Magellan rolls out 4200, 3200 series Maestro GPS units

Magellan's let loose a slew of new additions to its Maestro line of GPS units, including three models in the widescreen 4200 series, and four in the lower-end 3200 series. Coming in at the top-end of the lot, the $500 Maestro 4250 unit boasts a 4.3-inch widescreen display, along with support for live traffic information, text-to-speech functionality, voice control, and built-in Bluetooth for some handsfree calling. The Maestro 4220 and 4200 each sport the same size screen and slim 0.7-inch design but scale back on some of the features like live traffic info and voice control. Leading the pack in the 3200 series, the $400 Maestro 3250 will give you the same live traffic info, text-to-speech and voice control of the 4250, but in a slightly smaller form factor with a non-widescreen 3.5-inch display. Rounding out the line-up the 3200, 3210, and 3220 each pack 3.5-inch displays as well, but with varying amounts of maps and features depending on the model. Look for these to trickle out over the course of September and October.

[Via GPS Review]

[jove @ Mar 19th 2008 5:16PM]

I just buy the Magellan 4250 GPS an I am very disappointed of the way Magellan is using the GPS to force peoples to use the AAA roadside Assistance, I pay 400 dollars for this GPS because one of the best fixture is the ease of use on their menu for the roadside Assistance ,my wife that is no technically incline if it have more than one button she is in trouble, but you cannot change the number on the roadside Assistance you are force if you want to use the emergency icon to use the AAA roadside Assistance, I do not have AAA roadside Assistance or want it, I have another company better than AAA roadside assistance ,but I cannot use there phone number on that page ,because You cannot Edit the AAA road Assistance number .If I pay 400 dollar for this unit, I want to be able to use all the pages especially the emergency page and no been forced to use the AAA ROAD ASSISTANCE. Some people will say that they are not forcing you to use the service but if I am paying for the GPS I sure want to use all the functions an the use of a one button to call for your Road assistance without the need for looking for the number is very comforting and if Magellan want to advertise there AAA roadside assistance service do not do it on my dollar. I am returning this GPS and looking for one that does not force me to use their services.
You can be sure I will post this complain on as many web sites as I can.
Thank you

[Maria @ May 6th 2008 10:33PM]

The basic Magellan Maestro 3200 ( http://www.highspeedsat.com/maestro3200.php ) is an entry-level model with 1.3 million POIs and maps of all states except Alaska.

For a list price of $30 more, the Maestro 3210 ( http://www.highspeedsat.com/maestro3210.php )adds maps of Alaska and Canada, and gets you to six million POIs.

We expect to see all the new Maestros before the holidays, including the widescreen 4200 series, the x220 models with maps of Mexico, and the x250 models with voice recognition.

[MeNotYou @ Aug 31st 2007 2:59PM]

Damn. The 4000 and 3000 series just started showing up like 5 months ago.

[Jeff @ Dec 19th 2007 11:52PM]

Magellan have done a great job with the widescreen 4200 models.

The voice command functionality of the 4250 is particularly useful although you have to use particular key words rather than natural speech. It won't be long before voice commands and responses follow more conversational speech patterns however. A new company Cognitive Code (cognitivecode.com)has developed software which can translate natural language into machine understandable concepts then formulate natural language replies.

There's more in a review of the Magellan Maestro 4200 models at
http://gpstekreviews.com/2007/12/20/magellan-maestro-4200-4210-4220-4250-car-gps-navigators-review/