Magellan - Maestro 3250

The Magellan products are all known for the constant efforts to improve and enhance on the navigation abilities. The Magellan Maestro 3250 is another great addition to this series with improvements in design and performance features. For example, the touch screen is just 2.5 inches making this one of the most compact devices in the market. Also, the interface has been reworked to make it even more user friendly – just enter the address or simply the zip code, touch the ‘Route’ Button and you will be provided with all the information you need to make your trip quickly and comfortably.

Features

The Magellan Maestro 3250 allows you to enter your destination through the touch screen, into the navigation menus displayed on the screen. You could do this either by text or by making a selection from any of the six million points of interest included in the model. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional maps make navigation a lot simpler and so does the split screen functionality. You can view your current location on a map in one side of the screen while the other will show you the next road you have to take or the next turn you are to make. Other standard features include being able to calculate routes according to the user’s preference – routes taking the fastest time or the shortest distance or the least busy highway and so on.

This particular Magellan model also comes equipped with a QuickSpell feature – it helps you by auto-completing certain addresses and also quickly identifies when you are making an error in the entry of the name of a city or road.

The Magellan Maestro 3250 has a SiRF Star III chipset, which is well known for its solid performance in delivering accurate directions even in very weak GPS signal areas like tunnels and areas between tall buildings.

The most attractive feature of the Magellan Maestro 3250 is its ‘Voice Command and Control’ feature. This allows you to operate the device and use the navigation system with just your voice. You can obviously see why this would be such a draw for people who constantly need to use it while driving. The set of spoken commands is limited but extremely useful and the most welcome factor – it does not require any voice training unlike other voice recognition software. Magellan hopes to improve on this technology even further and make navigating through a GPS device truly hands-free. The Magellan Maestro 3250 also offers services through Bluetooth and your cell phone, allowing you to make hands-free phone calls. In fact, this feature allows you to look up the phone numbers of various points of interests like restaurants or concert halls and make bookings even as you are driving to that place. The most outstanding feature of the Magellan Maestro 3250 is the inbuilt FM traffic receiver that allows you to get real-time information about the weather as well as traffic reports.

Thus the Magellan Maestro 3250 is one of the most user-friendly yet technologically advanced devices, allowing you to have a comfortable travel experience.