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 - Please do not buy this GPSThis GPS has old maps. It is unbelievable that they would sell new map updates for more than $70 but not actually not provide these updates for the brand new gps that I purchased less than one week ago. I thought that my unit had the most updated maps. I found that I was sadly mistaken when I put in an address for a hotel built in 2007 and this thing led me to an empty lot. The customer service people are very unhelpful. They take no responsibility for their product. They just record your opinion of their shoddy product. I hope Magellan goes out of business. I cannot believe that AAA would support such a horrible company and product. The company provides a substandard product and really tries to swidle the consumer to purchase more of its products (maps). Shame on AAA. The AAA roadside assistance is a gimmick. All it does, is give you the phone number of the AAA roadside assistance. I would go for the Garmin, even though it also has flaws, it calculates better routes. The route exclusion function on the Magellan is horrible. Don't be fooled by voice recognition. Voice recognition is slow to respond and pretty limited in its function. It can only recognize a handful of commands after you yell a few times. You cannot transfer previous destinations to your addressbook. The software is not user friendly. Apple should really get into the gps industry full strength and develop a nice interface. This industry could use better competition. Rating:  - SOFTWAREMagellan Maestro 4250 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator MAGELLAN HAS OLD SOFTWARE IN THIS UNIT I PURCHASED AND AFTER GOING THROUGH THE HOOPS WITH MAGELLAN AND NOT BEING ABLE TO UPDATE THE SOFT WARE AMAZON WAS NICE TO ACCEPT IT BACK. Rating:  - Magellan maestro magicLife was unbearable when this small town boy went to the metro area of austin, dallas, and san antonio. Magellan has made the difference. The Maestro 4250 is everything I wanted and expected. No problem navigation with voice prompts and plenty of travel time with or without the dc adapter. Thank you Magellan. My first and only navigation device I will ever need. I easily found a vietnamese bistro, went to an imax, and other great eating places with no effort. the voice prompts are great and the device is so easy to use, I am now smarter than a fourth grader. Rating:  - Magellan Maestro 4250Great product. It performs as expected, although the voice command feature isn't as cool/helpful as I expected. Frankly, I very rarely use the voice command feature. It's worth the price and comparable to similarly priced Garmin models. Word of note: If you use ANY shortcuts that the Maestro 4250 doesn't recognize, be prepared for frustration. The Maestro 4250 will stop at nothing to get you back on ITS track. Rating:  - Maestro 4250 More Cumbersome To Use Than Roadmate 760We've been using Magellan Roadmate 760 units in our two service vans for the past 2-years and recently purchased a Maestro 4250. The new Magellan unit is significntly less useful in this area than the older Roadmates. Here's why. When you enter a city or zip code the new Maestro 4250, it asks you to further identify the actual township. In our region, we have a lot of mailing zip codes that contain numerous townships: e.g, the mailing location West Chester, PA 19382 contains over 10 separate townships! Consequently, when a customer supplies us with their mailing address (e.g., 101 Main Street, West Chester, PA 19382) and we try to enter this address, the Maestro also requires entry of which specific township. This requires us to change our customer database to not only contain a mailing address, but also add a separate township identification. The older Roadmate 760's only require entering the mailing address. This may not be a issue for many users, but it's a real problem with the Maestro in Southeastern, Pennsylvania. In addition, the Maestro processes data input significantly slower than the Roadmate 760. We've just purchased another Roadmate 760 because this model is much more useful for our service vans than the glitzier new Maestro.
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