Magellan Maestro 4700

The Magellan Maestro 4700 PND has now cleared the FCC and is the first new product in the GPS company’s Maestro series for many months.  Designed around a 4.7-inch touchscreen, the 4700 PND supports Bluetooth and voice commands. There’s also Magellan’s OneTouch interface, which pairs often-accessed addresses from the favorites list with some defaults, including an emergency location, together with common POI searches or records. 

Connections consist of a USB for recharging in addition to hooking the 4700 up to a computer, and a microSD card slot. The Maestro 4700 also supports traffic updates, though it requires a Traffic Link adapter which is sold separately. There’s no word on when we can expect to see this PND on shelves.

Magellan announced a new GPS series. It’s the Maestro 4350 composed of the 4350 and 4370 version. Both units have a new interface called OneTouch which will be very helpful in case you decide to pick any one of them. OneTouch will help you select your favorite destination from a single page. Each icon will point to a preselected location. The GPS will then get you there.

Besides location you can add other things to your OpenTouch menu like multimedia and Bluetooth. Other than the new interface, there’s text-to-speech functionality, integrated traffic receivers, Bluetooth and lane guidance. The only between the two models is in resolution. The 4370 has a higher-resolution and it’s available only at Best Buy locations. Both units cost $499.99 but Best Buy has a sale on the Maestro 4370 which will get you a whole $100 off.

via cnet

The Magellan Maestro 4370 GPS System was first announced in the start of 2008, and a couple of months later the unit is finally on their website with pricing information and many other details. The average cost of a GPS system - even if it is a good one - turns out to be above $500, but the 4370 model from Magellan costs $600.

The Mastreo unit has the usual specifications: 4.3-inch wide touchscreen, hear voice guidance, live traffic to keep you updated with the recent slow downs or accidents, lane guidance, and 6 million points of interest.

The goodies include Pedestrian mode so you can use it while walking, SmartDetour for alternative routes, pre-loaded maps, and a MP3 player.

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