Magellan Maestro Elite 4350 wants to help you drive into your next lake

Let's not kid ourselves, navigation devices are the latest technological threat to our health and well being in the US, making them guest of honor #1 at the Engadget HQ. This particular people killer, the Maestro Elite 4350 from Magellan, includes a number of life-endangering features, like 3D landmarks, text-to-speech, voice commands, Life Traffic info and -- worst of all -- built-in AAA travel info. It's a veritable death trap. There's also historical traffic info, which lets you know how fast a certain road averages for certain times of the week, which sounds pretty neat. There's a 4.3-inch screen, SD card slot, Bluetooth and an FM transmitter. No word on price, but don't expect cheap.

[Joe Bretzfelder @ Jan 21st 2008 9:45AM]

Is the title a reference to an episode of The Office? Or just a coincidence? Hm.

[Maestro @ Jan 21st 2008 9:49AM]

"That's what she said"
-Michael Scott, 2007

[muddyh2o @ Jan 21st 2008 9:50AM]

waiting for lame-o magellan to sue you for libel- suggesting that their product is a killer.

genius post, paul.

do you know how it figures out average speed on a road? is that based upon the experience of the unit, or is it downloadable (or statically stored with map data)?

[muddyh2o @ Jan 21st 2008 9:51AM]

typo: Live Traffic, not Life Traffic.

[Carbonize @ Jan 21st 2008 10:40AM]

Hey his spellings improved since this article - http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/20/osu-and-darpa-building-uav-nano-planes-that-can-fit-in-a-pocket/

[Warren @ Jan 21st 2008 11:46AM]

Thankd for a timely public service announcement.

Spiteful devices.

So easy to fall in love with. And once you are in their clutches, love sturck and vulnerable, they turn on you.

"I can smell the new car on you" she said as she lead me into on coming traffic.

[thethirdmoose @ Jan 21st 2008 12:14PM]

magellan = windows CE= sloooooooow

[applefreak @ Jan 21st 2008 12:45PM]

that dock looks familar

[Jeebus @ Jan 22nd 2008 12:53PM]

Does it have MapShare?