Magellan GPS Maestro 4700 Review

Magellan GPS Maestro 4700 Review
Priced at $300 (as of 11/25/09), the Maestro 4700 includes an impressive list of features. You get a larger-than-normal, 4.7-inch screen; maps for the United States (all 50 states), Canada, and Puerto Rico; a database of 6 million points of interest; highway-lane-assist signs; text-to-speech; and multisegment routing capabilities. You also get several items unique to Magellan, such as the AAA tour book and the One Touch feature, the latter of which lets you easily navigate to a favorite destination or search with just a single tap of the screen.

At the $300 price point, Magellan gives consumers three choices: the 7-inch RoadMate 1700, the Maestro 4700, and the RoadMate 1475T (which is identical to the 1470 but includes a built-in traffic receiver with lifetime traffic). Though the Maestro 4700 does have a number of additional features as compared with the RoadMate models, for me the RoadMate 1475T has the optimal blend of features for the $300 price. And for $50 less, the 1470 is a good value if you can live without the traffic information.

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