Magellan Roadmate

Magellan Roadmate

Magellan Roadmate

By Anne Ahira

The Magellan Company has been making GPS units for a very long time. The Magellan Roadmate is one of the models that have helped to show why this company is so well respected in the industry both by competitors and the consumer as well.

The Magellan Roadmate series of GPS units is pretty extensive and covers most every price point for the consumer. They range from about $120 to around $300 so no matter what your budget, you should be able to find one of the models that will satisfy your particular needs for a mobile navigation unit.

Every model in the Magellan Roadmate series of GPS is easy to use and even the base unit offers a plethora of feature rich content that will give everyone from the novice to the advanced user the features they need to feel like the unit is a good value.

The current top of the line Magellan Roadmate almost works its self and is so extensive that it gives you an effortless yet very powerful navigation experience to the user. The unit is so packed full of the best of features that it could easily take more room than we have for the entire article just to describe briefly what it will do and how eel and easily it does them. In fact, that can be said for all eleven models in this line.

Each of the siblings in the Magellan Roadmate series give the consumer more than enough in the way of features that we could expend several pages of words on each and still not cover all of the features that they have to offer. Suffice to say that no matter which model in the line you chose, you will be a very happy owner.

The Magellan Roadmate line also offers a huge selection of accessories. And these stylish accessories make it easy to personalize the way you use your GPS. You can purchase cases, mounts, cables, cradles, antenna, expansion cards, and more. That means that no matter what it takes to personalize your purchase and to make the GPS unit you choose the best choice for you, it can be found here.

Magellan has long been in the forefront of the GPS technology race and the Magellan Roadmate continues the time honored tradition laid down by its predecessors in this area. Many Magellan models have paved the way since the mid 1990s and even though they might be antiquated and dated by today’s standards, if you have one of the early models you might be interested to see how much they have changed and yet how much remains the same. It’s comforting to know that Magellan has continued the excellence that was set by its early models.

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Magellan RoadMate 1470 4.7-Inch Widescreen Portabl...	Customer Review: I spent days and days researching GPS devices, going to stores, reading online reviews, visiting manufacturer's sites and talking to people who owned GPS devices. I even bought and returned two other units - A Magellan 1445T and a Navigon 7200. I t... Read More	(174)
Magellan RoadMate 1700 7-Inch Widescreen Portable ...	Customer Review: NAVIGATION SYSTEM WAS EVERYTHING AND MORE THAN WHAT I EXPECTED. EASY TO USE AND ACCURATE... Read More	(53)
Magellan Traffic Link for Subscription-Free Traffi...	Customer Review: Not much help. Very irritating as it produces advertisements on the screen. I am probably going to disconnect it because of this "feature."... Read More	(38)
Magellan RoadMate 1440 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navig...	Customer Review: I bought this and an extra traffic antenna (was on sale on Amazon for $40). For that, I have a pretty good GPS and the life-time traffic service.The freeway guidance is a nice feature to have. Very easy to understand.There's no Bluetooth feature on t... Read More	(80)
Magellan RoadMate 1475T 4.7-Inch Widescreen Portab...	Customer Review: The 1475T is my third GPS. I rely a lot on user reviews but of course also look at what the magazines have to say. So my comment is to hopefully add some clarity to user reviews here. My last GPS was a Nuvi 300 series which was an accurate navigat... Read More	(32)