Magellan RoadMate 760

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"Great for strange places"

by jaag on August 26, 2005

Pros: 7 Million POI's, street name call-out, detour re-route

Cons: scrolling the map is way too slow, no battery
Summary: I did my research with bias based on an upcoming cross country move (SF to Boston) so I was more concerned about having things like the 7 million POI's with 40 categories including every possible hotel, restaurant and bar as well as tourist attractions along a 3.5 mile corrider of my route with the ability to input multiple destinations within the 3000+ mile trek and always be guided back on track.
My only gripe about this unit is the Price and the slowness of the scrolling feature. I like to scroll ahead and see what's coming up and it's futile. If you press the scroll button once, it may or may not react, if you hold it down, it may or may not react. It's really frustrating. The only other problem I have with this unit is that it really should have a battery. Except these issues, it's awesome!!
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So I've had this thing for a couple months now and the cross country trip was almost perfect (except for a little confusion in Utah) the unit did not schedule an exit that was necessary to stay on I-80 but luckily I was also watching the signs. My feeling now after living in Southern NH for a month is that there are many ways to get from point A to B but this unit definately does not get you there in the shortest distance OR in the shortest time when selected. I've timed every one of the 4 "route" scenarios to and from work and thought I'd learn something from the route it told me but in both options it took longer and was not more direct. Turns out that common sense prevails over technology in this case (or maybe it's just the programming?) Once again I'll say it, "Great for STRANGE places" but now I'll add the word "only". p.s. The POI's do add a lot of value (made for an effortless search for food/lodging in the middle of nowhere!)

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reply by: haysj on October 21, 2005

have you researched Garmin products. The C340 has an internal battery

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