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caryrae
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gpspassion
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maggiegps
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 Posted - 18 nov. 2009 : 01:10:34
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Magellan(R) Complete Turn-By-Turn Navigation App Now Available on the App Store
Innovative vehicle mounting cradle for iPhone(R) and iPod touch(R) devices also introduced
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Magellan, one of the leading GPS brands, today announced its Magellan RoadMate® turn-by-turn navigation app is now available from the App Store. Magellan also announced the introduction of a new innovative vehicle mounting cradle for the iPhone and iPod touch devices that will be available in December. The Premium Car Kit offers charging capabilities and provides an elegant car mounting and charging solution for the iPhone device. The cradle adds a GPS receiver for improved navigation accuracy, an amplified speaker for crystal clear directions and enhanced phone call clarity, and Bluetooth® to enable hands-free calling.
"The Magellan RoadMate App provides users instant access to Magellan's innovative, easy-to-use OneTouch(TM) interface, including: vehicle and pedestrian routing, in-app music control, native address book integration and turn-by-turn guidance including Text-to-Speech, all in one integrated and unique navigation experience," said Peggy Fong, chief operating officer for Magellan.
Magellan RoadMate App features Magellan's exclusive OneTouch user menu, allowing users to store addresses and personalized searches on one convenient page and easily access them with a single tap. Additionally, the app gives drivers the freedom to choose from a list of route options such as fastest time, shortest distance, most use of highways, or least use of highways to customize the navigation experience.
Other features of the Magellan RoadMate App include:
• Preloaded: App and maps are stored on the iPhone or iPod touch devices, allowing navigation to continue even when no cellular coverage is available.
• Turn-By-Turn Guidance: Announces maneuvers prior to the turn, enabling users to keep their eyes on the road.
• Text-to-Speech: Hear spoken street names with every voice direction to have a clear understanding of when to make the next turn while you keep your eyes on the road.
• Millions of Points of Interest (POIs): Users have access to 6 million POIs at the touch of their fingertips, including gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, emergency services, shopping and other destinations.
• Oversized Keyboard with QuickSpell®: Our highly acclaimed QuickSpell with SmartCity search lets you enter addresses in a few touches by narrowing your location search.
• 3D landmarks: Realistic 3D renderings of key landmarks show the way with stunning visual cues.
• Highway Lane Assistance: See realistic views of highway signs with clearly displayed lane arrows to help navigate complicated interchanges by positioning the driver in the proper lane for upcoming maneuvers.
• Pedestrian Mode: Allows users to easily navigate locations on foot.
• Find Your Car: Automatically stores your parking location so you can easily find your way back to your car.
• In-App Music Control: Users can control their music directly from the application so they never have to leave the app to access their music.
• Native Address/Contact Book: With the touch of a button, users can simply navigate to destinations from stored addresses in the device's address book.
• NAVTEQ On-Board: Map data provided by NAVTEQ, the world leader in digital mapping data and content.
The Magellan RoadMate App (U.S. & Canada maps) is available for an introductory price of $79.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch devices or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. The MSRP for the car kit will be $129.99.
About MiTAC Digital Corporation
MiTAC Digital Corp. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MiTAC International Corporation and promotes and sells products and services under the Magellan brand name. Magellan assists people to travel, work and play their way with leading portable navigation and positioning solutions across multiple consumer markets. Recognized as an industry innovator, the company is the producer of the award-winning Magellan RoadMate, and Maestro series portable car navigation systems, as well as the Magellan Triton® outdoor handheld navigation devices. MiTAC Digital Corp. is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information on Magellan, rfinelli@magellangps.com visit http://www.magellangps.com.
© 2009 MiTAC Digital Corp. The Magellan logo, Magellan, RoadMate, QuickSpell, Triton are registered trademarks of MiTAC International Corporation and OneTouch, Maestro are trademarks of MiTAC International Corporation and are used under license by MiTAC Digital Corp. Apple, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, and iTunes are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Navteq On Board is a trademark of Navteq Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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klopus
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Posted - 19 nov. 2009 : 19:43:24
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Originally posted by maggiegps
Received this! I think this one is better than TomTom cuz the car kit is actually usable to ANY GPS app...unlike TomTom where you HAVE TO USE theirs
Actually this statement doesn't seem to be true. According to our very own gpspassion's testing (http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=129583) TomTom's cradle GPS chip is usable by most other Nav apps he tried on iPhone like Navigon, etc. I'm not sure about iPod touch. So to me battle of the cradles, assuming Magellan's works well, boils down to price mostly. TomTom's cradle looks slicker and smaller but Magellan's one seems to be more flexible and may adapt better to future changes in iPhone shape (provided connector stays the same). |
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Defunct TomTom Nav 6 NA/EU on Palm Treo 680
Garmin nuvi 270 NA/EU & 755T NA, Navigon iPhone NA |
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gpspassion
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Posted - 19 nov. 2009 : 20:18:49
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| Yes our new friend is not well informed it seems or is trying to "push" some inaccurate information out there (PM sent)...as you point out, the Magellan cradle is more "adaptable" and will fit the iPod Touch for a start, TomTom are making a separate Touch Car Kit available. I'm assuming that TomTom have been given "some level" of confidence that their cradle would work with upcoming iPhone models. We'll see, in the meantime the 3GS+TomTom Car Kit combo works a treat! |
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RVGPSVA
USA
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Posted - 20 nov. 2009 : 04:04:17
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| Wish this Magellan Car Kit will work with Traffic Link or has internal Integrated Traffic. |
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paulkbiba
USA
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Posted - 24 déc. 2009 : 14:13:11
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The Magellan app has just been updated. Here is the press release I received:quote:
Magellan GPS today announced availability of an upgraded version of its Magellan® RoadMate® App for iPhone®. The new App can be purchased for $59.99 (a $40.00 savings off of the regular price – Now, until January 3, 2010).
New version includes the following upgrades:
· Compatible with iPod touch 2nd Generation
· Customizable speed warnings
· Interactive POI on map; show POI detail with option to route-to or call the POI
· Customizable, multi-destination routing
· Use the improved music player without leaving the map screen
· Address entry improves routing to contacts in address book and sorts city options by distance
· Ability to plan a trip in simulation mode with up to 16X FF, Rewind, Pause and Next
· Find My Car now also in OneTouch menu
· Overall UI enhancements tailored to the phone navigation environment:
o Larger back button
o Larger vehicle indicator
o Direct map access button
o Larger placement of music button
o Tap car icon to save “current location”
o Improvement on the panning experience
The new version of the Magellan® RoadMate® App for iPhone® is available now. Users who purchased the original app can download a free update at the Apple App store automatically.
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gpspassion
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Posted - 26 déc. 2009 : 21:52:20
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Did you ever get a chance to try it on the road?
@RVGPSVA - there is no RDS Traffic receiver in the mount, if there is to be traffic information it would be over GPRS, not a problem for a permanently connected device like the iPhone. |
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paulkbiba
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Posted - 27 déc. 2009 : 02:12:12
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| It's a pretty "standard" app and still shows a lot of lag. I hope to do more with it soon and post a review. I've also ordered the car kit from Amazon and will report when it comes in. |
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ronss
USA
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Posted - 27 déc. 2009 : 12:32:52
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ditto. Still same lag and still the same problem w the speedometer.
I spoke w tech support @ Magellan and they are aware of it and are working on it. They do, however, say that the speedometer problem does not exist when using the car kit. I, too, have ordered the car kit (from Magellan) and will report when it arrives.
FWIW, Magellan tech support seems very responsive, much more so than when I owned the original Roadmate 4-5 years ago. |
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klopus
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Posted - 27 déc. 2009 : 18:42:12
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| With Navigon in general I found speedometer to be quite precise so I think it's an issue with Magellan software, not the absence of the kit. |
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Defunct TomTom Nav 6 NA/EU on Palm Treo 680
Garmin nuvi 270 NA/EU & 755T NA, Navigon iPhone NA |
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RVGPSVA
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Posted - 28 déc. 2009 : 22:16:53
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| I have ordered one for my Itouch, not Iphone, and I had a traffic link cable. I will give them a try and review here. |
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caryrae
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gpspassion
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Posted - 04 janv. 2010 : 02:31:43
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Thanks for the links, that was pretty interesting, alhtough he was too happy to have the preview kit to find anything negative to say about it ;-) Having the TomTom Kit next to it would help point out the differences too.
Clearly Magellan have sacrified the looks for extra compatibility, Touch and iPhones with a shell, that goes both ways, although with my setup (dual rubber MCA shell), the TomTom Car Kit works fine.
One thing they seem to be doing better, at least based on the video is the rotation of the mount. With the TomTom Kit I have a hard time rotating it from portrait to landscape and hing the position I like. I often need to adjust the "rotula" of the mount. |
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caryrae
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577 Posts |
Posted - 04 janv. 2010 : 02:43:23
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One bad thing about the kit for me is, it was confirmed that the otterbox defender case does not work with it. The otterbox case seems to be pretty popular alot of people on the apple website forum recommend it as do I.
There is an employee (named maggie.nav) that posts on the other site and said this about the otterbox case.
"I will work with management to see what kind of solutions we can do to help Otterbox users." |
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gpspassion
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Posted - 04 janv. 2010 : 03:14:09
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Sounds like "Maggie" alright ;-)
Not familiar with the otterbox case for the iPhone but if it's anything like the cases they used to make for PDAs I can't imagine there will ever be a Cat Kit that can accomodate it! |
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