Magellan Premium Car Kit Is Forward Compatible With IPHONE 4

Adjustable Cradle Provides Complete Hands-Free Navigation Solution for the iPhone and iPod Touch

The Premium Car Kit GPS car mount by Magellan, one of the leaders in GPS navigation, is adjustable to fit the new iPhone 4.

The innovative vehicle mount works with any GPS navigation application and provides a built-in GPS receiver for improved navigation accuracy.  This Premium Car Kit also features an amplified speaker for crystal clear turn by turn directions and enhanced Bluetooth hands-free calling.
Features of the Premium Car Kit include the following:

  • Compatible with iPhone 4, 3G, and 3Gs
  • Compatible with iPod touch 2G
  • Secure vehicle mounting for iPhone or iPod touch
  • Integrated GPS receiver which boosts the iPhone GPS signal and provides GPS information for the iPod Touch.
  • Noise canceling microphone for hands-free, full duplex speakerphone operation (requires Bluetooth enabled phone.)
  • Accommodates most silicon skins and hard shell cases
  • Adjustable mount securely rotates iPhone to either portrait or landscape mode for optimal positioning and widescreen route display
  • Recharges battery via the vehicle power outlet
  • Amplified speaker with volume control for loud and clear phone calls and directions
  • Auxiliary audio output (for connection to your car stereo)
  • Works with all iPhone/iPod GPS navigation applications (including the Magellan RoadMate for iPhone application)
  • Available now, the car kit retails for $129.99 MSRP and is available at Amazon.com, Best Buy, and MagellanGPS.com.

Rugged, Waterproof Navigation Devices Are Designed to Enable Recording, Geotagging and Sharing of Outdoor Adventures

Magellan unveiled the next generation of its award-winning, rugged eXplorist handheld GPS devices for the outdoor recreation market.

The new eXplorist 510, 610 and 710 devices allow adventurers to navigate to outdoor destinations worldwide, capture geotagged photos along the way, and share their experiences online when they return home. Each eXplorist model combines high-sensitivity GPS, an intuitive user interface, easy-to-read mapping and accurate navigation. The new series of handheld GPS units are being revealed at the OutDoor Trade Fair in Friedrichshafen, Germany, and will be available to consumers in North America, Europe, and many other countries worldwide in the 4th quarter, 2010.

“With the popularity of social networks, the GPS industry is shifting towards more online experience sharing,” said Justin Doucette, Director, Outdoor Product Marketing, Magellan. “There are many sites that allow for geographic and multimedia data to be posted and shared with others. The eXplorist series allows users to bring their adventures home with them, catalog for future reference, and share online with family and friends.”

All three new eXplorist handheld GPS units come equipped with a camera, microphone, and speaker to enable users to record and share their adventures with friends. Read the rest of this entry »


Magellan RoadMate 1700: Large vehicle navigation solution

Magellan offers the Magellan RoadMate 1700 as a solution to the navigation challenges facing drivers of larger vehicles.  Although it is at home in any size vehicle, the Magellan RoadMate 1700 is uniquely designed for large vehicles such as RVs, Trucks, SUVs and minivans.

The Magellan RoadMate 1700 is designed to make driving and navigating larger vehicles easier and safer.  The extra large 7-inch WVGA full-color display provides four times the standard screen area for enhanced readability allowing the driver to spend more time with their eyes on the road and less on the screen. The Highway Lane Assist feature positions the driver in the proper lane for upcoming lane changes and exits – critical advance notice for larger vehicles. Magellan’s OneTouch user interface gives you instant access to your favorite addresses and searches.

“The Magellan RoadMate 1700 was created for large vehicle drivers to make their journeys safer and easier,” said Mike Wagner, Senior Director of Product Marketing for Magellan. “With its extra large color touch screen, built-in AAA TourBook® and Roadside Assistance, optional extension mount and CoPilot trucker software (sold separately), the Magellan RoadMate 1700 is the ideal travel companion for SUVs, family vacations in the RV or even commercial truck drivers.” Read the rest of this entry »


Magellan Creates a Line of GPS Navigators for Use Every Day

The 2010 Magellan RoadMate line is designed to help get you to new and familiar destinations quicker

Magellan announced the latest generation of the RoadMate series of portable vehicle navigation devices. The new series includes models in a variety of screen sizes and feature sets to meet any consumer navigation needs.  At its core, the new line is designed to bring daily relevance to the GPS navigator by helping consumers get to new and familiar places quicker.

Now, Magellan’s new 2010 RoadMate navigators all come with integrated Free Lifetime Live Traffic. This service, which is provided to Magellan customers, keeps the Magellan RoadMate apprised of any traffic conditions that may delay the drive and calculates route options for the driver to choose from.  Magellan has overhauled the traffic interface to provide a higher level of control and now additionally focuses on flow reporting which detects traffic congestion and not just reported accidents.  The GPS navigator’s primary benefit is no longer only to direct drivers to new places.  Now, the Magellan RoadMate also gets you to places you may know well but gets you there quicker.

The 2010 Magellan RoadMate line maintains the comprehensive features consumers have come to expect.  The entire RoadMate lineup boasts the exclusive OneTouch personalization feature allowing you to save favorite places, categories and searches. All models also feature spoken street names, 6 million points of interest, QuickSpell for error-free address entry and multi-destination routing.  Each of the 2010 RoadMates come with specialized parking features such as the Automatic Parking Lot Finder which identifies local parking lots once you arrive at your destination. Then, with the Find Your Car feature, records the location of your car and directs you to it. – handy when locating your car in large parking lots. Read the rest of this entry »


Official Star Wars GPS Voices launched

  • Author: Gadget Mania
  • Filed under: Audio, GPS
  • Date: May 15,2010

VoiceSkins.com, in association with Lucasfilm Ltd. and TomTom, announces the launch of the official Star Wars voices for GPS. Darth Vader’s VoiceSkin is the first Star Wars GPS voice to be made available for download by users of TomTom GPS navigation systems. The voices of Yoda, Han-Solo and C-3PO will be launched over the summer of 2010.

“The TomTom brand is synonymous with high quality navigation. Star Wars fans are sure to be delighted when they hear just how great these voices sound on their TomTom navigation devices,” says Casey Collins, sr. director of international licensing and marketing at Lucas Licensing.

”Star Wars is iconic and the voices from the films are some of the most distinctive and recognisable in popular culture. We are absolutely delighted to bring the official Star Wars voices to TomTom GPS in partnership with Lucasfilm,” said Chris Hilton, CEO of Locutio Voice Technologies, the company behind VoiceSkins.com. Read the rest of this entry »


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