: 6 out of 10I like how easy it is to use from the word go; it easily found its location within its first 30 seconds of use. Everything is intuative and I appreciate the enty suggestions as well as the removal of useless characters when inputing city and street names.
The only sour point is that I tried registering the unit at Magellan but it rejected the serial number that is on the box and the unit!!! I hope they will fix that soon.
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BewertungenCan't Wait 'Til the Chips Come OutDatum 2008-08-01 Rang: 8 von 10I have been using the Magellan RoadMate 1200 for about a month now and it is everything I had hoped for. For years I rented cars from Hertz with a Magellan GPS unit and when I ordered the 1200 I hoped it would work up to the same standards as the Hertz units I had experienced. It is even better. Thanks, Magellan for putting out a great product at an incredibly affordable price. Now I can't wait for you to start selling upgrade chips so I can buy the chip for Italy. I know there is a RoadMate 1200 for Italy and look forward to being able to upgrade my 1200 for my trip next year. Thanks, again, for making this so affordable.Short review: buy a TomTom insteadDatum 2008-07-13 Rang: 2 von 10The title of this review says it all, but I'll expand on this a bit for the specific details of my usage experiences.
Before I ever used a GPS navigator, I was a thorough user of printed road maps and Google Maps to the point where I thought I'd never need a GPS unit. I got a taste of the ease of GPS when I borrowed a friends TomTom. He loaned me one of the first TomTom units that was on the market, and I was amazed with the user friendliness of the user interface and how well the GPS unit routed me to my destination. TomTom seems to have thoroughly mapped the roads all across the USA to the point where the TomTom appeared to know the traffic density of even local roads. This allowed for fast navigating that always took the trunk routes across town that all the locals know about.
When I purchased the Magellan, I somewhat expected the same experience as with a TomTom - maybe just in a slightly different "flavor" as the user interface would not be the same. I was in for a rude surprise with the RoadMate 1200. This GPS does not ever seem to give a quick, direct, or useful route to any destinations in my local city. When I choose the fastest route option, this GPS directs me down streets that I know to not be the fastest route - it essentially ignores several main thoroughfares in the city at the preference of trying to get me to use side streets which I know to have a bunch of stop signs that will slow you down. When I choose the shortest route option, this GPS directs me down clogged or slow side streets all for the benefit of saving maybe 100 feet off my total distance to my destination. I guess this technically is the shortest route, but I'd still like to see a little flexibility for this unit to avoid side trips that save such a short distance.
Another beef I have with the unit is the length of time that the GPS takes to recalculate a route if you miss a turn. It seems there is a signifigant time lag before the unit detects that you have strayed from the appointed route. When the GPS unit begins to recalculate the route, the navigation screen freezes for several seconds until the new route is done. This has the side effect of meaning that there might be a new route that I can take by making the next right or left turn after missing the first turn, but by the time the route is recalculated I have then missed the next turn. If I am driving down streets with short blocks, the GPS unit does this recalculate-then-miss-a-turn stuff over and over again until I physically stop the car to see what the unit will direct next.
After all this complaining, I'll hit on some good points. The unit is a good purchase price, so budget buyers will get a GPS that does give you directions that eventually get you to your destination. The screen is bright, sharp, and responds quickly to touches (unless the unit is in the middle of calculating something). The GPS reception is strong, and with WAAS reception it is always accurate to about 3 or 4 meters.
In the end, all I can give this unit is a 1 star rating. It does get you to your destination, but never with a good route that takes traffic density or road capacity into account. The TomTom that I have used is far better in operation than this unit, so I'd recommend that any potential purchasers pay the extra $25 or $50 to get the entry level TomTom GPS unit.HOT GARBAGEDatum 2008-06-19 Rang: 2 von 10This device is so much of a hassle that I actually leave it in my car overnight with the hopes that somebody will steal it so I have a reason to replace it with a tom tom or garmen unit.
I am not a beta tester. If you believe what other reviewers say, this was rushed for black Friday, but people, I purchased this in May 2008. I guess its worth it to this company that continues to offer a sub $150 unit on the market not caring that they lost a customer for life.
I have the same problems other reviewers have with the unit locking up, demanding me to insert the sd card when its in the slot, giving roundabout false directions with the 'shortest route' option. And whats up with that exit POI error?
Maybe if they ever have a firmware update it may be worth the money I wasted but me, I'm sticking to my paper maps just to be on the safe side.
had it since February, broken again!Datum 2008-05-29 Rang: 2 von 10I've had my Magellan Roadmate 1200 since February. It worked great at first and we had bought it as a 2nd navigation system for our two car/truck move from Florida to Indiana. Two days before the move the system gets stuck in an endless back and forth between two screens (settings), but will not let me access the actual navigation. After a long time on hold with tech support we send it in and end up using radios for our move in April.
About 2 weeks after mailing it to Texas we received a new system (at least we believe it was new due to the screen protector on the device, there was NO letter or explanation or ANYTHING with the package, just a GPS)....
Now, another 2 weeks later, it will not turn on. We were using it (with the car charger plugged in), made a stop and turned it off. When we returned to the car and tried to use it again it would not work and hasn't since, despite several tries to charge it at home, pressing the reset button etc. So it will be another call to tech support, this time not so pleasant.
I highly recommend to get a TomTom, which we have had for over a year and never had a problem with (we only went for the Magellan due to price)!
Produkt InformationRecording label: Magellan Hersteller: MagellanModel: Magellan RoadMate 1200EAN: 0763357118155Format: ElectronicsUniversal product code (UPC): 763357118155Batterien sind dabei: 1Brand: MagellanFarbe: Black
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