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.
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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/