Magellan Roadmate 1470 Review
Magellan Roadmate 1470
Magellan Roadmate 1470
Product Description
The Magellan RoadMate 1470 GPS device boasts a unique 4.7-inch color touchscreen and ultra-thin design, delivering powerful navigation in a compact package. This easy-to-use device gives you confidence while on the road with premium features, including AAA TourBook, highway lane assist, spoken street names, multi-destination routing, and pre-loaded maps of North America.
Key Features:
- Ability to personalize OneTouch search icons with your favorite places
- Announces street names and directions at each turn
- Ultra-wide 4.7-inch touchscreen display
- AAA TourBook and Roadside Assistance menu
- Permits multi-destination routing
- Maps of United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico
- 4.7″ Touchscreen
- 6 Million Points of Interest
- Text to Speach
- Live Traffic Info (Optional Upgrade, requires traffic receiver)
- Multi Destination Routing
- Auto Nightview
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Our Magellan Roadmate 1470 Review
The Magellan Roadmate 1470 is definitely a feature packed GPS system, without the extra entertainment features of more expensive models. The first think you notice on power up us the screen. It is unusually large and bright, it looks great. When powering up the first time, make sure you are outside, the sky is clear and your karma is good! It took nearly an hour for our test model to find a satellite and get connected. Luckily, this is a first time thing, as the unit was fairly quick to re-establish connections on further use.
The touch screen is easy to navigate. There are tons of points of interest (6 million) so you will never miss a Starbucks or KFC with this GPS. Trip routing was pretty good. It missed one shortcut on our test trips, but so do most GPS units. The traffic receiver worked sporadically. Sometimes it was great, sometimes it refused to perform correctly, very unreliable. Lane guidance was good, but not perfect. Better then we have seen before in a Magellan, so its moving in the right direction.
Magellan Roadmate 1470 Review: What needs work
Auto zoom- this was horrible. This feature was quickly turned off. It seems that when you are flying down the highway, the Roadmate 1470 zooms in to about 1/4 mile, when you really need a much larger distance. In cities, the auto zoom would zoom so tight, only 2 blocks were showing at a time.
The initial boot was slow, over an hour to find a satellite.
Magellan Roadmate 1470 Review: Overall Recomendation
We really like this GPS. The screen is great, easy to see and use (although it is rather large for a really small car). Maps are great. Lane and traffic guidance were ok, but still some room to improve. If you want a full featured GPS without paying for lots of entertainment toys, I have no problem recommending the Magellan Roadmate 1470.
Rating: 4/5
Samsung Ultra Touch S8300, Official announcement
Check out this announcement for the Samsung Ultra Touch S8300. Looks like it will have some slick features, including a nice portable GPS system.
From Akhibara news:
Samsung just sent us an email with the latest information on their S8300 Ultra Touch mobile phone. Our 3G Wonder (HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE/GPRS), feature a 2.8” WQVGA AMOLED Screen touch screen, a 8Mpix Camera Module with LED Flash with AF, Face Detection, Smile Detection and GeoTagging, Support DviX, XviD, H.263, H.264, WMV9 and MPEG4 video plus 30fps VGA video recording mode, FM Radio with RDS, an Audio Player compatible with MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA files, Bluetooth A2DP, a A-GPS module and 80MB of internal memory with upgrade of microSDHC slot up to 16GB…. All of these little wonders in just 110×51.5×12.7mm.
Full article:
Akhibaranews.com
GPS Nanny – Know where your kids are
How many times have you wished that you could be a fly on the wall in the life of your family members? There are probably times in every parent’s life when he or she wishes to know where the kids are taking the car – or even walking on foot. Well, if you are one of those parents then you’re in luck! Because there are tons of companies that offer some version of a GPS tracking device for people like you. And the good part is that these devices were not created with malice in mind, but instead were meant to help you keep your family safe.
About the GPS Tracking Device
You might be wondering how one of these devices can help you keep tabs on your kids. Well, put simply, the system is able to communicate directly with satellites orbiting the Earth. These satellites communicate back to the system its exact geographic coordinates and exact time. With this information, and a little bit of computer technology thrown into the pot, you now have the luxury of watching where any person is traveling who holds one of these devices by looking at a map on your computer miles away – and of course, this includes your kids. This means, you can watch them to make sure they don’t go to that friends house you forbade them from visiting, or make sure they don’t drive 80 miles per hour in your new car.
It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, doesn’t it? Well, it’s actually a true piece of our reality. Even better, it’s an affordable piece of our reality. In fact, some of the units that have been created to track kids and teens run for as little as $100 – not bad! So now I bet you’re wondering how you can get your hands on one of these need little units. Don’t worry; in this article, we will look at some devices that are available online and in stores so that you can begin the process of making your family safer.
Finding the GPS Tracking Device for You
With tons of devices available for you to choose from, how will you be able to select the one that will suit your specific needs? The best way to get started is to read the short list below of units on the market. They will give you an idea of the features you can take advantage of so that you can effectively narrow down your options. Let’s get started!
GPSNanny Products
This company was created with your kids and teens in mind. There is at least one GPS tracking device available for both age groups to help you keep tabs on them, and help them feel safer that someone can find them if they are in trouble. The two units we will briefly look at in this article are the WalkAbout and Teen Tracker.
The WalkAbout is a small device – about the size of a closed flip phone – that can fit in your kids’ pockets, bookbags or purses. Its main purpose is to help you watch where your kids are traveling when they are not in your presence. Some of the features you can take advantage of with this system include being able to watch your kids move on a virtual map that you can view from your home on the computer or mobile tracker in real time. By looking at the map, you learn where your kids are located, and can even create a geo-fence that gives your kids boundaries as to where they can travel. You will automatically be alerted via your mobile phone if they venture outside this area; this way you can always know they’re safe. But probably the best feature on this device is the emergency button that let’s your child alert you if he or she senses impending danger.
The Teen Tracker, on the other hand, is a GPS tracking device that goes into the vehicle your teen drives. By plugging it into your cigarette lighter, you can watch where and how fast your teen is driving. The system also comes with a remote door unlock feature, auto security interface, and emergency button.
Your search for the perfect GPS tracking device doesn’t have to end here – this short list actually only tips the iceberg on what’s available. Besides, you want to make sure that what you find satisfies the desire you have for keeping your kids safe. So do a little bit more searching, look for great prices, and make your selection in care. That way, the GPS tracking device you bring home can be the one that turns you into that fly on the wall you’ve always hoped to be.
GPS Abuse
Oregon governor pursuing GPS-based mileage tax
The gasoline tax has lengthy been the method of choice for raising money for public road upkeep, but more fuel efficient cars are slowly eroding funds from the public coffers. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski wants to remain road repair money flowing, so he’s proposing the dreaded mileage tax. Opponents of the idea suffer a GPS-based solution as being an invasion of seclusion, giving the government the ability to track where tax-payers go. However, the proposed system in Oregon doesn’t track somewhat travel points. Mileage is in lieu read whenever drivers fuel up, and a 1.2 cent per mile tax is levied. The program was tested in 2006 and 2007 with 300 motorists participating in the experiment.
Someone driving 12,000 miles per year would pay $144 in mileage tax. For comparison’s sake, a 25 mpg vehicle driving 12,000 miles would pay $115 based on Oregon’s current 0.24 cent per gallon tax. Kulongoski has no power to enforce a mileage tax, so he’s relying on the Oregon legislature to make the tax law. Since it will take parturition to get quite vehicles on the road equipped with a GPS device, the standard gas tax would remain in effect for the foreseeable future, with a possible two cent increase. Commuters equipped with a GPS system would receive a refund for gas taxes paid.
[Source: Gazette Times]
Sony NV-U84 GPS device
Read the full Sony NV-U84 review.
(Credit: Corinne Schulze/CBS Interactive)
Depending on how you look at it, the NV-U84 is either the second or third highest device in the Sony NAV-U GPS lineup. There’s no question that the NV-U94T is the flagship, but determining the NV-U84′s value …
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
