Magellan's been known to toss out GPS units
three at a time before, and while the company hasn't come forward yet about its presumably forthcoming trio of navigation devices, we've got the skinny anyway. All three Maestro units will sport a 4.3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display,
SiRF Star III chipset, and an in-car mounting kit, but the similarities basically end there. On the low-end, you'll find
NAVTEQ maps for the 48 contiguous United States, QuickSpell, 1.6 million POIs, and a rechargeable battery with around three hours of juice. The 4040 steps it up by adding more detailed map coverage, 4.5 million POIs, text-to-speech /
Bluetooth capabilities, and by playing nice with the real-time traffic add-on service. The flagship unit boasts all the capabilities of its lesser siblings, but also adds traffic functions right out of the box as well as voice recognition software. The Maestro 4000 / 4040 are each slated to land in "early April" for $449.99 / $599.99, respectively, while the high-end 4050 will demand a somewhat steep $799.99 for its niceties when it arrives in May.
Read - Magellan Maestro 4000
Read - Magellan Maestro 4040
Read - Magellan Maestro 4050
[Via
GPSGazette]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Johan S @ Feb 20th 2007 4:01PM
While it's good they are helping lower the price of entry to own a WQVGA display GPS to $450.
As for the high end model ..the 4050, if one is making a late entry to the race second to the Garmin nuvi 660, I reckon it should at least be priced drastically lower.
If they had put a WVGA instead of WQVGA in the 4050 then I'll be interested.
ScOObyDoo @ Feb 20th 2007 4:05PM
Wow, given that TomTom just dropped the price of their top of the line unit to under $500 I wish Magellan lots of luck with these devices, they are going to need it...
Dario @ Feb 27th 2007 10:17PM
Does the magellan 4050 allow you to talk to the unit. Can you say where you want to go instead of using the touch screen
mbproject21 @ Mar 11th 2007 9:27AM
Will these be released in the UK?
Jane @ Sep 12th 2007 10:05AM
I am in Sales and visit alot of homes. Will the 4050 allow me to verbaly say an address and take me to it.
Thanks,
Ronnie @ Sep 26th 2007 1:38PM
I am a GPS user at work everyday. We use the Garmin, and that was my first choice for personal use, but as I started to compare the two devices (Magellan 404, Garmin c503) I decided to go with the Magellan. Initially I was choosing the Garmin, but after reading comments about the software upgrade, I went with Maestro 4040. I am glad I did! If you are reading this comment, please take a look at the Maestro. It has a wide screen, excellent resolution, good speaker (as good as you can get in a small device), and easy interface. When I first accessed the interface, it seemed odd, or not to intuitive, but later I concluded it was because I was used to the Garmin interface.
The 4040 tracking to me is better than the Garmin. It shows me actually on the road, and not beside the road (sometimes) like the Garmin. When driving, if I go under an overpass, the 4040 is right on the money and shows me going under the overpass. When using the Bluetooth, the person I am talking with has no idea I am on a speaker; when asked, they say they could not tell,” it sounds normal.”
I have no rerouting problems as some posters state. The unit recalculates with ease, and establishes a new route. It does request sometimes to “do a legal U-turn”, but if ignored, the recalculation is quick.
I can access my Longitude and Latitude from the 2D screen, and make it a destination for later trip. I have elevation and speed of travel from same screen. I can pan the map and select a destination, then route to it. I could go on about the ‘pro’s’ of the 4040, but will save time and just say, I am very please with the GPS.
I have one ‘con’ to the software. When accessing the ‘city’ portion of the search, it seems slow, and doesn’t give the largest city first, which to me seems logical. I like the way the Garmin is quick to give you choices to select for city in the search, and only after 3 letters. I am sure this is just a software fix, and hope it will change. I am now using my personal Magellan Maestro 4040 at my work. I am a paramedic, and the Magellan is my routing for emergency calls.
Jason @ Jan 20th 2008 11:25PM
Maestro GPS-s are great! I bought Maestro 3100 (http://www.highspeedsat.com/maestro3100.htm) and it is great. Recommends it to everyone!!!