Magellan Maestro 4040 GPS device Reviewed
by Sze | Filed under GPS.
GPSMagazine gives us a review on the Magellan Maestro 4040 device. The Magellan Maestro 4040 features the SiRF Star III chipset and has a 4.3-inch 480 x 272 WQVGA LCD display. It has pre-loaded with NAVTEQ maps and POIs for the continental U.S. and offers 4 map views, namely Map View, 3D map, TrueView 3D split screen and Maneuver List.
Bottom from GPSMagazine:
The Maestro 4040 is a flawed unit that has more pros than cons. It’s not a perfect unit, but it does offer good basic navigation along with some powerful features unique to Magellan, a wide screen display, SiRF, updated NAVTEQ maps, Bluetooth, multi-destination routing, and AAA TourBook data. With so much going for it, it’s just that much more frustrating that the Maestro falls short of being a great GPS due to irritating display issues and poor readability. I had really been hoping for Magellan to hit a home run with Maestro, but the product falls short of my expectations. Maestro is an adequate GPS that could be just a firmware update away from being a very good GPS. However, based on my testing of the Maestro (firmware version 1.06), at the $500 street pricing, I’m recommending the Garmin nuvi 250 or Garmin StreetPilot c550 over the Maestro.
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