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Magellan Maestro, the new line of GPS Systems by Magellan that will include three models, the Maestro 4000, 4040 and 4050 is now official. Although the product information are not live yet on Magellan’s site they issued a press release announcing them with suggested retail prices of $399.99, $499.99 and $699.99 respectively and an expected shipping date of April 1st for the 4000 and 4040 while the Maestro 4050 should start shipping in North America sometime this May. You can Read the press release below:

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It appears that Magellan is preparing a new line of GPS Systems for release next month. The line will be called Magellan Maestro and it will include three systems, the Magellan Maestro 4000, 4040 and 4050. I came across these new devices while I was browsing TigerGPS today and to be honest I was surprised since they haven’t been officially announced yet. All three of them will have a 4.3″ WQVGA full-color touch screen, will be using the SiRF Star III GPS chipset and will feature turn-by-turn voice guidance. Those are the base features found on all of the systems of the Magellan GPS Maestro line. In addition to those the Mastro 4040 will have a more detailed map (by NAVTEQ) compared to the base unit (the Maestro 4000) as well as text-to-speech voice directions, Bluetooth phone compatibility and live traffic capability (optional add-on). Finally the Maestro 4050 that will be the top of the line system, in addition to all the above features will be shipping with the traffic kit included and will also feature a voice recognition technology that will allow users to give simple voice commands to the unit.

These three new units are expected to start shipping sometime this April with suggested retail prices of $449.99, $599.99 and $799.99

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Maestro 4000, 4040, 4050

Magellan CrosoverGPS or 2500T as it will be called in North America was announced at the London Boat Show. It is a device that is designed for use both in the car but for boating use as well.

Some of the main features include

• A 3.5 inch color touch-screen display
• Dimensions are 12.5 x 8.5 x 2.6 centimeters and weight is 235 grams.
• Voice-and text-prompted turn-by-turn driving directions
• IPX-4 water proof
• Up to 8 hours battery life
• Multiple outdoor navigation screens and fields: compass, altimeter, distance to destination, cross track error (XTE), estimated me of arrival.
• A Sports Guard™ sleeve, for easy gripping and extra protection

It is expected that it will cost less than £300 in the UK (about 550$).
For more information you can read the Press Release or visit its page at Magellan’s site

Magellan Roadmate 6000T has also been announced today along with the Roadmate 3000T and 3050T. The Roadmate 6000T will be the first in the Magellan line of GPS devices that will offer hands-free calling with Bluetooth enabled phones. It will have the same new design and similar features with the 3000T and 3050T like the integrated music player and photo viewer, but in addition to those it will also have a built-in real-time traffic receiver. It will also be able to “speak” the name of the road for upcoming maneuvers using Magellan’s SayWhere(TM) text-to-speech guidance.

The Roadmate 6000T is expected to start shipping in July, no information about pricing yet.

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Magellan besides the Roadmate 3000T, has also announced another model in the Roadmate series the Magellan Roadmate 3050T. The features of the Roadmate 3050T are similar with those of the 3000T and no major differences are reported in the press release. However, the 3050T will be a little more expensive than the 3000T (50$) since its expected retail price is 649$. Probably because of a bigger harddisk? Just speculating here.
Some of the features include:

3.5 inch color touchscreen
2-D or 3-D bird’s eye view
Preloaded maps of the USA
Music player
Photo viewer
SmartDetour(TM)
QuickSpell(TM)
Optional traffic module

The Magellan Roadmate 3050T is expected to start shipping in June with a price of 649$

Magellan has officially announced the Magellan Roadmate 3000T that we have previously talked about. Not a lot of information have been disclosed at the press release about the specifications of the 3000T and Magellan hasn’t yet created a page at their official website about this product. However our previous report about the Magellan Roadmate 3000T seems to be accurate. So some of the features and specification of this new device include:

3.5″ hi-resolution anti-glare color touchscreen
4GB hard disk
Integrated MP3 Player and Picture Viewer
Preloaded maps (Navteq) of 50 USA states, Canada and Puerto Rico.
3D bird eye and 2D map views
Turn-by-turn visual and voice guidance
Over 6 million POIs
SmartDetour
Auto Re-route
Automatic night view (The displayed map background color switches to night view at sundown)
SmartVolume™, the volume automatically increases at speeds over 45 MPH
QuickSpell (sorts, searches, and checks spelling for rapid address entry with minimal keystrokes, accelerating your data entry by matching letters to the available destinations.)
Optional traffic module

As we have reported in our previous post the Magellan Roadmate 3000T is expected in April with a retail price of 599$.

Press Release

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Besides the Magellan Roadmate 3000T that we mentioned in our previous post, Magellan is about to release another new GPS system, the Magellan RoadMate 860T. The design of this new GPS device is basically the same as the Magellan Roadmate 800. Some of the new features compared with previous Roadmate models include Traffic alerts, an integrated mp3 player Magellan SayWhere text-to-speech feature. The Roadmate 860T will have a 3.5″ hi-resolution color touchscreen screen, a 20GB hard disk, SD card slot, turn by turn visual and voice guidance, over 6 million POIs and the user will have the ability of adding extra custom POIs. In addition to all of the above all the standard features of the latest Roadmate series will be available like QuickSpell, SmartDetour, SmartVolume and Night View. The 860T will come preloaded with NAVTEQ maps of fifty USA states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

The Magellan Roadmate 860T is expected to start shipping in early May with a price of about 800$

Via GPSPassion

Magellan is about to release a new compact automotive GPS System the Magellan Roadmate 3000T. This new GPS device that is pictured on the left has a new design compared with the previous Roadmate models that combines and to be honest I like this new rounded design. The 3000T has a 3.5″ hi-resolution anti-glare color touchscreen, 4GB hard disk with SD card capability for additional user storage, integrated MP3 Player and Picture Viewer. Some of the other features include:

Preloaded maps (Navteq) of 50 USA states, Canada and Puerto Rico.
3D bird eye and 2D map views
Turn-by-turn visual and voice guidance
Over 6 million POIs
SmartDetour
Auto Re-route
Automatic night view (The displayed map background color switches to night view at sundown)
SmartVolume™, the volume automatically increases at speeds over 45 MPH
QuickSpell (sorts, searches, and checks spelling for rapid address entry with minimal keystrokes, accelerating your data entry by matching letters to the available destinations.)
Optional traffic module

The Roadmate 3000T is expected to start shipping in late April with a price of 600$

Via GPSPassion

GPSInformation has reviewed the Magellan Roadmate 800 and report:

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 did a pretty good job most of the time.

The GPS was very sensitive and locked quickly. The included mp3 player was disappointing in that it could not be used while navigating.

Via GPSInformation

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Technology Evangelist has reviewed the Magellan Roadmate 800 and reports:

Violet’s (Roadmate’s 800)improvements on the basic 700 platform are amazing. I have now sold my Victoria (Roadmate) 760 to a friend, and she will continue to be loved by others. But Violet (the Roadmate 800) is simply amazing. Trust me, if you travel in unknown cities in USA, Canada and even Europe (with a map upgrade) get your own Magellan Roadmate 800, your own Violet.

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