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Bizrate User Review.
Don't buy Magellan
, Feb. 1, 2008
QuickTake:
Pros: Versital, good idea for a GPS.
Cons: A piece of junk. Never worked right. NO service received.
Recommended: No
Has Owned Product: 12 months
Bizrate User Review.
Can't believe we paid $800.00 for this.t
, Aug. 27, 2007
Comments:
This unit is probably ok in a brand new BMW or Lincoln town car but just try to hear the commands over the sound of a simple vent fan on medium or just road noise in a motor home. The earphone jack has such low output that you can't even use an external
This unit is probably ok in a brand new BMW or Lincoln town car but just try to hear the commands over the sound of a simple vent fan on medium or just road noise in a motor home. The earphone jack has such low output that you can't even use an external
QuickTake:
Pros: Good choice of graphics
Cons: very low audio, even at full volume setting
Recommended: No
Has Owned Product: 3 years
Bizrate User Review.
Magellan is awful
, Apr. 12, 2007
Comments:
Battery doesnt hold a charge when plugged in to car, all of a sudden it dies( yes of course in the worst area of unknown town)Has sent me twiceto wrong addres. Doesnt know oneway streets. <br><br>wontlet you enter full address. SERVICE is non-exsistent.
Battery doesnt hold a charge when plugged in to car, all of a sudden it dies( yes of course in the worst area of unknown town)Has sent me twiceto wrong addres. Doesnt know oneway streets. <br><br>wontlet you enter full address. SERVICE is non-exsistent.
QuickTake:
Pros: pretty color
Cons: battery dies,freezesup, useless
Recommended: No
Has Owned Product: 3 months
Bizrate User Review.
A big Disappointment
, Nov. 3, 2006
Comments:
For the money, this unit is very difficult to get to go from one menu to another. It will prechoose an address as you are typing and won't allow you to complete the address or allow changes, and consequently will not take you to where you want to go. I
For the money, this unit is very difficult to get to go from one menu to another. It will prechoose an address as you are typing and won't allow you to complete the address or allow changes, and consequently will not take you to where you want to go. I
QuickTake:
Pros: Good directions verbally, clear map details
Cons: Won't allow complete addresses, prechooses and won't change
Recommended: No
Has Owned Product: 3 months
Bizrate User Review.
Not a good buy for your money
, Feb. 26, 2006
Comments:
I don't believe that this 800 was properly check out. I have one and I am returning it because it freezes up frequently, only 4.5 GB compare with the 760 that has 20GB. I think that you can get a better product for that amount of money. This product nee
I don't believe that this 800 was properly check out. I have one and I am returning it because it freezes up frequently, only 4.5 GB compare with the 760 that has 20GB. I think that you can get a better product for that amount of money. This product nee
QuickTake:
Pros: has photo viewer, mp3
Cons: only 4.5 GB, freezes up frequently, 3 hrs battery time
Recommended: No
Has Owned Product: 7 days
gpsreview.net Professional Review.
Magellan RoadMate 800 GPSInformation GPS Review
Comments:
Dale has written an extensive review of the Magellan RoadMate 800. The RoadMate 800 comes with 3D maps, multiple routes, and a host of multimedia options. The RoadMate 800 can play MP3 files and display photos. There is 4.5 GB of drive space available for
Review Verdict: Overall this is a good autorouting product and provides an easy to use navigation screen with good attention to user interface features. The guidance was good but added extra messages that could get you in trouble. I found the autorouter was fast and it d
Dale has written an extensive review of the Magellan RoadMate 800. The RoadMate 800 comes with 3D maps, multiple routes, and a host of multimedia options. The RoadMate 800 can play MP3 files and display photos. There is 4.5 GB of drive space available for
Review Verdict: Overall this is a good autorouting product and provides an easy to use navigation screen with good attention to user interface features. The guidance was good but added extra messages that could get you in trouble. I found the autorouter was fast and it d
gpsreview.net Professional Review.
Magellan RoadMate 800 PC World GPS Review
Comments:
Personal Computer World has reviewed the Magellan RoadMate 800 GPS navigation system giving it a four out of five rating. They liked the touch-screen, rechargeable battery, car mount, and cigarette power adapter. They were not so impressed with the price
Review Verdict: With great route-planning software and some interesting bells and whistles, the RoadMate 800 an excellent, if costly, sat nav device.
Personal Computer World has reviewed the Magellan RoadMate 800 GPS navigation system giving it a four out of five rating. They liked the touch-screen, rechargeable battery, car mount, and cigarette power adapter. They were not so impressed with the price
Review Verdict: With great route-planning software and some interesting bells and whistles, the RoadMate 800 an excellent, if costly, sat nav device.
gpsreview.net Professional Review.
Magellan RoadMate 800 GPS Review
Comments:
It looks like Magellan has released information about the new Magellan RoadMate 800 GPS. With the new RoadMate 800 you can play music, store photos, get driving directions with 3D maps all in a GPS that is closer in size to the smaller RoadMate 360
Review Verdict: One fairly unique thing about the Magellan 800 is that maps of both North America and Europe come preinstalled on the internal drive. In North America only the North American maps are "unlocked" meaning that you will have purchase an unlock code to use th
It looks like Magellan has released information about the new Magellan RoadMate 800 GPS. With the new RoadMate 800 you can play music, store photos, get driving directions with 3D maps all in a GPS that is closer in size to the smaller RoadMate 360
Review Verdict: One fairly unique thing about the Magellan 800 is that maps of both North America and Europe come preinstalled on the internal drive. In North America only the North American maps are "unlocked" meaning that you will have purchase an unlock code to use th
Computeract!ve Professional Review.
Magellan Roadmate 800
Comments:
A competent sat nav device with a heap of added extras
Review Verdict: Satellite navigation is finding its way into all kinds of devices these days, from PDAs to mobile phones.
A competent sat nav device with a heap of added extras
Review Verdict: Satellite navigation is finding its way into all kinds of devices these days, from PDAs to mobile phones.
alaTest.com Professional Review.
Review summary of Magellan RoadMate 800
Comments:
alaTest has collected and analysed 275 reviews of Magellan RoadMate 800 from international magazines and websites.
Review Verdict: Experts rate this product 74/100 and users 63/100. Comparing these reviews to 116798 other GPS reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 82/100 = Very Good.
alaTest has collected and analysed 275 reviews of Magellan RoadMate 800 from international magazines and websites.
Review Verdict: Experts rate this product 74/100 and users 63/100. Comparing these reviews to 116798 other GPS reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 82/100 = Very Good.
newbie.org Professional Review.
Magellan RoadMate 800 GPS Receiver
Comments:
The Magellan RoadMate 800 GPS Receiver features a huge 20GB hard drive that includes a pre-installed street-level map database of all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and Canada. The high-resolution, touch-screen LCD automatically adjusts to surrounding light s
The Magellan RoadMate 800 GPS Receiver features a huge 20GB hard drive that includes a pre-installed street-level map database of all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and Canada. The high-resolution, touch-screen LCD automatically adjusts to surrounding light s
QuickTake:
Pros: Easy to use, features and performance.
Cons: None to think of.
gpsreview.net Professional Review.
Magellan RoadMate 800 Blue Screen Lockup GPS Review
Comments:
Does your Magellan RoadMate 800 experience blue screen lockups? If so Magellan has released the Magellan RoadMate 800 Recovery Utility which is designed to help with the issue. So if your 800 boots to the warning screen, but locks up when you click 'OK',
Review Verdict: There is no need to "sign" your comment, your name will be automatically attached
Does your Magellan RoadMate 800 experience blue screen lockups? If so Magellan has released the Magellan RoadMate 800 Recovery Utility which is designed to help with the issue. So if your 800 boots to the warning screen, but locks up when you click 'OK',
Review Verdict: There is no need to "sign" your comment, your name will be automatically attached
t3.com Professional Review.
Magellan RoadMate 800 Satnav
Comments:
The over-sized, over-priced satnav that's lost it way.
Review Verdict: OK navigation but large, dumb and no fun to use
The over-sized, over-priced satnav that's lost it way.
Review Verdict: OK navigation but large, dumb and no fun to use
QuickTake:
Pros: Safety camera positions Quick address entry
Cons: Ugly interface Keeps crashing Over-priced and over-sized
personal computer world Professional Review.
Magellan Roadmate 800
Comments:
Satellite navigation is finding its way into all kinds of devices these days, from PDAs to mobile phones....
Review Verdict: With great route-planning software and some interesting bells and whistles, the RoadMate 800 an excellent, if costly, sat nav device.
Satellite navigation is finding its way into all kinds of devices these days, from PDAs to mobile phones....
Review Verdict: With great route-planning software and some interesting bells and whistles, the RoadMate 800 an excellent, if costly, sat nav device.
QuickTake:
Pros: Touchscreen; rechargeable battery; car mount and cigarette power adaptor
Cons: Expensive; extras may be surplus to requirements
zdnet.com Professional Review.
Magellan RoadMate 800
Comments:
Picking up where the RoadMate 760 left off, the Magellan RoadMate 800 is stocked with many of the same great navigation features of its predecessor and includes a few entertainment extras to boot. You get an integrated MP3 player and a picture viewer; plu
Review Verdict: Armed with a rechargeable internal battery and entertainment features, the Magellan RoadMate 800 is an accurate nav system you can use in the car or on foot, but it lacks some of the advanced features of its competitors.
Picking up where the RoadMate 760 left off, the Magellan RoadMate 800 is stocked with many of the same great navigation features of its predecessor and includes a few entertainment extras to boot. You get an integrated MP3 player and a picture viewer; plu
Review Verdict: Armed with a rechargeable internal battery and entertainment features, the Magellan RoadMate 800 is an accurate nav system you can use in the car or on foot, but it lacks some of the advanced features of its competitors.
QuickTake:
Pros: The Magellan RoadMate 800 comes with maps preloaded on its hard drive and includes entertainment features. It also has solid performance.
Cons: Unfortunately, the Magellan RoadMate 800 doesn't feature text-to-speech functionality or an FM modulator.
cnet.com Professional Review.
Magellan RoadMate 800 Reviews
Comments:
The SmartDetour feature provided several escape routes when we encountered a massive traffic backup on the Brooklyn/Queens Expressway, but unfortunately, all of them were equally congested--not an uncommon occurrence around these parts. Driving directions
The SmartDetour feature provided several escape routes when we encountered a massive traffic backup on the Brooklyn/Queens Expressway, but unfortunately, all of them were equally congested--not an uncommon occurrence around these parts. Driving directions
digitaltrends.com Professional Review.
Magellan RoadMate 800
Comments:
The Magellan RoadMate 800 in-car GPS unit provides reliable turn-by-turn GPS guidance, plus includes a built-in a MP3 player and photo viewer. The 3.5-in color touch-screen shows your position wi...
The Magellan RoadMate 800 in-car GPS unit provides reliable turn-by-turn GPS guidance, plus includes a built-in a MP3 player and photo viewer. The 3.5-in color touch-screen shows your position wi...
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