| | |  | 4" - 4.9" Screen | Home » » » » Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | | | | | | | Description: | | The Magellan RoadMate 1412 is pocket-sized, ultra-thin, and stylish, and features an extra large 4.3-inch wide-format, full color interactive touchscreen. The expanded Points of Interest database offers 6 million built-in destinations for an incredible value. Find fuel, food, lodging, ATMs and hundreds of other businesses and services with a few touches of the screen. Plus, it includes built-in maps of the entire United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Clear 4.3-inch WQVGA touchscreen shows your position, POIs, route, ETA and more on the interactive map | Use the intuitive menu options to pick your destination and choose how you navigate to virtually anywhere. If you want to stay on the freeway, avoid freeways, travel the shortest distance or arrive in the quickest time, your Magellan RoadMate enables you to navigate the way you want. You can even exclude specific roads or freeways from your route and also avoid toll roads. SayWhere text-to-speech tells you street names with every turn-by-turn direction. The advanced QuickSpell feature intelligently searches addresses and Points of Interest, offering you a simple list of available locations. It even checks spelling so you can enter a destination with just a few touches of the screen. SmartDetour prompts you to route around sudden slow or stopped freeway traffic and automatically re-calculates the fastest detour. The integrated rechargeable battery offers navigation for up to three hours. Search destinations, plan trips and enter addresses and personal Points of Interest from a meeting place, restaurant or anywhere power is unavailable. Innovative easy-to-use interface makes it a breeze to find the route to your destination in seconds--without even needing to read the instructions. Click to enlarge. | Adjustable mount for your windshield or dashboard. | Key Features Include
- Large wide-format color 4.3-inch WQVGA touchscreen shows your position on the map, route, destination, ETA, surrounding Points of Interest, signal strength, next maneuver, street names and more at a glance.
- 6 million Points of Interest: Easily find what you need. Gas stations, restaurants, hotels, ATMs and hundreds of other businesses and services are intuitively categorized and searchable from the built-in POI database. Most include the phone number.
- Expanded NAVTEQ maps let you Travel the entire U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada with all the maps you need, pre-loaded on the included SD memory card.
- SayWhere text-to-speech lets you hear street names with every voice direction and have a clear understanding of when to make the next turn while you keep your eyes on the road.
- Bold, intuitive menu options make it easy to pick destinations and choose how you navigate, without even reading the instructions.
- Uniquely stylish and compact, it's easy to transfer your Magellan GPS between vehicles or toss it in a suitcase to take anywhere.
- Select the types of services and amenities you'd like to see and interactive POI icons appear on the map. Touch an icon for a nearby service to see address, phone number (when available) and get an instant route.
- Program any location into the "Home" button and find your way back from wherever you are.
- Enter destinations with a few keystrokes. QuickSpell searches locations and checks spelling to provide you with a simple list of available destinations.
- SmartDetour prompts you to route around suddenly slow or stopped freeway traffic and automatically calculates the quickest detour. No fee or subscription is required.
- Clearly see your surroundings in 2D or 3D with Birds eye 3D view.
- Never miss a turn with Auto re-route and quickly get back on track whenever you take a detour.
- Auto NightView controls color and contrast adjusting automatically for easy viewing at night.
- Choose the way you want to navigate to use the most freeways, least freeways, fastest time, shortest distance and avoid toll roads. Exclude specific streets or freeways after a route is calculated to get there the way you want.
- Multi-destination routing: Select up to 20 destinations and choose the order to plan a trip in advance and repeat the same trip again. Easily reorganize, add or remove destinations.
- Create and save personal Points of Interest for easy reoccurring trips.
- Navigate up to 3 hours when power is unavailable with its rechargeable battery:
- The Centrality Atlas III processor with integrated GPS receiver provides superior GPS performance for accurate and reliable positioning and navigation within three meters.
What's in the Box Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-inch widescreen portable GPS navigator, adhesive disk for dash mounting, basic cradle, swivel mount, vehicle power adapter (12-24 watts), quick reference guide and CD, alcohol pad | | | Features: | |
• 4.3-inch WQVGA, full-color, anti-glare, touchscreen display
• 6 million searchable points of interest: Customers can easily search for restaurants, hotels, airports, gas stations, and more.
• SayWhere: Text-to-speech tells drivers the street name of their next turn.
• Widescreen, ultra-thin form factor with the functionality and navigation features that GPS consumers expect
• SmartDetour: Prompts drivers to route around heavy or stopped freeway traffic
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 5.13 inches | | Product Width:
| 9.75 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.1 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.44 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
| based on 217 reviews |
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237 of 240 found the following review helpful:
For $150 it's well worth the moneyJun 10, 2008
By B. nguyen Pros: 4.3 screen, slim design, good build quality, nice screen, nice graphics, text-to-speech works well, acquire signal fast, uses Navteq map and routing works the way you would expect if you didn't have a GPS and had to map the route yoursself, no round-around routing, has 4 routing options, fastest, shortest, maximum freeway, minimum freeway, a compass is built-in and shown in the upper left corner, plenty of POIs, 6 million of them, good quality windshield mount
This model locks in signal EXTREMELY FAST and it works indoors too
The first time you use you may notice some screen sluggishness but after that it's very responsive, my take is that it might have to do with some kind of first-time initialization
Cons: No home AC adapter, only car adapter, windshield mount arm is a little short, a bit heavier than most other GPS but probably due to the case but this should not be viewed as a negative
I picked this up at Costco with a $50 off coupon and at $150 this is one of the few GPS on the market that offer text-to-speech, Navteq map and 6 mil POIs. This model uses the Centrality Atlas III GPS chipset which is considered to be even better than the SIRF III chipset
112 of 113 found the following review helpful:
First GPSJun 07, 2008
By V. St Angelo
"Pam"
This is my first GPS. Given the number of options available and brands, I could not decide so I have been shopping for many months. I decided on the Magellan since this is the brand provided by Hertz (neverlost) and I had success with these units in the rentals. What sold me was:
The feature where the unit will complete the spelling for you of objects being searched;
The 4.3" screen;
The huge POI library.
I compared to a Garmin NUVI 260 at Best Buy and it seemed the Garmin spent a lot more time thinking than did the 1412.
The huge POI library was also a plus. I entered many known POI's and the 1412 always displayed them accurately. Finally the 4.3" screen was a seller.
No complaints here and I would recommend it.
123 of 128 found the following review helpful:
won't get you lostSep 08, 2008
By John T. Starr I extensively used my companies pricier Garmin a few years ago, then bought this for myself after I changed jobs.
Two features I really miss, and feel they are not exclusive to high end models; the old Garmin said "arriving at destination ON RIGHT" (or left). This one just says "arriving at destination", so I spend more time swiveling my head around looking.
The Garmin also allowed me to program stops along the way during a route execution. The Magellan 1412 will only allow you to divert to "exit points of interests" and only along a freeway. Otherwise, if you're enroute, you have to cancel the route, search for what it is your looking for, then activate that route, then re-start your original route after. Or you can preplan it all -- as if you know ahead of time where you'll be needing to find a coffe shop on an old state road.
The "Exit POI" feature is very nice, however. How many times have you been on a long road trip and flown past an exit you thought was devoid of gas stations or restaurants because there were no signs ahead? This prevents that nicely and lets you see within 15 or so miles what is coming up along a freeway.
The POIs in the database are also pretty good-- lots more categories than I had on the older Garmin.
The battery is puny, and won't hold much of a charge. Keep the power cord close by.
The window mount is excellent -- better than the Garmin I had.
The speaker is small, and a bit hard to hear if you have a noisy car.
This one does say the name of the street-- a minimum standard in all GPS in my opinion.
98 of 101 found the following review helpful:
Great GPS for the moneyJun 11, 2008
By C. Anderson
"luvdoggiez"
We first saw this GPS at Costco for $[...]. Then, we saw the Coupon. Even without the coupon it is a heck of a deal. I would go so far as to say it is a steal! We've considered a GPS for our car for some time. We looked at Tom-Tom's, Magellans, Garmins and Navigon. Magellan just came out with a new line of hand helds and they have had a bit of a rocky start. So, we were initially a little leary of this new addition to the Magellan Auto GPS line. But, Costco had them as part of a working display and my wife and I got a chance to try the unit out in demo mode in the store. The unit was quick and flawless.
Though the unit has 6 Million points of interest, not every gas station, store and Resturaunt is in there. We find the problems to be with the establishments that are 10 or more years old. We also found this problem with the other brands as well. We actually liked the Tom Tom better than the garmin as well. Garmin is mighty proud of their units and need to figure out that they need to bring down the price point if they are going to stay competitive. The Navigon and it's 1 million POI's is a little limited based on it's competition. We have a Magellan 210 Explorist that we use for Geocaching, and we love it. So, we were willing to give this unit a try and we love it!
For the money, the Magellan 1412 is the way to go for a complete Navigation unit. We didn't want one to Play MP3's or have blue tooth or do traffic stuff. This unit is perfect for us and we look forward to using it a lot.
We found that the unit was very quick to re-route us when we missed a turn. The Text to speech pronounciation is very good. The unit comes with a built in battery so you can do routing in the comfort of your Home or RV and then move it to the dash and 'Away you go'. The unit changes to a black screen automatically, when it gets dark out to make it more comfortable for night driving. We find the user interface to be very intuitive. We would highly recommend this unit to anyone considering a GPS for the vehicle.
Happy camping. - Eric -
75 of 76 found the following review helpful:
Comparison of Magellan 800, Magellan 1412 and Navigon 2100 maxJul 29, 2008
By iggydarsa
"iggydarsa"
I used to have Magellan Roadmate 800 and a few weeks ago I purchased Magellan Roadmate 1412 then I found a coupon for Navigon 2100 max. And here is the comparison chart; some of the entires are my personal opinions and might not reflect everyone's opinion... here it is:
M08- Magellan Roadmate 800 M14- Magellan Roadmate 1412 N21- Navigon 2100 max
Device specific features M08- Heavy; can play mp3s; can store JPGs M14- Slim and light N21- Slim and light (not as light as Mag 1412 tho)
User Friendliness M08- Yes M14- Yes N21- Not as good as Magellan - buttons can be too close to each other depeding on the menu and the screen
Volume M08- Can set up the volume manually with a control on the edge of the device; Volume increases at certain speed M14- Can set up the volume through the touch screen; Has only 5 settings; Volume doesn't increase over certain speed which can be hard to hear N21- Could not find the volume settings; Volume setting for over a speed can be set (No increase / Low increase / High Increase); Voice can be staticy
Text-to-speech M08- No M14- Funny pronounciations on certain words; "in" sounds like "an" ... "Turn Left in 2 miles" sounds like "Turn Left then 2 miles" - "Freeway entrance" sounds like "Freeway an trans" N21- Pronounciation is more accurate then Magellan 1412
Live Traffic M08- No M14- No N21- Yes - Might have to be purchased seperately; reroutes based on the traffic
Zagat - Restaurant Ratings M08- No M14- No N21- Yes - Might have to be purchased seperately
POI M08- ~1 million POIs M14- ~6 million POIs with wide range of categories N21- ~1 million POIs with limited range categories; shows actual brand logo on the map
Lane Assistance M08- No M14- No N21- Yes
Mount M08- Easy to mount M14- Easy to mount N21- Hard to mount, hard to take it off
Password protection M08- Yes M14- No N21- Yes
Compass M08- Yes M14- Yes N21- Not by default, has to be modifed in settings
Recalculation M08- Screen goes blue with a progress bar until the calculation is over M14- Immediately N21- Immediately
Vehicle Type M08- Car only M14- Car only N21- Car / Bicycle / Pedestrian
Arrival Time M08- Display approximate number of minutes the route will take M14- Displays the arrival time N21- Displays the arrival time and the minutes it takes to the destination
Distance left M08- Shows the miles left until the next move; Shows the miles left until the destination M14- Shows the miles left until the next move N21- Shows the miles left until the next move; Shows the miles left until the destination
Turn by turn view M08- Yes M14- Yes N21- Yes
Better for M08- Within the city travel M14- Within the city travel with better POI options N21- Long distance travel with live traffic and lane assistance
Sluggy M08- Smooth menu items, sluggy map over time M14- Not sluggy N21- Sluggy menu items, smooth map
Route options M08- Fastest Route; Shortest Route; Most use of Freeway; Less use of Freeway M14- Fastest Route; Shortest Route; Most use of Freeway; Less use of Freeway N21- Fastest route; Optimum route; Shortest route; Scenic route
Tollway option M08- Can not avoid M14- Can avoid N21- Can avoid or forbid
Allowing U-Turn (or not) M08- Not modifiable (Allows) M14- Not modifiable (Allows) N21- Can allow or forbid U-Turns
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