Magellan and Google buddy up for Maestro Elite 5340+GPRS

The GPS magicians at Magellan and the search wizards at Google have combined their relative (and also fantastical) talents to deliver the Maestro Elite 5340+GPRS, a GPS unit rocking some GPRS cellular capabilities. That wireless data's going to be put to good use, enabling things like real-time traffic (see ya FM traffic receiver of yore) and creepy Google functionality like pointing out the closest proctologist (just around the corner!). But all this fancy technology isn't coming cheap: the unit will retail for $1299, not to mention an as-yet-to-be-determined monthly GPRS fee. At that price, they oughta program in directions to your local poorhouse.

[Thanks, Rich]

[justintimed Posted Jan 5th 2008 8:46PM]

Well, that makes the Dash Express at $599 and $10 per month for data look a lot better now! Wow, nobody sells a GPS for $1299 anymore. Even Garmin had to back off of that price point. It had better be pretty spectacular.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 5th 2008 8:46PM]

:O

[Dash2 Posted Jan 5th 2008 9:27PM]

Hope this means great new features on the Triton and other Magellan products!